0:00:02 > 0:00:05This programme contains strong language.
0:00:05 > 0:00:09Boxing is my life. When I was a kid, I was obsessed with boxing.
0:00:09 > 0:00:14I had the ability, but I was also a pretty damn good fighter.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16Since then, I manage.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18My family promote.
0:00:18 > 0:00:19Two titles...
0:00:19 > 0:00:21- Yeah.- Do you want it or not?
0:00:21 > 0:00:24And my son trains professional boxers
0:00:24 > 0:00:27to help them maximise their potential.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30Sometimes we drive each other mad.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33- Straight up with the left. - No. No. No!
0:00:33 > 0:00:35That's why you don't talk.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37But it's also hugely gratifying.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39The greatest thrill in the world is to work with your family
0:00:39 > 0:00:41and to work with your sons.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43Make him fucking start feeling that shit. He hates it.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46Boxing is the honesty business.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50It is like a microscope looking into your heart and into your soul.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53The fight's going to... People are going to remember...
0:00:53 > 0:00:55..remember this for 40 fucking years, son.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58It's like life in a 12-round fight.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Work! Work! WORK!
0:01:01 > 0:01:03Half a second and you're knocked out,
0:01:03 > 0:01:06you're unconscious, you're looking up at the stars and it's over.
0:01:06 > 0:01:07BELL RINGS
0:01:07 > 0:01:10There's no sport as brutal as the fight game.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31This is probably the most important year
0:01:31 > 0:01:35of my life, certainly as a boxing manager.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39Carl Frampton is one of the leading fighters in the world at the moment.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45We have this huge fight in the Barclays Center in New York.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48We're fighting a fabulous fighter in Leo Santa Cruz.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51He has been World Bantamweight, World Super-bantamweight
0:01:51 > 0:01:54and World Featherweight Champion.
0:01:54 > 0:01:59It's a chance to do something that no other Northern Ireland fighter
0:01:59 > 0:02:02has ever done before and that's to win a world title
0:02:02 > 0:02:04in a different weight division.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08It is a mammoth affair for him and for us.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10My dream when I turned professional
0:02:10 > 0:02:12was to win a world title and I've done that.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17Beautiful shot. That's a dynamite shot!
0:02:17 > 0:02:19'The next dream is I want to win titles
0:02:19 > 0:02:22'at featherweight as well.'
0:02:22 > 0:02:23- CARL GRUNTS - Good shot.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25And I want to go down in history
0:02:25 > 0:02:28as one of the greatest-ever Irish sports stars.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Good.
0:02:30 > 0:02:31Nice.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Touch.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36Carl is the first fighter that I've ever worked with,
0:02:36 > 0:02:39and knowing him from when we used to box together in the amateurs,
0:02:39 > 0:02:41he was always a little better than me.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43Don't forget the power in the right hand.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46I was thinking maybe I do go pro,
0:02:46 > 0:02:48but one thing led to another and I started training,
0:02:48 > 0:02:50taking Carl on the pads at the end of my sessions.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52It really just felt like that was me.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54That's good.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59People have destinies and things happen for a reason
0:02:59 > 0:03:01and for me, that just happened.
0:03:05 > 0:03:06Ease up, Carl. Fuck's sake.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11'Obviously we grew up in different backgrounds,
0:03:11 > 0:03:12'but Shane's a good lad.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15'He's pretty close to my age. We can laugh at the same things.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17'We can take the piss out of each other
0:03:17 > 0:03:20'and other people in equal measures.'
0:03:20 > 0:03:23Now, you let a few too many go on his head.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26You go on about other people bullying people in sparring
0:03:26 > 0:03:28and yet you do it all the time.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33THEY LAUGH He got to him there. He got to him.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37I have complete trust in him as a coach.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40But first and foremost, he's a friend of mine
0:03:40 > 0:03:43and I think that we will be, you know, forever,
0:03:43 > 0:03:44for the rest of our days.
