Ali goes on Howard Cosell's show and says he's done fighting, because he's got to fight the US Government. But he'll still be able to fight Joe Frazier.

ICONIC QUOTE:
"Don't put no question to it, man. I done told you, I'm through fightin'. I got a much bigger contender, a much heavier opponent. I'm fightin' the entire US government."
(Muhammad Ali)

"But if I ever was to get in the right with Joe here's what you might see...Ali comes out to meet Frazier, but Frazier starts to retreat. If Joe goes back an inch farther, he'll wind up in a ringside seat. Ali swings with his left, Ali swings with his right. Just look at the kid carry the fight. Frazier keeps backin' but there's not enough room. It's only a matter of time before Ali lowers the boom. Ali swings with his right, what a beautiful swing. But the punch lifts Frazier clean out of the ring. Frazier's still risin', and the referee wears a frown, 'cause he can't start countin' till Frazier comes down. Frazier's disappeared from view. The crowd is getting frantic. But our radar stations picked him up. He's somewheres over the Atlantic. Now, who would've thought when they came to the fight, they was gonna witness the launchin' of a black satellite. But don't wait for that fight. It ain't never gonna happen. Onliest thing you could do is wonder and imagine."
(Muhammad Ali)

TITLE: Ali
PRODUCTION YEAR: 2001
LIBRARY: Lionsgate
DIRECTOR: Michael Mann
PRODUCER(S): Michael Mann, Jon Peters, James Lassiter, Paul Ardaji, A. Kitman Ho
COMPOSER: Lisa Gerrard, Pieter Bourke
IMDB: 
IMDB SCORE:  0.0
TALENT: Will Smith, Jon Voight
GENRE: Biography, Blockbuster, Drama, History, Iconic, Period Piece, Sports, True Story
ERA: 1960s, 1970s
TERRITORY RIGHTS:  Other
TERM RIGHTS: Perpetuity
ICONIC TITLE: yes
FILENAME: gk-ali-029
DURATION: 00:02:21:00
TIME IN: 01:29:12:00