Chuck Wepner jokingly sends an open-hand jab through Muhammad Ali's "defense" during a press conference for their title fight March 24, 1975, in Cleveland, OH. Ali took home $1.5 million, Wepner ...

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 ...

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, 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 ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with actor Liev Schreiber about his new film Chuck, which tells the story of boxer Chuck Wepner, the real-life... Liev Schreiber On The 'Unsafe' Obsession With Celebrity And ...