Author Topic: New Movie Chuck the real Rocky (Read 4977 times)

The Keto Kid · « **on:** May 10, 2017, 07:29:48 AM »

Story of Chuck Wepner the boxer that inspired Stallone to write Rocky

oldtimer1 · « **Reply #1 on:** May 10, 2017, 08:35:31 AM »

No doubt he is the real Rocky. Sly loosely based the movie on him. He was a pro fighter that always had a job then trained in the gym. He got his ass beat by Ali for 15 rounds but he refused to quit. He even knocked Ali down but it's controversial. Ali thought he was getting a tune up fight but no one told Chuck Wepner that. Wepner fought some of the best fighters at their peak like Foreman and Sonny Liston. He always went to work all day then trained. The only fight he didn't have a job for was Ali. Sly hung with Chuck a lot when his movie shot through the roof. Chuck got pissed that he didn't get a penny out of the deal and Sly started denying the movie had anything to do with him. Chuck took him to court and got a settlement but part of the agreement was that he could no longer talk about Rocky or Sly. After Ali he fought some more but his body was just too destroyed. He was in one to many wars. Rumor has it he fell in with the Jersey mob and drugs. He felt he let his many fans down and change the direction of his life. Really an incredible story. I hope the movie does him justice.

polychronopolous · « **Reply #2 on:** May 10, 2017, 08:38:59 AM »

Chuck Wepner vs. Andre The Giant

oldtimer1 · « **Reply #3 on:** May 10, 2017, 08:44:35 AM »

He did a lot of whacky stuff to make money after Ali. He even fought a bear. I saw Chuck in a store a couple of years ago. Still a huge for an old man.

ratherbebig · « **Reply #4 on:** May 10, 2017, 08:57:46 AM »

so if we already saw the story in rocky why would we want to see it?

Ronnie Rep · « **Reply #5 on:** May 10, 2017, 09:03:09 AM »

Quote from: The Keto Kid on May 10, 2017, 07:29:48 AM

Story of Chuck Wepner the boxer that inspired Stallone to write Rocky

The Bayonne Bleeder.

hench · « **Reply #6 on:** May 10, 2017, 09:13:02 AM »

There is that but you know it'll be pretty different as rocky was loosely based on it. Bring it on I say, a real movie and not a cgi superhero shitfest.

Quote from: ratherbebig on May 10, 2017, 08:57:46 AM

so if we already saw the story in rocky why would we want to see it?

SquatsRule · « **Reply #7 on:** May 10, 2017, 09:18:30 AM »

Somebody already did a documentary on him. I can't remember who, but I watched it.

Taffin · « **Reply #8 on:** May 10, 2017, 09:44:40 AM »

Quote from: oldtimer1 on May 10, 2017, 08:35:31 AM

No doubt he is the real Rocky. Sly loosely based the movie on him.

Sly hung with Chuck a lot when his movie shot through the roof.

Absolutely. I read about the Bayonne Bleeder maybe 20 years ago. And no way Stallone based his prosthetics on Chuck's injuries....

Powerlift66 · « **Reply #9 on:** May 10, 2017, 10:07:00 AM »

Some tough white guys who didn't really have the skill set were Chuck, Jerry Quarry, Tex Cobb, etc.
Who was that one guy who used to fight everyone and get knocked out? His claim to fame was that he got KO's in every town...

Probably scrambled eggs for brains now... (If still living).

BB · « **Reply #10 on:** May 10, 2017, 10:26:42 AM »

Quote from: SquatsRule on May 10, 2017, 09:18:30 AM

Somebody already did a documentary on him. I can't remember who, but I watched it.

Perhaps it was the ESPN 30 for 30, that also uses the same name -

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xsby6r_the-real-rocky-chuck-wepner_sport .

BB · « **Reply #11 on:** May 10, 2017, 10:39:02 AM »

Quote from: Powerlift66 on May 10, 2017, 10:07:00 AM

Who was that one guy who used to fight everyone and get knocked out? His claim to fame was that he got KO's in every town...

Bruce "Mouse" Strauss ? -

.

Ronnie Rep · « **Reply #12 on:** May 10, 2017, 10:42:26 AM »

Quote from: polychronopolous on May 10, 2017, 08:38:59 AM

Chuck Wepner vs. Andre The Giant

I saw that at the Spectrum in Philly on close circuit t.v. Antonio Anoki laid on his back the whole fight , and kicked Ali in the legs.

SquatsRule · « **Reply #13 on:** May 10, 2017, 11:01:59 AM »

Quote from: BB on May 10, 2017, 10:26:42 AM

Perhaps it was the ESPN 30 for 30, that also uses the same name -

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xsby6r_the-real-rocky-chuck-wepner_sport .

Most likely.

Powerlift66 · « **Reply #14 on:** May 11, 2017, 03:20:38 AM »

Quote from: BB on May 10, 2017, 10:39:02 AM

Bruce "Mouse" Strauss ? -

Yes, thank you BB...

BSN · « **Reply #15 on:** May 11, 2017, 03:37:11 AM »

Chuck Wepner, who fought great heavyweights like Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, said no one ever hit him harder than Liston. Wepner once said getting hit by him was like getting hit with a baseball bat. He wasn’t exaggerating, as he walked out of that fight with a broken nose, a broken cheek bone and 72 stitches.

Beefjake · « **Reply #16 on:** May 11, 2017, 03:44:59 AM »

Quote from: SquatsRule on May 10, 2017, 09:18:30 AM

Somebody already did a documentary on him. I can't remember who, but I watched it.

ESPN 30 for 30 - the Real Rocky

oldtimer1 · « **Reply #17 on:** May 11, 2017, 06:30:04 PM »

Quote from: Powerlift66 on May 10, 2017, 10:07:00 AM

Some tough white guys who didn't really have the skill set were Chuck, Jerry Quarry, Tex Cobb, etc.
Who was that one guy who used to fight everyone and get knocked out? His claim to fame was that he got KO's in every town...

Probably scrambled eggs for brains now... (If still living).

Jerry Quarry was a great fighter. Just he was around top shelf hall of fame guys like Ali, Frazier, Foreman, Norton, Shavers, Lyle and others.

Nails · « **Reply #18 on:** May 11, 2017, 06:45:21 PM »

LMFAO!

ROCK 3

thunderlips

Quote from: polychronopolous on May 10, 2017, 08:38:59 AM

Chuck Wepner vs. Andre The Giant

Darren Avey · « **Reply #19 on:** May 12, 2017, 10:19:06 AM »

Id love to get him in da cage id circle for a bit go for the takedown and then make him tap. 25 seconds.