Jean CAU, novelist, French journalist and boxing lover, questions Mohammed ALI about his attitude, his boasting, his chatter, his insults. He quotes the American boxer: "What everyone ignores is that before I get into the ring, I die of fear...". He asks her if this is a way to exorcise, to overcome fear. The guest replied, with his inimitable style: "this boasting embarrasses whites more than blacks".
The day after his victory by KO against George Foreman, Mohamed ALI, once again world heavyweight champion, lends himself to an interview (vo trad off) during his time in Paris. He believes that Georges Foreman is "a bad loser", "he can have his revenge, but he has no chance," he stresses. At the question of a journalist "you have everything, you can withdraw", the boxer replies "I am not free, I have a lot to do to help 4 million Muslim blacks who are not yet free Americans".
Mohamed ALI alias Cassius CLAY was instructed by the President of the United States to convince African countries not to participate in the Olympic Games organized by Moscow. At the end of his interview with President Jimmy Carter, Mohamed ALI gives a press conference in front of the White House, on his role as a diplomat for African countries. He told the journalists who questioned him: "Don’t laugh, one day a black man might be president of the United States".
Interviewed at his home in the suburbs of Chicago, where he lives with his second wife, Mohamed ALI, who became a preacher, explains (vo trad off) that now that he has become a Muslim, he is refused boxing fights. And yet I am at home in more than 50 countries around the world,' he stresses.
On the set of Michel DRUCKER, Mohamed ALI evokes (vo trad off) his moments of clemency in the ring, explaining that he had repeatedly asked to stop the fight. " I can’t hurt a man, I don’t want to make a cripple for life, when I know he has a family," he explains.
On the occasion of his presence at the Cannes Film Festival for his role in the film "Freedom road", Mohamed ALI (vo trad off) gives his definition of humor, "it’s me!" , explains that he can be mean sometimes, then to the question "are you as good an actor on the screen as on a ring", he says he is better on the screen and imitates Dracula.