Muhammad Ali vs. Chuck Wepner

Muhammad Ali vs Chuck Wepner
DateMarch 24, 1975
VenueRichfield Coliseum, Richfield Township, Ohio
Title(s) on the lineWBA, WBC and The Ring undisputed heavyweight championship
Tale of the tape
Boxer United States Muhammad Ali United States Chuck Wepner
Nickname "The Greatest" "The Bayonne Bleeder"
Hometown Louisville, Kentucky New York City, New York
Purse $1,600,000 $100,000
Pre-fight record 45–2 (32 KO) 30–9–2 (12 KO)
Age 33 years, 2 months 36 years
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) 6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
Weight 224 lb (102 kg) 225 lb (102 kg)
Style Orthodox Orthodox
Recognition WBA, WBC and The Ring undisputed
Heavyweight Champion		 The Ring
No. 8 Ranked Heavyweight
Result
Ali won via 15th round TKO

Muhammad Ali vs. Chuck Wepner was a professional boxing match contested on March 24, 1975, for the undisputed heavyweight championship.[1]

Ali won the fight after he knocked out Wepner in the fifteenth round. The fight is notable for being among the four fights in which Ali was officially knocked down in the ring, and for inspiring the 1976 film Rocky.[2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ "Muhammad Ali vs. Chuck Wepner". boxrec.com. BoxRec. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  2. ^ "'Real Rocky' Wepner finally getting due". ESPN. 25 October 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  3. ^ Felix Dennis; Don Atyeo (2003). Muhammad Ali: The Glory Years. miramax books. p. 238.
  4. ^ Stephen Brunt (2002). Facing Ali. The Lyons Press. pp. 209–29.
  5. ^ Thomas Hauser (1991). Muhammad Ali:His Life and Times. Simon & Schuster. pp. 296–303.