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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.
May 17, 2024 · Chuck Wepner: I was born in New York, and moved later to Bayonne [New Jersey]. It was a rough town, blue-collar, with a lot of mob influence. Each part of town had its own tough guy.
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...
Muhammad Ali and Chuck Wepner fought in a boxing match on March 24, 1975, at the Richfield Coliseum in Richfield Township, Summit County, Ohio. Ali won the fight after he knocked out Wepner in the fifteenth round.
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...
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.
Jan 4, 2013 · Muhammad Ali 224 lbs beat Chuck Wepner 225 lbs by TKO at 2:41 in round 15 of 15 Date: 1975-03-24 Location: Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio, USA ...more.
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