Much like Stallone’s character Rocky, Wepner remains a people’s champion. Loved across New Jersey and recognized worldwide, ...

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 ...

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 ...

George Foreman, the two-time heavyweight champion who defied time to reclaim his title at 45 and later built a fortune selling his namesake grills, has died at 76. His family confirmed his passing ...