:34:03
'would pass this large hall
where the training took place
:34:07
'and he never looked at Foreman
hitting the heavy bag.
:34:11
'He just walked right by
as if Foreman didn't exist.
:34:14
'If you were gonna fight the man
:34:16
'you didn't want to see him
hitting that heavy bag.'
:34:19
I'm a speed demon!
I'm a brain fighter!
:34:22
I'm scientific! I'm artistic!
:34:24
I plan my strategy!
:34:27
He's the bull, I'm the matador!
:34:31
He's scared to death.
:34:34
He's scared to death!
:34:38
He wish he could
get out of the whole thing!
:34:40
He wish he could get out of the whole
thing! The man is frightened!
:34:44
He's meetin' his master,
his teacher, his idol!
:34:48
- Time!
- Is that all?
:34:50
(Laughter)
:34:52
When I talk and work I'm in shape,
it's all I do.
:34:56
(Mailer) 'Ali announced
he was gonna dance.
:34:59
'He spoke about it all the time.
:35:01
'Every interview
in that period he'd say
:35:04
'"How is Foreman going to get
near to me? I'm going to dance!
:35:08
'"I'm going to dance and dance! He'll
look foolish trying to find me.'
:35:13
"And as he gropes his way forward
:35:15
"in this storm of blindness
at the speed of my dancing
:35:19
"I will strike him with my jab!
:35:21
"Poo! Poo! Poo!"
he would go and so forth.
:35:24
We heard this over and over
and Foreman heard it too.
:35:29
'Foreman was working now on
what's called cutting off the ring.
:35:33
'This essentially just means
:35:35
'cornering your opponent
against the ropes or in a corner.
:35:39
'It's an art, a balletic art,
you have to have very good footwork.
:35:43
'Foreman's footwork,
he was a big man,
:35:45
'but his footwork was better
than anyone had expected.
:35:48
'He worked with very fast fighters,
:35:50
'smaller than himself,
who certainly could dance
:35:53
'and he worked on cornering them.
:35:55
'And the combination
of watching the heavy bag
:35:58
'and watching Foreman
cut off the ring