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17 de may. de 2024 · 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 ...
16 de may. de 2024 · (Photo by John Springer ... [+] Corbis via Getty Images. Chuck Wepner may not be a household name, but the fictional character he inspired in a string of hit movies is - Rocky Balboa....
20 de may. de 2024 · La lista de púgiles que supuestamente inspiraron a Stallone para perfilar el personaje de Rocky es larga, y no siempre certera. Él mismo ha tenido que decir que Rocky es una mezcla de varios...
16 de may. de 2024 · In Part 1 of this multi-part interview series with heavyweight boxer Chuck Wepner, we focused mainly on his big fight and long-time personal relationship with the late Muhammad Ali. Here, in...
5 de may. de 2024 · This would be Sonny Liston's final fight before his mysterious death in December, 1970. Many believe it was because Liston did not throw the fight despite be...
10 de may. de 2024 · 4. 9 views 38 minutes ago #boxing #boxinghistory #chuckwepner. On January 7, 1966 heavyweight prospects Buster Mathis and Chuck Wepner met in a six-round bout at Madison Square Garden....
Hace 17 horas · 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 statute in his Bayonne, NJ hometown. Wepner was a game but limited fighter in his career.
