Documentary
Chuck Wepner is a liquor salesman from Bayonne, N.J., who drives a Cadillac with “Champ” vanity plates. A former New Jersey State Heavyweight Boxing Champion, he took abuse from Sonny Liston, got his nose broken by Muhammad Ali, and inspired Sylvester Stallone to write “Rocky” which won three Academy Awards. Wepner was left out of the “Rocky” glory, and his career took turn after strange turn as he worked to stay in the spotlight: he went on to fight Andre the Giant as “The Assassin” and boxed a 900 pound bear. Twice.
Directed by
Jeff Feuerzeig
Sylvester Stallone
Self
James Brown
Self (archive footage)
Hulk Hogan
Self (archive footage)
George Foreman
Self
Mike Douglas
Self (archive footage)
Muhammad Ali
Self (archive footage)
Howard Cosell
Self (archive footage)
Don King
Self
André Roussimoff
Self (archive footage)
Floyd Patterson
Self
Chuck Wepner
Self
Jake LaMotta
Self (archive footage)
Sonny Liston
Self (archive footage)
Jerry Izenberg
Self

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