"THIS NEXT FIGHT IS GONNA BE A BIG SURPRISE"
After a hard day of training, Muhammad Ali sits down to address the crowd in attendance at Deer Lake.
He begins to lament to the the crowd
“ALI, THE REAL ALI WOULD’VE KILLED THAT MAN, BUT I GOT A LITTLE AGE ON ME SO THEY THINK I’M OLD. IF YOU GET THE FILM OF THAT FIGHT I WON ROUND SIX THROUGH ROUND TWELVE, ON ALL THREE JUDGES, THEY GAVE ME ALL SIX ROUNDS IN A ROW BECAUSE I WAS DANCIN’ BUT I GOT TIRED - - - DIDN’T RUN EXTRA MILES, DIDN’T CHOP TREES, DIDN’T RUN HILLS-LIVING IN MIAMI - - - LIVING IN THE FONTAINEBLEAU HOTEL, EATIN’ WHAT THEY HAVE ON THAT MENU, MISSED ALL THAT SOUL/COLORED FOLKS FOOD. THAT MEANS A LOT FOR ME MAN, THEM BEANS AND GREENS AND - HOMEMADE BREAD, KOSHER MEAT, GOOD BAKED CHICKEN AND DRESSING AND REAL BUTTER - - I MEAN REAL FOOD! I’M EATING IN A HOTEL - - - YOU KNOW HOW THE RICH USUALLY EAT, SHISH-KABOBS.
Footage shot at Deer Lake training camp in Deer Lake, PA. July 1978