Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa and Talia Shire as Adrian in Rocky. (Photo by John Springer Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images) Chuck Wepner may not be a household name, but the fictional ...

Chuck Wepner was never supposed to belong in the same ring as Muhammad Ali, but for 15 brutal rounds, he proved the world ...

Chuck Wepner was never supposed to last, but his legendary toughness and defiant spirit against the greatest heavyweight who ever lived gave birth to one of cinema's most beloved stories. This is the ...

RICHFIELD, Ohio (WJW) – It’s hard to believe 50 years ago today, this land once hosted the Palace on the Prairie, the Richfield Coliseum. It’s now gone, but on March 24, 1975, it hosted one of the ...

The average person has probably heard of a few boxers. Obviously, there are greats like Muhammad Ali, Floyd Mayweather, and Mike Tyson. But one name that also may pop up is Rocky Balboa. Rocky and ...

Across 61 fights and 56 wins in his storied boxing career, Muhammad Ali was knocked down four times. The first came in his 11th career fight, at Madison Square Garden in February 1962. An unknown ...

The Bayonne Bleeder got bronzed. Chuck Wepner, the heavyweight slugger who inspired Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky Balboa character when he shockingly knocked down Muhammad Ali in the ninth round of their ...

Chuck Wepner, the ham and egger professional boxer who nearly beat heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali and thus inspired the Sylvester Stallone series of Rocky movies, was honored today with his own ...

[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] In 1975, Chuck Wepner, a journeyman fighter known as the Bayonne Bleeder, was convinced he had snatched the world ...

Chuck Wepner, the inspiration of the “Rocky” films and the focal point of Oct. 25 ESPN Films documentary “The Real Rocky” (one of eight new docs the cabler is premiering this fall) provided the early ...