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ALL ACCESS: Davis vs. Santa Cruz | Ep. 1 | Full Episode (TV14) | SHOWTIME PPV | ALL THE SMOKE FIGHT | YouTubeToText
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This content profiles two elite boxers, Gervonta "Tank" Davis and Léo Santa Cruz, highlighting their contrasting paths to a high-stakes championship fight, their personal struggles, and their aspirations for legacy.
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[Mayweather] Back in action.
Back on the big screen, but in a different way.
Before I was I was a fighter/promoter.
Now it's just all promoting. This young man right here,
a natural born superstar.
I would say I'm the God of this...
I'm the don of this...
I'm the Mike -- no, I'm LeBron of this...
But the ultimate goal is to get him to surpass me.
[woman] Is he allowed to talk yet or no?
Go ahead. ...it. Go on.
"All Access," let me -- introducing Gervonta --
three-time world champion...
[Lennon] Davis.
[Ranallo] Incredible. And this fight is over!
Floyd, is this the future of boxing?
Abso...lutely.
Whoomp, there it is!
[narrator] For Gervonta Davis,
it pays to follow the money.
With an unblemished record,
[man] It is over.
...and a near-perfect knockout rate,
the Baltimore native, at only 25, is primed
for the next crucial step
in an icon's succession plan.
[Davis] I'm made for this. I'm not here for just no reason.
[narrator] But boxing, above all, remains a meritocracy,
a sport where empires aren't bestowed, they're earned.
Enter Léo Santa Cruz...
[Ranallo] What a fight!
...a four-division belt holder who's been tested
in every possible way.
Aw, straight right hand.
He never takes a step backwards...
[Santa Cruz] I'm not scared. I'm motivated to go out there
and show the world who I am.
I'm a Mexican warrior.
[narrator] ...and he seeks to burnish his own rain
at a prodigy's expense.
Santa Cruz looking to light him up
like the Las Vegas strip.
On October 31st,
the future of boxing will sharpen into focus
as a battle-forged warrior tries teaching a young champion
the most important of lessons --
never look too far ahead.
Line them up,
and we'll keep knocking them down.
[Davis] I think this probably one of the most focused
I've been since I've been pro.
Vegas is like a good boxing city, I believe.
It's actually good to be away from home
and from, you know, the bad stuff.
I know I have a big task in front of me.
I'm not over there hump yet.
Phew! It's hot.
I know that, you know, Léo will come to fight,
so I know I got to be prepared. Keep working.
I ain't do nothing yet.
[Nas' "Spicy" plays]
♪ Pricey ♪
♪ Bad boy ♪
♪ Boss...your lordship ♪
♪ ...talkin' yachts and some more... ♪
♪ I used to run the block, now I'm corporate ♪
♪ Hoppin' out, you know it's Son when the doors lift ♪
♪ Cost money, beat-the-charge money ♪
♪ Fast money, push-to-start money ♪
♪ Lost money, Escobar money ♪
♪ Hit-Boy, we got another one ♪
♪ Pricey ♪
♪ Nostradamus ♪
♪♪♪
For Gervonta Davis to reach the rarest air in boxing,
he's going to require a higher level of focus.
So he's been invited to a place known for hard work
and dedication.
It's one of the benefits of fighting under
the Mayweather Promotions banner.
That and the guidance of the pay-per-view king.
[grunting]
[Ford] Good. That's what I want to see.
Welcome to where the big boys get busy at.
[Davis] I'm grateful for what Floyd did for me,
you know, far as opened the doors for me.
if it wasn't for Floyd,
I wouldn't have been, you know, a champion at 22.
Watch out. Get your hands back.
He gave me the chance to fight on his pay-per-view card.
[grunting]
-Whoo! -Yeah, whoo!
[Davis] Now we here on my own pay-per-view.
[narrator] With the bout on Halloween,
just a few weeks away,
Gervonta continues his steep ascension,
propelled, as always by long-time trainer Calvin Ford.
Can you keep count for me?
Keep count of his punches.
Last round.
[Ford] My job is to keep pushing him,
keep pushing him until I break him.
I still got it. Yeah!
[grunting]
[narrator] To prepare for the pay-per-view milestone,
the team has made the cross-country journey
from Baltimore with the clear understanding
that no easy days lie ahead.
Yeah, I'm good. 56 years old.
Kid, you ain't thought the old whippersnapper
had it in him, did you?
