BAYONNE -- When Chuck Wepner visited the set of "The Bleeder," the upcoming movie about his life, the former heavyweight boxer tried giving actor Liev Schreiber some tips for a unique fight scene. But ...

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 ...

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 newly released sports drama “The Brawler” may be set in New Jersey, but co-writer Robert DiBella happens to be from Long Island. “The Brawler” tells the story of Chuck Wepner, the real-life ...

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 ...

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 ...

Zach McGowan plays Chuck Wepner in 'The Brawler,' Ken Kushner's biopic about the boxer whose title bout with Muhammad Ali inspired the film 'Rocky.' By Frank Scheck It’s hard to imagine why anyone ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. One look at former boxer Chuck Wepner’s face and it’s clear that life ...