0:03:44 > 0:03:45We've just got a good connection.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53I was coming from private schools every day,
0:03:53 > 0:03:56coming from like these, like, really wealthy schools
0:03:56 > 0:03:59and then going to a council estate at night-time,
0:03:59 > 0:04:02punching lumps out of lads and lads punching lumps out of me,
0:04:02 > 0:04:04but it felt real.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07We're a generation that's thrived off my dad's success.
0:04:07 > 0:04:11That's it. Your mum and dad are working-class people
0:04:11 > 0:04:13who have done really well for themselves.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Your mum in her own right, too,
0:04:15 > 0:04:18and obviously your dad being world champion
0:04:18 > 0:04:21and you're kind of reaping the rewards from that
0:04:21 > 0:04:24because of how dedicated and how good they were
0:04:24 > 0:04:26- at what they've done.- Yeah.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28So hopefully, it's going to be similar for me,
0:04:28 > 0:04:30you know, and my kids.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33- It's going to be a similar sort of story.- 100%.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36If you look at what I do on a day-to-day basis,
0:04:36 > 0:04:40no working-class person would do it any better than I do
0:04:40 > 0:04:42or dedicate any more time.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45I'm out of the house in the morning at 8 o'clock
0:04:45 > 0:04:48and I'm not home sometimes till midnight.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51You just get on with it. It's Shane's job. He's hard-working.
0:04:51 > 0:04:52He comes back late
0:04:52 > 0:04:54and...what I wanted to marry.
0:04:54 > 0:04:59I like ambition, I like drive, and that's exactly what he's got.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04This is the biggest year of Shane's life
0:05:04 > 0:05:08because he's getting married to his childhood sweetheart,
0:05:08 > 0:05:09Sophie Leniston.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12I've changed the invites. I've taken out all the church stuff.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14- Right.- It's just come up really quickly, to be honest.
0:05:14 > 0:05:19Everything's come up fast, but this whole year's been like a flash.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21But that's because you do so much.
0:05:21 > 0:05:26This has definitely been the fastest year, without fail.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28If I actually thought about it in someone else's shoes,
0:05:28 > 0:05:31where we are at the moment is really massive.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33The situation the boys are in,
0:05:33 > 0:05:35it does baffle me a little bit,
0:05:35 > 0:05:38cos I think I'm almost doing what they're doing
0:05:38 > 0:05:40and just getting on with things and just being normal,
0:05:40 > 0:05:43and actually, they're not really that normal.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45'Our life isn't that normal.'
0:05:45 > 0:05:46But this is our second...
0:05:46 > 0:05:48I'm going to go to New York on Monday.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51- Oh, yeah.- When? - Monday, they're going to New York.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53Oh, yeah. Yeah.
0:05:53 > 0:05:54I can't wait.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Are you coming?!
0:05:57 > 0:05:59I thought I'd got rid of you.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02You want them to fall in love with someone like that,
0:06:02 > 0:06:03that are a kindred spirit.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07Like, me and my wife are together 36 years.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09I'm still madly in love with her after all this time.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17- Right, I hate to break the news to you.- Mm-hm?
0:06:17 > 0:06:20You're either excessive with the amount of socks you're taking
0:06:20 > 0:06:22or you've got a problem with your feet.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24HE LAUGHS
0:06:24 > 0:06:26One of the two.
0:06:26 > 0:06:31You do not need 86 pairs of socks.
0:06:31 > 0:06:36- OK.- Or thereabouts.
0:06:36 > 0:06:40The boxing industry, it's quite a small world.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43It's quite a male-orientated world I would say.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Em...I have to say,
0:06:45 > 0:06:50the guys are pretty respectful to women.