What'd you say? What'd you say?
Oh, you ain't got nothing to say?
Oh, he ain't got nothing to say.
[Ford] He understand how serious this fight is.
Being at that pay-per-view level,
it's a different beast.
[narrator] Gervonta has clocked
almost as many knockouts as birthdays.
Can't break. Nothing can't break you.
And being so young, there's a long, bright future ahead.
Oh, come on. One more.
That's the theory, at least.
[Ford] No turning back.
This is for all the marbles.
So a village of boxing elders seeks to ensure
the three-time champion reaches an even higher level
of potential.
[Ford] All cellphones in your pocket.
If I see your cellphones out, I'mma put you out.
Floyd has been working with Gervonta since 2015,
investing his time in boxing's future.
True to character, he's never been shy
about showing off talent.
[Snoop Dogg] When your next fight, champ?
[Mayweather] He's fighting on my card.
What?
He's a world champion.
Youngest world champion in boxing.
I'm there.
Ask him what's his record.
What's your record?
17-0.
Okay, there you go.
You real. Oh, he official.
[narrator] Over the years,
the benefits flowed in both directions,
with the boxing lifer teaching the apprentice
some powerful but unlikely weapons, like patience,
a lesson Floyd highlighted
during this 2017 sparring session.
Don't rush. Don't rush.
Get in. You going to ref them. You going to ref them.
You going to ref them. Show them when to get dirty.
Keep it clean. Keep it clean.
Okay, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop.
Hey, hey! Hey, hey, relax!
Relax, boy. Hey, hey get it --
let him get his nose together.
Relax!
Hardheaded...
That's it. That's it. Don't punch. Don't punch.
Stop punching.
Come get some water.
Don't be a hothead. Don't be a hothead.
Come get a little water and keep working.
Listen to me.
You got to listen, at the end of the day.
Because, remember, I've been his age
and where he's trying to go to
and what he's trying to accomplish,
I've already accomplished.
That's why I'm good to come in and camp.
I need him using this.
I don't need him just using this.
'Cause when he fight with just this,
you get a -- you get the, "Okay, 'Tank.'"
[narrator] Today, Gervonta's older,
more mellow, and self-aware,
having absorbed five years of Mayweather's wisdom.
♪♪♪
[Davis] Couple years ago, when I was saying
I was going to be the next pay-per-view star,
people were thinking that I was just -- I was just talking.
Now that it's really here,
you know, I feel like, you know, it just feels amazing.
I got to be able to keep getting on pay-per-view, you know?
I always say I got more work to do.
Even staying in this house,
I'll be, "Damn, I want a house as big as this."
[narrator] He realizes the road to the throne is long,
but the effort -- well worth it.
♪♪♪
[Justin Morales' "Desde Morro" plays]
♪♪♪
[singing in Spanish]
♪♪♪
While Gervonta eyes a promising future,
Léo Santa Cruz thrives in the battle for present.
Hoping to polish a résumé that already features world titles
in four different weight classes,
he's training at home in Los Angeles
amid all the luxuries befitting an extended reign.
♪♪♪
[Santa Cruz] That was my dream of having a house like this,
but I never imagined, however, have it.
I thought it was, like, really impossible.
♪♪♪
There's the little ducks.
My daughter, she loves them.
♪♪♪
Right here's the kitchen.
We mostly never use the table.
We always eat right there with the kids, so...
And right here, like, we have like, memorabilia,
like, all my fights with my dad in my corner and everything.
Right here when I fought Mares,
when I fought Mijares.
I can't believe I have all these belts.
I thought I wasn't going to be able to get not even one belt,
but now I have like seven belts --
something unbelievable that I still can't believe.
Right here, this is my room.
These are the shirts, like, I wear.
And there's a lot of these shirts.
I have, like, maybe like 20 of these shirts.
[chuckles]
Yeah, I got all this without a single pay-per-view.
It's taken me 24 years to get to this level,
to get a pay-per-view fight, but this is a dream come true.
♪♪♪
[narrator] On the cusp of his 40th pro bout,
Léo has taken the scenic route towards his first
top pay-per-view billing.
But with the potential to reach another level of stardom
only weeks away,
he hopes that the wait will only sweeten the rewards.
♪♪♪
Still, the more his fortune's changed,
the more he's worked to ensure that nothing else would,
keeping those who made the climb possible close by his side.
