Facing AliPaid | iTunes
Length: 01:41:02
Posted: 12/16/2009
What's it like to face down the most renowned fighter in the world? Three-time World Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali defeated almost every top fighter of the golden age of boxing. Now, experience Ali like never before: through the eyes of his biggest rivals, including Ken Norton, Earnie Shavers, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Leon Spinks, George Chuvalo, Sir Henry Cooper and Larry Holmes. Turning the cameras provides a fresh and impactful perspective on Ali, the sport, talent and courage. watch
In October of 1980, Muhammad Ali was preparing to fight for an unprecedented fourth heavyweight title against his friend and former sparring partner Larry Holmes. To say that the great Ali was in the twilight of his career would be generous: Most of his admiring fans, friends and fight scribes considered his bravado delusional. What was left for him to prove? In the weeks of training before the fight, documentarians Albert and David Maysles took an intimate look at Ali trying to convince the world and perhaps himself, that he was still "The Greatest". At the same time, they documented the mild-mannered and undervalued champion Holmes as he confidently prepared to put an end to the career of a man for whom he had an abiding and deep affection for. In the raw moments after Ali's humbling in this one-sided fight, it was not fully comprehended what the Maysles brothers had actually captured on film, and due to unexpected circumstances the Maysles footage never received a public screening o watch
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