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 ...

Chuck Wepner was never supposed to last, but his legendary toughness and defiant spirit against the greatest heavyweight who ever lived gave birth to one of cinema's most beloved stories. This is the ...

Editor's Note: The following is excerpted from "The Official Rocky Scrapbook." Copyright 1977 by Sylvester Stallone. Used by permission. The inspiration for the film Through fate or whatever, I ended ...

Andre the Giant was a pro-wrestling superstar. Chuck Wepner floored Muhammad Ali and inspired "Rocky." Together they drew ...

BAYONNE, N.J. (AP) — Forty-two years after he stepped into the ring against Muhammad Ali as a 40-to-1 underdog, Chuck Wepner’s business card still has a picture of the moment when he knocked down the ...

Former boxer Chuck Wepner, who boxed Muhammad Ali for 15 rounds in 1975, talks with MSNBC's Alex Witt about his reaction to the legendary, box champion’s passing ...

Charles Wepner (born February 26, 1939) is an American former professional boxer. He fell just nineteen seconds short of a full fifteen rounds against world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali in a 1975 ...

Former heavyweight Bayonne boxer Chuck Wepner will get his due as the inspiration for Rocky Balboa in the new ESPN documentary “The Real Rocky” premiering in October, TV officials said last week.

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 Braverman, ...