Former heavyweight fighter and Bayonne, New Jersey’s own Chuck Wepner is my guest on #TheApod!
Sylvester Stallone once called him the inspiration behind the Rocky character. Wepner fought George Foreman, Sonny Liston, and most famously, Muhammad Ali.
Fun Fact: Liev Schreiber stars as Wepner in the movie “Chuck” that premiered in theaters nationwide, May 5th, 2017.
Learn more about “The Bayonne Bleeder,” as he talks about his memories of fighting at Madison Square Garden, knocking Ali down, how involved he was in this biopic, his thoughts on the heavyweight boxing landscape today, and more!
Find out more on the movie “Chuck”: http://www.ifcfilms.com/films/chuck