0:06:50 > 0:06:55Some, kind of, might flinch a little bit if you're too involved,
0:06:55 > 0:06:57but that's their problem.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59So Jerobe's flight,
0:06:59 > 0:07:02as far as I know, everything's in place for it
0:07:02 > 0:07:04and he's arriving Monday as well.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07We've had a lot of pressure.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11We spent an awful lot of our own money
0:07:11 > 0:07:15to get things to where they are now and,
0:07:15 > 0:07:16you know, and I asked my kids,
0:07:16 > 0:07:20who are bright, intelligent kids with careers in front of them,
0:07:20 > 0:07:22to get involved with this.
0:07:22 > 0:07:23CARL ROARS
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Those three have taken chances, the same as me.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30You have to get it right and you make two or three mistakes,
0:07:30 > 0:07:31you're out of business.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33If you're not going to be on time,
0:07:33 > 0:07:35they're going to go without you, right?
0:07:35 > 0:07:36We'll get there.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40I've got this thing. I've got this thing coming in five minutes.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42Right? OK.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45All the best. Good luck. Have a good one. Good man.
0:07:45 > 0:07:46Good to see you.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48That was brilliant work in the gym. Good man.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15We'll do a face-off.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17There you go.
0:08:18 > 0:08:19This is a first, everybody.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22Santa Cruz is a volume puncher, comes forward,
0:08:22 > 0:08:24throws 150 punches a round.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28It's a clash of styles. Boxer versus fighter.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30It's going to make an incredible fight.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Unarguably, it is easily the biggest fight of my career.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39I believe that is the toughest opponent I've faced,
0:08:39 > 0:08:41so, em...I'll be ready.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44Santa Cruz is a three-weight division champion.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48He is an elite fighter, not just here, not just there,
0:08:48 > 0:08:50we're talking about the very best in the world.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53Of course, we're nervous about it, and as the fight gets closer,
0:08:53 > 0:08:54those nerves will intensify.
0:08:56 > 0:08:57Take that belt back.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Keeping it warm for us.
0:09:02 > 0:09:03Keeping it safe.
0:09:13 > 0:09:14Follow us in here.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18- How are you, mate? Nice to see you. - Are you a boxing referee?
0:09:18 > 0:09:19- Amateur...?- Yeah.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23- Are you well?- Mr McGuigan. - How are you?- All right.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Guys, can you move back a little bit?
0:09:26 > 0:09:28Just give him a bit of room there to wrap his hands, can you?
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Just move back a bit.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36Take your hand back a bit and give him a bit of room, will you?
0:09:36 > 0:09:39The opponents for Conrad...
0:09:39 > 0:09:40And Josh.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Do you want me to ring,
0:09:42 > 0:09:45have the match-makers contact you...?
0:09:45 > 0:09:46You've got the two kids on the undercard,
0:09:46 > 0:09:49Conrad Cummings and Josh Taylor,
0:09:49 > 0:09:52and we're developing them and they'll be looking for title fights
0:09:52 > 0:09:54before the end of the year as well.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57But we want opponents they can beat
0:09:57 > 0:09:59and look good. Precisely.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Hello.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04So you've got plenty of guys that can...
0:10:04 > 0:10:06- Can I get a picture with you later? - Of course you can.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10I remember when you fought. I remember when you came a couple of years ago with your son.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13- Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's right. He's there.- You don't remember me.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15- I do remember you.- You do? OK.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17What are you giving me? A chewing gum?
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Yeah. You worked with Sky-something News.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23I did. Back then, I did, yeah.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25This gentleman wants to interview you.
0:10:25 > 0:10:29- Indeed. Nice to see you, mate. - Take care.- Good, good.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Just a few more questions. The second fight here in the US...
0:10:31 > 0:10:33That's in there. Yeah?
0:10:33 > 0:10:35How does Carl feel fighting here on American soil?
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Does he feel that maybe the crowd will influence the fight at all?
0:10:43 > 0:10:44Thanks, mate.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53It's mad. It's absolutely crazy.
0:10:53 > 0:10:54Can you imagine training here, Carl?
0:11:01 > 0:11:03We needed to get that press day in.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05It's important to get the ball rolling.
