1:28:24
$1 ,000 to the man that bring me
Howard Cosell's toupee dead or alive!
1:28:30
Don't bother me.
I'm a world-famous sportscaster...
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and you're an ex-champion
with diminished skills.
1:28:35
I can't be seen with you.
1:28:40
- How's it goin', champ?
- Pretty good, man.
1:28:49
Muhammad, I'd do anything foryou.
You know that.
1:28:52
But I've got bosses who only
give a damn about Nielsen ratings.
1:28:58
I guarantee...
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it will be a historical
and a momentous night.
1:29:10
Ifthey came to me tomorrow and say,
"We wantyou to fightJoe Frazier.
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Madison Square Garden.
Millions and millions ofdollars.
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Here's your license back."
I will tell them...
1:29:19
"I will never fight again."
1:29:21
Frankly, Muhammad, I'm surprised,
because unless you--
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or until you fight Frazier--
1:29:27
Cosell, areyou losin' your hearing
along with your hair?
1:29:31
Don't put no question to it, man.
I done told you, I'm through fightin'.
1:29:34
I got a much bigger contender,
a much heavier opponent.
1:29:37
I'm fightin'
the entire US government.
1:29:40
Doyou think
you're going tojail?
1:29:43
I don't know. I don't know.
1:29:45
Joe Frazier told me on this show
that he could knockyou out.
1:29:51
See, thereyou go agitatin'.
1:29:53
You should've asked Smokin'Joe
what have he been smokin'?
1:29:57
That boy even dream he whupped me,
he betterwake up and apologize.