Set in 1964, a camera crew follows Willie Pep, retired featherweight boxing champion. Down and out in Hartford CT, marri | dG1fQk5ndU0ySmFXWXc
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00:00You've got to think about how you want to be remembered.
00:20Well, that's just it, Bill.
00:21No one remembers me.
00:22You reckon it speaks for itself, huh?
00:23It's going with you to the grave.
00:25It's etched in stone.
00:26Two twenty and ten.
00:27Ain't nobody going to touch that.
00:28Not now, not ever.
00:29But, Willie, how are you feeling, champ?
00:30I've had two hundred and thirty one professional fights.
00:31Two hundred and thirty one professional fights.
00:32I've been around, just trying to make a living, you know, get through the day.
00:33Willie, I know you're not following me here, okay?
00:34Look at his face.
00:35Have you seen Willie?
00:36I missed the show.
00:37Can you go shoot Willie, please?
00:38That's what we're here for, okay?
00:39I don't know what you're doing.
00:40You probably want some Willie pep stories.
00:41I respect Willie as a fighter.
00:42I respect Willie as a fighter.
00:43I respect Willie as a fighter.
00:44I respect Willie as a fighter.
00:45I didn't respect him when I was in the army.
00:46I respect Willie as a fighter.
00:47I respect Willie as a fighter.
00:48I respect Willie as a fighter.
00:49Don't shoot Willy, please.
00:50That's what we're here for, okay?
00:52Hey, I don't know what you're doing.
00:55You probably want some Willy Pepp stories.
00:57I respect Willy as a fighter.
00:59I was only 19 when we met, but he was very respectful.
01:03Yeah, he's tense.
01:03Best fighter I ever saw.
01:05He's not no kid from Hartford, Connecticut.
01:07Sport sensation.
01:10Well, do you want Willy's story or mine?
01:14I can't believe I had to pick up that tab.
01:16Marciano would do it.
01:17No, no, the band won't.
01:18If you need more cash, you gotta swallow your pride.
01:21Take a regular job.
01:22People, what are they gonna think of me?
01:24That's embarrassing.
01:24How do you care what they think?
01:25I care because it's my hometown.
01:27I'm the champ.
01:36Instead of that, get away from me, Billy!
01:38I quit, but I quit.
01:40Then you better agree with me.
01:42This is the best job I know.
01:43Now apologize, now.
01:45You cannot buy my forgiveness, Willy.
01:50I was ready to die in that ring, or kill.
01:57Hear me out.
01:58Yeah.
02:01I like a fight.