0:11:05 > 0:11:06They couldn't be more happy.
0:11:10 > 0:11:11He's amazing.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13"Right hands! Left hook!"
0:11:13 > 0:11:15He is fucking winding me up.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17LAUGHTER
0:11:17 > 0:11:19You know, he's holding the pads...
0:11:19 > 0:11:21"Wow! Wow!"
0:11:27 > 0:11:32How many lads from Ireland
0:11:32 > 0:11:35are coming over to watch this fight live?
0:11:35 > 0:11:37Probably 1,500 people.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39- So you think you'll have that many? - Oh, yeah.
0:11:39 > 0:11:40We need to kick that up as well.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42We need to create as much interest as possible over here,
0:11:42 > 0:11:45hence the reason I'm employing you, John.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48Yes! So now here's a few questions.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50Just for the PR team,
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Carl fighting for the same title that you had
0:11:52 > 0:11:54and then lost in the States.
0:11:54 > 0:11:59- Yeah, yeah.- Has that been a big part of the conversation?
0:11:59 > 0:12:02The story is he'd be winning back my old title.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05He would be the first Northern Ireland fighter
0:12:05 > 0:12:07to ever win two weight divisions.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10That's unique to him.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13We know that he's an outsider, but we're not worried about that.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17He has trained ridiculously hard. Shane has done an amazing job.
0:12:17 > 0:12:18- Hey.- All right?
0:12:21 > 0:12:23I've got a lot to thank Carl Frampton for.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25He gave me an opportunity.
0:12:25 > 0:12:26He trusted me
0:12:26 > 0:12:30to bring the best out of him and, you know, here we are,
0:12:30 > 0:12:31he's a unified world champion.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35He's fighting for his second world title in another weight category.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38Our relationship is so strong and so tight,
0:12:38 > 0:12:42but there's also a massive working part of that.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45Got to feint loads, OK?
0:12:45 > 0:12:48Feint, and just be really reactive. Just watch him all the time.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50We're friends outside of the gym,
0:12:50 > 0:12:53but we're not going to start feeling sorry for him because he's my mate.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57If anything, that's going to want me to push him to his best.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00I want the best for him so I'm going to push him to his limits.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02Leo Santa Cruz is an elite, world-level fighter
0:13:02 > 0:13:05and, you know, when you're in a fight of this magnitude,
0:13:05 > 0:13:07you can't be cutting corners.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Good movement!
0:13:11 > 0:13:12Keep on him. He doesn't like the pace.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14Come on, stay on him.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17- BUZZER - Time.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24Great finish. It's in the tank.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32With Shane, my trainer, he understands what it's like.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34He understands the slogs of making weight.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36He understands the slogs of, sometimes,
0:13:36 > 0:13:38you're not performing in the gym.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41Someone is getting the better of you that shouldn't be.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45You weren't in good form today, but you gutted it out, you know?
0:13:45 > 0:13:48- You came on like a fucking train. - Absolutely.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Boxers are hard men,
0:13:50 > 0:13:54but they're complex men and they can be very emotional
0:13:54 > 0:13:56and sometimes hot-headed,
0:13:56 > 0:13:59and their head can be all over the place,
0:13:59 > 0:14:04especially someone who has a wife and a couple of kids
0:14:04 > 0:14:05that they don't see very often in camp.
0:14:07 > 0:14:08Hello.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12- 'Hello.'- Hello. Did you phone me on WhatsApp there?
0:14:12 > 0:14:15- 'Yes.'- And then I tried to ring you back and it just kept ringing.
0:14:15 > 0:14:16Do you want me to try...?
0:14:16 > 0:14:18INDISTINCT
0:14:18 > 0:14:20Oh, all right.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22No, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24'It can get lonely sometimes. I'm away from my family'
0:14:24 > 0:14:26who live in Belfast.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29My wife Christine and my two kids, Rossa and Carla.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Is Carla around? I want to have a chat.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37Ah, flip's sake. All right. No worries.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39I wanted to phone you just for a wee quick one.