Under the leadership of his father and head trainer, José,
Léo draw strength from his bloodline,
just as he's done from the start.
[dogs barking]
♪♪♪
[Santa Cruz] We grew up a really poor family.
My dad was the only one working,
and he worked as, you know, a painter,
as a dishwasher, and it was really hard
'cause there were times that we didn't have -- to pay the bills.
They used to cut the electric off,
so we had to buy candles, and that would be out light.
There were four of us.
It was my oldest brother, Antonio,
Armando and Robert and me.
Oh, my dad, he's the head of the family.
If it wouldn't have been for him,
maybe I wouldn't be in boxing.
[beeping]
He always push so hard.
His dream was to have a son that became a world champion.
[narrator] For all four sons in the Santa Cruz family,
The question wasn't if they would box, but when.
It was Léo, the youngest, who rose fastest and highest.
[man] Take a look at 23-year-old Santa Cruz.
The first title shot came early
when Santa Cruz met Vusi Malinga
for the vacant IBF bantamweight title in 2012.
[Bernstein] Santa Cruz is setting a pace punching
that's ridiculous.
He's just so busy.
Foreshadowing the relentless
come-forward style that would become his trademark,
Léo through a shocking 1,350 punches,
establishing himself as a prodigy of his own time.
What does it mean for you to win this title?
Oh, it means the word. This is what I've been training for
since I was 8 years old. It was always my dream,
and it was my dad's dream.
[speaks indistinctly]
If it wasn't for me, it was him...
♪♪♪
[narrator] Through all the success that followed,
Santa Cruz strove to honor the family name.
Now, against Davis comes an opportunity
to establish his warrior brand
with a wider mainstream audience.
[Santa Cruz] This is the moment
I've been training all my life for.
I think it's going to put me in another level.
[beeping]
[Mayweather] I'm the two.
I mean, he the one, I'm the two.
Pull me up. Pull it up.
Come on, let the people see it.
No, I was not talking about you, though.
But I want to see this. Pull it up. Can you pull it up?
[laughs]
[woman] What is it? Let me see.
You done liked the...
how you going to like your own picture?
[laughter]
Get that -- get that mother close up.
One thing we do know.
You is the -- for sure, the highest paid lightweight.
Hands down, right?
Yeah, for sure.
Okay, I just wanted to make sure.
I'm going to say it in my own words.
Tank said, "Champ, you got to realize this.
I don't fight on free TV no more.
It's pay-per-view."
I said, but, Tank, you under Mayweather Promotions,
so it's May-per-view.
[laughter]
So, you know, that's what we do.
[Ford] Everybody work for 30 seconds as fast as they can.
Box!
[narrator] It's a high bar set for the young champ,
following a man who calls himself the best ever.
But clearing tough obstacles is nothing new for Tank
and head trainer Calvin Ford.
Time. What you got?
270.
Okay.
You ready? Let's see what you got.
Box! Let's go.
They may not be blood-related, but Coach Calvin
and Gervonta are family nonetheless.
The trainer has schooled Gervonta from the beginning,
showing by example how to turn sport into salvation.
Counter cheating, man.
[Ford] No, that's 120 right there.
Yes, you is.
That's 120 right there.
Time.
He cheating.
120. What? Cheating?
That's 'cause you -- come get the time.
Give us 30 seconds. That's all you get.
You got to go back to work.
[grunting]
Come on.
[Davis] Boxing helped save my life a lot.
All the guys that I came up with
that was older than me, they got killed.
♪♪♪
If you had one feet in the streets
and one feet in a gym, it's not going to work.
You got to be all-the-way committed with something.
That push -- that's the real conviction, the push.
Man, you got to push through it.
God dang.
"Do I got it in me?"
[Ford] Tank and I and kids around us that's with us
on these levels now, they seen a lot of death in the gym.
So he really like, "Ooh."
And he just buckled down, tightened up his boots.
Didn't look back.
[Davis] Somebody got killed right here.
That's his name.
And they tried to rob them. and, you know,
he tried to fight back, so they shot him.
They shot him to death, and they killed him right here.
[narrator] Three years ago, Gervonta returned
to a West Baltimore block he grew up on.
What's going on?
Ain't nothing.
I was telling them how --
I actually fought him, too, before.
I fought him.
And then you could barely come in the front.
A lot of belts, trophies, all that.
So I remember. It's all good.
