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 ...

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 ...

Chuck Wepner was never supposed to belong in the same ring as Muhammad Ali, but for 15 brutal rounds, he proved the world wrong in one of boxing's most unforgettable displays of raw determination.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

[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 has too much going on for cancer to slow him down. He will be the victim of a celebrity roast in October, and a statue of his likeness is scheduled to be unveiled this winter, and another ...

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 ...