0:14:39 > 0:14:40Is Rossa being good?
0:14:40 > 0:14:45'It's probably the hardest thing. I miss them all the time.'
0:14:45 > 0:14:47Hello? Hello.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Christine?
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Hello. Hello.
0:14:51 > 0:14:52Fuck's sake.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57She is very headstrong, Christine.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Very, very independent. She is a brilliant mother.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02She is brilliant to our kids and I'm away a lot of the time
0:15:02 > 0:15:04so she's bringing them up the right way
0:15:04 > 0:15:06and I'm very, very lucky, I suppose,
0:15:06 > 0:15:08that I have that and I'm able to go away
0:15:08 > 0:15:13and do what I want to do and fulfil the dream
0:15:13 > 0:15:14while she kind of stays at home
0:15:14 > 0:15:16and puts all hers on hold.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22I said to Christine,
0:15:22 > 0:15:24"I might get hit a bit in this fight now",
0:15:24 > 0:15:27so she'll be shitting herself at ringside.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29"What do you mean, you might get hit?"
0:15:29 > 0:15:31"Well, he throws a lot, you know what I mean?"
0:15:33 > 0:15:34And what did she say to that?
0:15:34 > 0:15:37"Just, like, keep your hands up or something."
0:15:37 > 0:15:38THEY LAUGH
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Well, I am going to agree with her on that one.
0:15:43 > 0:15:44Certainly in the early rounds.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01Where are we going? Does anyone know?
0:16:01 > 0:16:02I think we're going west.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04Where's Times Square?
0:16:04 > 0:16:07Look at that, awesome.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10This must be it.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13Find out today about your future tomorrow.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17Boxing can be very serious and...
0:16:18 > 0:16:19..it can be very lonely at times.
0:16:19 > 0:16:20Six-minute abs.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24So to have that good bond where you're having a laugh
0:16:24 > 0:16:26and a joke together is vital, you know?
0:16:27 > 0:16:30It's a big thing in our gym, we're always taking the mickey out of each other.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33THEY LAUGH
0:16:33 > 0:16:36Thanks very much.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38Right, Josh, we've decided enough is enough.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41These socks are a crime to humanity.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43Yeah, the feeling in the camp is brilliant.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Can slag each other, relax.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48Take our minds off the boxing and just chill out
0:16:48 > 0:16:50and be normal lads for a wee while.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16Historically, Madison Square Garden was always the home
0:17:16 > 0:17:19of big-time boxing in this fight-mad city.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23Now, the top bouts take place here at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn,
0:17:23 > 0:17:26and it's where Carl Frampton is hoping to make history.
0:17:32 > 0:17:37Yeah, so you need all the names, basically - Don...Mc...Rae.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39It's last name first, you know that?
0:17:42 > 0:17:45- You guys know what you're doing? The questions too tough? - THEY LAUGH
0:17:45 > 0:17:48- Who are you? - My name is Barry McGuigan.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51- I'm sorry.- OK. No worries.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54HE SHOUTS IN SPANISH
0:17:57 > 0:17:59He's got about 75 family members coming.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02He loves having people around him, cos it's security.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05Yeah, he loves the entourage. Loves it.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07He wants to feel like he's centre of attention.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10The almighty has arrived, you know.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13He's a creature of comfort, don't shake its hand.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15You know you've got to eyeball him a little bit now.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17Make him fucking start feeling that shit. He hates it.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20He's trying to do it so he can control the atmosphere all the time.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23That's why they've got the belts up and everything up there.
0:18:23 > 0:18:24You've only got a big crowd up there,
0:18:24 > 0:18:28so start slapping your chest and let him know.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31# Everywhere we go
0:18:31 > 0:18:34# Everywhere we go. #
0:18:34 > 0:18:36Boxers, they're a strange bunch, you know -
0:18:36 > 0:18:40it's not normal, these 12, 14-week training camps,
0:18:40 > 0:18:44preparing to fight another man in front of a huge crowd.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48125.2!