I mean, I'm just -- I'm the fighter at heart.
[narrator] In 1999, with his father in prison
and his mother battling addiction,
Gervonta was placed into Child Protective Services at age 5.
Shuttling between foster homes and shelters,
his route to success was steep.
[Davis] As a child growing up,
that's, you know, rough.
♪♪♪
Coming from a group home and, you know,
watch my mom and dad do drugs and things like that.
Some people use it, you know, as an excuse, and me,
I just use that as my motivation.
[man] Man, I'm so proud of you, Tank.
Thank you, thank you.
Seriously.
When I think of where you came from,
to where you at...
Yeah.
...ain't nothing but pride for you, boy.
Yeah.
Nothing but pride for you.
Now you can come back and go down
and get some knuckleheads on the right path, huh?
Oh, definitely.
It was hard enough to get you on the right path, man.
Tank was different. Bad. Goodness grace.
Sometime I still hear his voice in the back of my head.
"Coach Calvin, Coach Calvin," you know?
But he was a good bad.
[narrator] At age 7, Gervonta took the first steps
on his journey to finding the gym,
the man, and the purpose that would define him.
He met Coach Calvin at Upton Boxing,
and the trainer knew of the daunting obstacles ahead,
Calvin had served 10 years in prison for drug offenses
before transforming into a beacon for kids like Gervonta.
[Davis] I was fighting a lot at school
fighting a lot on the streets,
and it brung us to the gym,
and I'm the one that stuck with it.
When I came to the gym, you know, and I felt the love
that I needed as a child, you know?
So that's what kept me into the gym.
[Ford] Been doing this for too long, boy.
That's why I call you the Tank. Little Tank.
You just getting started, baby.
[grunting]
♪♪♪
[Davis] No one else like Calvin Ford.
Coach Calvin basically raised me.
I always wanted to have somebody
like a Calvin in my corner, you know?
So that sums it all up.
♪♪♪
I get emotional because of all the hard work we put in.
♪♪♪
Tank didn't have a silver spoon in his mouth.
You understand? He came from the dirt with this.
So when I look at it, it's just not about boxing.
If you put your mind to it and really work hard,
Put the right people around you, anything is possible.
♪♪♪
Time! Whoo!
Give it up, y'all. Good work, y'all.
[indistinct talking]
[cellphone ringing]
Phew!
♪♪♪
[narrator] For a family as close as the Santa Cruzes,
the health of the father is an obvious concern.
A few nights ago,
José was admitted to the hospital with sepsis,
a potentially life-threatening infection.
It's the latest in a litany of ongoing medical issues
that started five years ago.
[indistinct talking]
[scoffs] I still have to come and work,
even though what's happening with my dad over there,
I still have to come in and train
'cause my dad would tell me,
"Nothing matter what happens outside the gym.
You always have to go and train.
You have to be focused.
No matter what you do, this is our job.
You have to go and do it no matter what."
♪♪♪
My dad tells me -- he always says, "Never give up.
You have to be 100% consistent.
You have to -- no matter what, you still have to go to the gym.
If something else is happening,
let other people take care of it,
and you do your job.
You go to the gym, train, and try to focus.
[beeping]
♪♪♪
[narrator] Perhaps Léo can find small comforts
in having survived the punches life can throw at you.
In 2016, while readying for the unbeaten,
tenacious Carl Frampton,
the boxer found out that his father
had stage 3 multiple myeloma,
a blood cancer that invaded his bones.
[Santa Cruz] When they tell you about cancer,
the first thing that comes into mind is that,
you know, I didn't know if he was going to be alive
for my fight.
He was in the hospital, going back and forth.
♪♪♪
[cheers and applause]
♪♪♪
We were used to having my dad here in camp,
and when he pushes me, I push myself, too,
and I wasn't 100% prepared for that.
♪♪♪
[Ranallo] Oh, Frampton lands a left hook.
and staggers Santa Cruz.
[narrator] After weeks of radiation and chemotherapy,
José was able to join his son in a heroic battle.
It was a grueling fight-of-the-year candidate,
but caught between the interruption in camp,
the emotional fatigue, and a formidable opponent,
Léo suffered his only pro defeat.
What a fight it has been.
[Lennon] And the new
WBA Bantamweight Champion of the World...
♪♪♪
Léo Santa Cruz had to overcome so much personal turmoil
and yet continued to fight with the heart of a champion.
