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Charles "Chuck" Wepner (born February 26, 1939) is an American former professional boxer. He fell just nineteen seconds short of a full fifteen rounds against world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali in a 1975 championship fight. Wepner also scored notable wins over Randy Neumann and former world heavyweight champion Ernie Terrell.
Muhammad Ali vs. Chuck Wepner was a professional boxing match contested on March 24, 1975, for the undisputed heavyweight championship. [1] Ali won the fight after he knocked out Wepner in the fifteenth round.
Jun 9, 2020 · On the night of March 24, 1975, a struggling actor and screenwriter named Sylvester Stallone checked into a Los Angeles theater to watch a closed-circuit broadcast of the great Muhammad Ali...
Jan 26, 2023 · The 83-year-old Chuck Wepner stands 6ft 5in tall, with broad shoulders and heavily knuckled hands; bone calluses serve as reminders of a life spent punching. His vocation as a fighter scarred...
May 2, 2017 · The unknown boxer character who gets the chance of a lifetime to fight the world's heavyweight champion was inspired by an actual fighter named Chuck Wepner.
Wepner down in fifth from a body punch; fight stopped by ring doctor after round 9 because of multiple cuts on Wepner's face.
Oct 25, 2011 · Chuck Wepner, climbing the steps of the Philadelphia art museum that his screen likeness famously ran in "Rocky," is content with all the chapters of his story.
May 17, 2024 · In Part 1 and Part 2 of our exclusive interview series with former heavyweight boxer Chuck Wepner, we discussed his long-time friendship and big 1975 fight with Muhammad Ali, his relationship...
May 10, 2017 · Chuck Wepner fought the biggest boxer of the time — Muhammad Ali. He didn't win, but went 15 rounds, becoming the inspiration for the movie Rocky. Now he's got his own biopic coming out called...
Sep 16, 2023 · When part-time fighter Chuck Wepner is given a shot to fight heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali in 1975, no one gives him a chance.
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