0:18:49 > 0:18:51It takes a special type of person.
0:18:51 > 0:18:55I believe all boxers, we're all brave, we're all tough.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04- That was loud.- I know.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06- It surprised me. - "Who are ya? Who are ya?"
0:19:06 > 0:19:08He wasn't even allowed to talk.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Well, he was, but he couldn't hear himself.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12I like him, though.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14I think he seems respectful. He's calm.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16He still wants to take your fucking head off.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18He still wants to take Carl's head off.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20I looked at Santa Cruz, and I was like,
0:19:20 > 0:19:23"He's a family man, he's got loads of kids around him.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26"He's just like Carl," and...I don't know.
0:19:26 > 0:19:27It did feel weird, actually.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30They must have a switch where they just go, "Do you know what?
0:19:30 > 0:19:33"I'm in the zone. I'm doing it."
0:19:33 > 0:19:34I think, after the fight,
0:19:34 > 0:19:37there will be a lot of mutual respect between them.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40- No?- Yeah.
0:19:40 > 0:19:41Not if Carl knocks him out.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45- I think he will. - No, I don't think so.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47Although he was, like, bigger than me,
0:19:47 > 0:19:49I think they all thought he was going to be way bigger.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53When he stood in a couple of times, he had, like, a twitch...
0:19:53 > 0:19:54Leo.
0:20:15 > 0:20:16Give us a hug, all right?
0:20:19 > 0:20:22'My kids and my wife are really my motivation
0:20:22 > 0:20:25'and I'm trying to make a comfortable life
0:20:25 > 0:20:26'for us all after boxing.'
0:20:26 > 0:20:28Give us a big hug and a kiss.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30'It's hard, me being away from them,
0:20:30 > 0:20:32'and I just use them as a driving force
0:20:32 > 0:20:35'all the time and as motivation'
0:20:35 > 0:20:38to remember, you know, who I'm doing it for.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46- The other lad.- Good man.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52The 14 weeks in the build-up to this fight,
0:20:52 > 0:20:56you're training and you're like, "What am I doing this for?"
0:20:56 > 0:21:01But it's the most important fight of my career up to this point.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14Shane? Going to let me out, son?
0:21:14 > 0:21:15- Shane.- Thanks, Mickey.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19I think it's going to be his best fight.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21He's in a good space, head space.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26'Well, as we look around at ringside,
0:21:26 > 0:21:28'Frank Lampard is here - now playing, of course,
0:21:28 > 0:21:29'for New York City.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31'Rory McIlroy is in attendance.
0:21:31 > 0:21:35'It's that kind of occasion here and the crowd are awaiting the arrival
0:21:35 > 0:21:37'of the two men.'
0:21:37 > 0:21:41Don't be nervous about this shit. You know what I mean?
0:21:41 > 0:21:43You know what I mean? Just nice and relaxed.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46If you miss with the right-hand, don't go crazy with the left.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48Step off. No need to impress anybody.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51If you miss with the right, straight up with the left.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53No. No.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55- NO!- No?- That's why you don't talk.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57- No?- No, no, cos he's too long for that.- OK.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03Get that then out of your head.
0:22:03 > 0:22:04'There is a line with Dad.
0:22:04 > 0:22:08'I say, "Listen, Dad, you know, you're too heavily involved, almost. Just go outside."'
0:22:08 > 0:22:11When I was boxing, he used to weird me out
0:22:11 > 0:22:14and make me feel really nervous because I could just feed off him.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16You've done your last pee?
0:22:16 > 0:22:18I'll go and squeeze a little bit out.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21Shush... Shut the fuck up.
