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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. The fight is notable for being among the four fights in which Ali was officially knocked down in the ring, and for inspiring the 1976 ...
Charles Wepner (born February 26, 1939) is an American former professional boxer. [2] [3] He fell just nineteen seconds short of a full fifteen rounds against world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali in a 1975 championship fight. Wepner also scored notable wins over Randy Neumann and former world heavyweight champion Ernie Terrell.
The night of the fight, Wepner manages to score a knockdown against Ali, but is ultimately dominated, getting knocked out in the 15th and final round. However, Chuck becomes a local hero, with him receiving a call that a film is being produced based on his fight with Ali, subsequently winning best picture.
What a year: Muhammad Ali was the world heavyweight champion and he made four defences – and every time he got in the ring there was a story, some mayhem, something funny, something absurd ...
It is all here in this series: This is the history of heavyweight championship – every one of the main players. At the very start of 1970 Muhammad Ali was still in boxing exile, Joe Frazier was ...
In 1975, journeyman boxer and liquor store cashier Chuck Wepner sent the great Muhammad Ali to the canvas in the ninth round. Striding back to his corner, a giddy Wepner told his manager Al ...
André the Giant defeated Chuck Wepner by countout: Singles match: 07:15: 5: Bruno Sammartino (c) defeated Stan Hansen: Singles match for the WWWF Heavyweight Championship: 10:19: 6: Muhammad Ali vs. Antonio Inoki ended in a 15 round draw: Boxer vs. Wrestler match [a] 45:00 [b]
The Peacock limited series with an all-star ensemble focuses on an infamous crime that took place on the same night as Muhammad Ali's historic 1970 comeback fight in Atlanta.