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, the ham and egger professional boxer who nearly beat heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali and thus inspired the Sylvester Stallone series of Rocky movies, was honored today with his own ...

Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa and Talia Shire as Adrian in Rocky. (Photo by John Springer Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images) Chuck Wepner may not be a household name, but the fictional ...

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 their ...

A dramatic Muhammad Ali fight prompted Sylvester Stallone to put pen to paper and write Rocky. In his career, ‘The Greatest’ cemented his status as a genuine sporting icon. The boxing community holds ...

BAYONNE -- When Chuck Wepner visited the set of "The Bleeder," the upcoming movie about his life, the former heavyweight boxer tried giving actor Liev Schreiber some tips for a unique fight scene. But ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. One look at former boxer Chuck Wepner’s face and it’s clear that life ...

It's one of the most famous scenes in cinema history. While training for his fight against Apollo Creed, Rocky Balboa runs up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and throws his hands in the ...

Zach McGowan plays Chuck Wepner in 'The Brawler,' Ken Kushner's biopic about the boxer whose title bout with Muhammad Ali inspired the film 'Rocky.' By Frank Scheck It’s hard to imagine why anyone ...