0:22:21 > 0:22:26Sorry for my extremely bad language, but please do me a favour and shush.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29We just need... Just let it be.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36'You do have doubts and boxers do have doubts,
0:22:36 > 0:22:39'but it's up to their team around them to sort of make sure that
0:22:39 > 0:22:43'these doubts don't start creeping into their head.'
0:22:43 > 0:22:46All right. Here? Glide your head off.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48See you, Ricky.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51We've done all our sparring. He's looked great in sparring.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53Everything's ticked off. We've done it all.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55GRUNTING
0:22:55 > 0:22:59He's entering the ring at the right weight.
0:23:00 > 0:23:01Ooh, good shot.
0:23:01 > 0:23:05That's the little checks you've got to go over in your head from a coach's standpoint,
0:23:05 > 0:23:07or from a manager's standpoint, even from a fighter's standpoint.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10You've got make sure you're going over these things.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13Honest to God, Carl, this is the fight that's going to...
0:23:13 > 0:23:14People are going to remember...
0:23:19 > 0:23:22..remember this for 40 fucking years, son.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26- ANNOUNCER:- Ladies and gentlemen,
0:23:26 > 0:23:28from Barclays Center here in Brooklyn,
0:23:28 > 0:23:32the time has come for the bout you've all been waiting for,
0:23:32 > 0:23:36the WBA Featherweight Championship of the World.
0:23:36 > 0:23:41It's time for Santa Cruz versus Frampton!
0:23:41 > 0:23:44The Frampton army made the trip from Northern Ireland.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46Carl "The Jackal" Frampton,
0:23:46 > 0:23:50hoping the grass is indeed greener on this side of the pond, Al,
0:23:50 > 0:23:53because he is moving up in weight and challenging...
0:23:53 > 0:23:56When I ring-walk and when I get into the ring,
0:23:56 > 0:23:57there's no nerves.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59You know, I've done everything I can.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01I know that I'm going to stay in there for as long as I can.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05All right, let's go. Let's do it.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09I'm prepared to put every single thing on the line.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12- BELL RINGS COMMENTATOR:- The bell in round one.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14We are scheduled for 12. Carl Frampton...
0:24:14 > 0:24:16Go for the body, Carl!
0:24:16 > 0:24:19Santa Cruz feels that Frampton has a weak chin.
0:24:19 > 0:24:20Feet!
0:24:24 > 0:24:26BELL RINGS
0:24:26 > 0:24:28- How do you feel?- Good.
0:24:28 > 0:24:33Get those fucking hands up! You're getting kicked a little bit.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35It's just looking worse for the judges, OK?
0:24:38 > 0:24:40Barclays Center, Brooklyn...
0:24:40 > 0:24:41Body, Carl!
0:24:44 > 0:24:47And they are each trying to light each other up.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Stay low!
0:24:49 > 0:24:50BARRY SHOUTS
0:24:50 > 0:24:53No, it's all right, Dad. Let him mix it.
0:24:53 > 0:24:57Frampton sweeps in with a right-hand. It's a left hook.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59He staggers Santa Cruz!
0:24:59 > 0:25:02He's tasting some of the power of Carl Frampton.
0:25:02 > 0:25:03BELL RINGS
0:25:08 > 0:25:10He's not strong. He's not physically strong.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13That little pushes on the inside wears him out.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15If you do the same thing all the time, marching in,
0:25:15 > 0:25:18he's going to become adjusted to it.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20So mix it up.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23Right in the gut by Carl Frampton.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26- COMMENTATOR:- Frampton's landing at a high percentage.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29Now Santa Cruz has Frampton on the ropes.
0:25:29 > 0:25:34Santa Cruz landing some strikes.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36Santa Cruz opens up on the inside and lands some solid shots
0:25:36 > 0:25:39to the body and follows up with a left hook to the head.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41Good work from Santa Cruz, and now a left hook to the body
0:25:41 > 0:25:44and a left hook to the head. Twice in a row, Santa Cruz lands.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46Another right hand from Santa Cruz gets through,
0:25:46 > 0:25:47and then a left hook to the body.
