Chuck Wepner

Chuck Wepner

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 championship fight. Wepner also scored notable wins over Randy Neumann and former world heavyweight champion Ernie Terrell. He was also the last man to fight former undisputed world heavyweight champion Sonny Liston. Wepner's boxing career, and fight with Ali after, inspired the 1976 film Rocky, and other life events were chronicled in the 2016 film, Chuck. He was also the subject of the 2019 film The Brawler.

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  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1939-02-26
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Chuck Wepner Movies

  • 2019
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    Pariah: The Lives and Deaths of Sonny Liston
    Pariah: The Lives and Deaths of Sonny Liston

    7.5 2019 HD

    Overcoming the seemingly insurmountable odds that life threw his way, Liston became heavyweight champion of the world when he knocked out Floyd...

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  • 2011
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    The Real Rocky
    The Real Rocky

    5.9 2011 HD

    Chuck Wepner is a liquor salesman from Bayonne, N.J., who drives a Cadillac with “Champ” vanity plates. A former New Jersey State...

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  • 2023
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    Tribute to Chuck Wepner: The Legacy and Retirement of the Real Rocky Balboa
    Tribute to Chuck Wepner: The Legacy and Retirement of the Real Rocky Balboa

    10 2023 HD

    Legendary veteran American boxer Chuck Wepner receives a message from his wife Linda, notifying him that two journalists from Colombia want to...

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  • 2023
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    My Father Muhammad Ali
    My Father Muhammad Ali

    2 2023 HD

    The story of champion boxer Muhammad Ali through the eyes of his only biological son, Muhammad Ali Jr., who struggled with bullying, abandonment,...

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