I saw a clip of this bout and wondered whatever happened to Wepner? I know it was in '75, so Ali was way past his best, but the tenacity of the 'relatively unknown' Wepner really struck a chord in his fight against the 'Living Legend' Ali (the TVs words, not mine!
Can anyone give me a run-down of the fight? Also any more about who Wepner was and what became of him?
Cheers.
2006-10-02 21:10:13 · 8 answers · asked by DaveyMcB 3 in Sports ➔ Boxing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Wepner
2006-10-02 21:17:30 · answer #1 · answered by Chuck Dhue 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the ali fight was coming towards the end of wepners career aswell, I cant remeber the fight to well but wepner was a decent contender in the late 60's anf 70's not as great as some but always a fringe contender.
he also took on sonny liston in listons last ever fight, wepner as always was cut up very badly, which was a real weakness for him, the fight was a real blood bath and well worth watching as liston really rolls back the clock and shows how good he was in that fight, although its quite hard to find.
also a litlle bit of trivia here, rocky balboa was based on chuck wepner
2006-10-05 18:13:20 · answer #2 · answered by Harvester of Sorrow 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wepner went on tour as the "Real Rocky", and is still suing or had sued Sly over payment and rights.
2006-10-04 18:30:21 · answer #3 · answered by The_good_guy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he was cut a lot....his nickname was the bayonne bleeder..he was from bayonne nj. he was out classed and over matched from the get- go but he kept trying. finally he should some promise in the 8th or 9th round with a hook to the body which knocked ali down...finally in the 15th wepner could take no more and fell to the canvas...ref stopped it
2006-10-03 13:41:57 · answer #4 · answered by bigpumpdaddy 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
was a punching bag for contenders , foreman stopped him also was stopped by listonin liston`s last fight 10th rd tko where wepner needed 120 stitches.lost to joe king roman a title challenger to foreman
2006-10-03 17:04:11 · answer #5 · answered by letitbemetheone 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Stallone says that fight inspired the "Rocky" movie.
2006-10-03 11:45:12 · answer #6 · answered by smitty 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
manny pacquiao
2006-10-03 06:15:17 · answer #7 · answered by chrisallantalili 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
thats funny..............................................Ali
2006-10-03 10:53:21 · answer #8 · answered by H T 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