[Santa Cruz] I was upset. I was mad.
I was going to go back to the gym,
prepare for the rematch, and in the rematch,
I'm going to come, you know, better.
♪♪♪
Much has been said about the battle his father
has had with cancer.
His father in his corner tonight.
My dad was in camp with me.
He told me, "If you reach, use a one-two
and just don't go inside with him."
[bell dings]
It's time for round 13.
[Bernstein] Big question's going to be whether Léo Santa Cruz
is more aggressive in round 1 or more tactical.
So far, he's being more tactical.
Oh, good right hand connects by Santa Cruz.
In the first round, I knew I had control of the fight.
He thought I was going to go in and brawl
like in the first fight, but, no, I didn't do that.
And I could see that he got frustrated.
So the adjustments have been made by Léo Santa Cruz.
Oh, right hand catches Frampton
and Santa Cruz now scoring with his blows.
He's counterpunching the counterpuncher.
Santa Cruz really putting his talents on display.
Another great fight...
[bell dings]
...between Carl Frampton and Léo Santa Cruz.
[Lennon] The winner by majority decision,
Léo "El Terremoto" Santa Cruz!
When they said I was champion again,
I was very happy, I was excited, and I said, "We're back."
[chuckles]
♪♪♪
[narrator] And so for his fight with the future of boxing,
Léo will carry his past into the present,
hoping the lessons his father taught him in boxing and life
will translate when he needs the most.
[Santa Cruz] My Dad says that we never stop learning.
What I learned from Frampton
is that for every fight you have to go 100% --
100% mentally, physically, everything.
♪♪♪
I feel I have that spirit,
I have that heart to go out there
and, you know, give great wars.
I don't think I'll ever, you know,
chicken out from no fight or nothing.
No matter what I'm still going to be fighting
and I'm going to be pushing it until I can't no more.
[beeping]
[indistinct conversations]
[indistinct rapping]
It don't matter who I fight.
I'm looking forward, working hard.
What I've been through and what I seen coming up,
I know I don't want to go backwards in life, you know,
because I know what that bring.
It's all about what you do when life bring you,
you know, them challenges.
♪♪♪
When people, like, get money and fame
and things like that, they want to change
who they around.
I think that's not right.
I feel as though if I started with you,
I'mma finish it with you.
I'd rather lose with them than be with somebody else,
that I don't know and -- you feel me?
[woman] Yes.
It just...It's...
I don't know. It's just a part of me.
I feel like that's -- that's a great way to be.
[Ruelle's "Madness" plays]
♪♪♪
[narrator] There is something about proximity
to a perch that once seemed so distant
that forces a man to reflect on his past,
to summon the strength to conquer the present,
and to envision a future so tantalizingly near.
[Davis] I've been a champion already.
The next step is me becoming that pay-per-view star.
I don't want to just be no fighter that's just,
"Oh, Tank fighting."
I want somebody to be --
I want little kids to be running to the TV,
and be like, "Yeah, Tank fighting."
I want them to be that excited.
[indistinct shouting]
♪♪♪
[Mayweather] At the end of the day,
we the same right now.
We undefeated.
And that's what we do. We kick...
♪♪♪
[man] Push, push. There you go.
♪♪♪
[narrator] For two fighters
who have battled life's fortunes,
their scars are worth the stories,
their scars have made them champions,
and perfect opponents for each other.
[Santa Cruz] This is what I always dreamed of,
and, you know, for my dad to be with me
in this fight after all we've been through,
I'm going to be a... world champion,
and I'm going to give Tank his first loss.
[Davis] I'm bringing everything I've been through to the ring.
I go in there with a different mind-set.
I'm ready to turn into a monster.
♪♪♪
[narrator] on Halloween night,
with both their belts on the line,
two champions will meet in San Antonio.
[Davis] We're gonna make it real exciting for you.
[narrator] They will fight for legacy
and, even more important, for the people who fought for them.
♪ Madness ♪
♪ Madness, madness, madness ♪
♪♪♪
[narrator] Gervonta Davis will take on Léo Santa Cruz
Saturday, October 31st.
♪♪♪
♪ Ooh, ooh, oooooh ♪
♪♪♪
♪ Ooh, ooh, oooooh ♪
♪♪♪
♪ Ooh, ooh, oooooh ♪
♪♪♪
♪ Ooh, ooh, oooooh ♪
♪ Madness, madness, madness ♪
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