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Charles Wepner was born on February 26, 1939, in New York City. [5] He is of German, Ukrainian, and Polish descent. [6]Wepner learned to fight on the streets of Bayonne, New Jersey, [7] saying, "This was a tough town with a lot of people from the docks and the naval base and you had to fight to survive".
Muhammad Ali vs. Chuck Wepner was a professional boxing match contested on March 24, 1975, for the undisputed heavyweight championship. [ 1 ] Ali won the fight after he knocked out Wepner in the fifteenth round.
He once won the New Jersey State Heavyweight title by beating Chuck Wepner. The pair fought for that title three times, with Wepner winning twice. Though he came back for one more bout as a Cruiserweight against Ibar Arrington on April 15, 1977, he retired from prizefighting for good to focus on acting, writing, and a business career.
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 ...
Chuck Wepner: TKO 6 1976-10-02 Utica College Sports Complex, Utica, New York, U.S. Referee stopped the bout at 1:12 of the sixth round. Win 36–0: Bunny Johnson: TKO 8 1976-05-24: Olympiahalle, Munich, West Germany Win 35–0: Scott LeDoux: UD 10 1976-04-22 Metropolitan Sports Center, Bloomington, Minnesota, U.S. Win 34–0: Larry Middleton UD ...
Chuck Wepner [377] – boxer, often named as the inspiration for the Rocky movie series; Bing West [378] – author, former Assistant Secretary of Defense in the Reagan Administration; Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman [379] – Dakota Sioux musician, country music singer, political activist and actor
Chuck Wepner, known as the 'Bayonne Bleeder', is a heavyweight boxer known for his iron chin and reckless behaviour. He lives with his second wife Phyllis and daughter Kimberly in New Jersey. By 1974, he was rising up the boxing ranks hopeful for an eventual fight with the champion George Foreman , defeating Terry 'the Storming Mormon' Hinke in ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 18 February 2025. French wrestler and actor (1946–1993) For the film, see André the Giant (film). André the Giant André in 1989 Birth name André René Roussimoff Born (1946-05-19) 19 May 1946 Coulommiers, France Died 28 January 1993 (1993-01-28) (aged 46) Paris, France Children 1 Professional ...