Chuck Wepner - "The Real Rocky" (1 Viewer)

[Raider Nation]

Interesting documentary by ESPN Films on this guy who was Stallone's inspiration for the Rocky movies.

This part was fantastic.


The full movie is here.

Highly recommended if you somehow missed it. It goes into Wepner's upbringing, his boxing career and his feud with Stallone. Cliff notes version; Wepner thinks he deserves some of Stallone's billions for inspiring the film. Stallone disagreed.

 

[Mr. Retukes]

He looks like a combination of Tex Cobb, Peter Boyle, and Vito Corleone.

 

[Raider Nation]

He looks like a combination of Tex Cobb, Peter Boyle, and Vito Corleone.

Accurate.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Didn't he go to jail for murder or kid-touching?

 

[Raider Nation]

Didn't he go to jail for murder or kid-touching?

10 years for distribution of coke.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Didn't he go to jail for murder or kid-touching?

10 years for distribution of coke.

Isn't that what I said?

 

[Raider Nation]

Didn't he go to jail for murder or kid-touching?

10 years for distribution of coke.

Isn't that what I said?

Close enough.

 

[tdoss]

Didn't he go to jail for murder or kid-touching?

10 years for distribution of coke.

Isn't that what I said?

He was also involved in forging Ali's signature on a bunch of photo's of the two...

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

Is this the boxer who "fought" Andre the Giant?

 

[TenTimes]

Didn't expect him to look so much like Stallone

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

His "knockdown" of Ali is highly questionable.

 

[Annyong]

His "knockdown" of Ali is highly questionable.

Looked like he tripped