0:25:47 > 0:25:48BELL RINGS
0:25:48 > 0:25:51Frampton second-best according to show stats.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54- Lost that round.- Lost?- Yeah.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56Come on, now, some motivation for you.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58All right? But you don't beat him.
0:25:58 > 0:25:59We're fucking punching with him.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02You beat him with your phases and your feet, OK?
0:26:02 > 0:26:04Come on, mate.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09- COMMENTATOR:- How impressive Frampton's counterpunching is.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13Carl Frampton, Leo Santa Cruz, two blood-and-guts warriors.
0:26:13 > 0:26:18Both yet to taste defeat and yet somebody's O has to go here tonight.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20- This guy is tired! - He's smiling cos you hit him.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22He's smiling because you're annoying the shit out of him.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25It may be a crowd of 1,200 Northern Irish,
0:26:25 > 0:26:27but they sound like a crowd of 12,000!
0:26:27 > 0:26:29BELL RINGS
0:26:32 > 0:26:35Switch yourself on, all right? Switch your brain on.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37We need these last two rounds.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40Come on, you've got a fucking great engine.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42Let's show me it. You've got to push him back.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45Every time somebody lands something big,
0:26:45 > 0:26:48the other guy comes back, they both land with big right hands.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50BELL RINGS
0:26:50 > 0:26:52Don't give him any free shots.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55Use your phases, but keep the pace really fucking high!
0:26:55 > 0:26:57Come on. I'm proud of you. Let's do it.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04Unbelievable. Is this Round 12 or is it Round 1?
0:27:04 > 0:27:07Work, work, work! WORK! WORK!
0:27:08 > 0:27:11'Left-hand to the head by Frampton.'
0:27:11 > 0:27:12CROWD ROARS
0:27:18 > 0:27:20YES!
0:27:25 > 0:27:27Do you believe he's won that?
0:27:27 > 0:27:29- I don't know.- I think he's won it.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31But, Dad, I don't know. They favour the fighter, mate.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35- But they had him four-up.- Who? - The unofficial score.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37- But who?- The commentators.
0:27:37 > 0:27:42'The winner, by a majority decision
0:27:42 > 0:27:47'and the new WBA Featherweight Champion of the World...'
0:27:47 > 0:27:50THEY YELL
0:27:54 > 0:27:58.."The Jackal" Frampton!'
0:28:02 > 0:28:04'Success is in winning.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06'We're winners. We work very hard together.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08'The greatest thrill in the world
0:28:08 > 0:28:10'is to work with your family and work with your sons.'
0:28:10 > 0:28:13- Good.- What a fucking win. What a win.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16Are you coming with me to the changing room?
0:28:16 > 0:28:18Are you happy about that? Give me a hug.
0:28:18 > 0:28:19Don't be afraid to give me a hug.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22These Presbyterians don't like to hug.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24THEY LAUGH
0:28:28 > 0:28:31No more fights, let's get married.
0:28:31 > 0:28:32- Yeah?- Eh...
0:28:32 > 0:28:35- No?- No.- What?- Jokes!
0:28:38 > 0:28:39So many of us never get
0:28:39 > 0:28:42the opportunity to find our perfect soul mate.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44Frampton, we've been, eh...
0:28:44 > 0:28:46- TEARFULLY:- Going early!
0:28:46 > 0:28:49He got emotional when he spoke about me more than anyone else.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53It has to be the loneliest sport out there
0:28:53 > 0:28:55because he is my son and I know him better than anybody.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58I worry that some of the days are going to get too dark sometimes.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03CHEERING
0:29:04 > 0:29:08# There's only one Carl Frampton
0:29:08 > 0:29:12# There's only one Carl Frampton
0:29:12 > 0:29:16# There's only one Carl Frampton
0:29:16 > 0:29:19# Walking along, singing this song
0:29:19 > 0:29:22# Walking in a Frampton wonderland... #