Chuck Wepner: Meet the Heavyweight Boxer Who Inspired 'Rocky'
www.biography.com
Wepner's 1975 fight with Muhammad Ali motivated Sylvester Stallone to write the movie about a fighting underdog.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/L8_2_PartE on 2024-04-18 22:22:46.

Original Title: TIL that ‘Rocky’ (1976) was inspired by the true story of Chuck Wepner, a local boxer from New Jersey who was set up for a dream fight with Muhammad Ali. Wepner quit his job to train full time, and against all odds, lasted 15 rounds with the champ. Stallone was in the audience.

  • DeceptichumEnglish
    32·
    8 months ago

    Sorry, this content is not available in your region.

    They fucking content blocking articles now?

    • bus_factor@lemmy.worldEnglish
      33·
      8 months ago

      Are you European? Some websites in the US can’t be bothered to implement GDPR and just geoblock all of Europe instead. You probably can’t access homedepot.com either.

      • andrew@lemmy.stuart.funEnglish
        1·
        8 months ago

        Sometimes it’s not about GDPR and more about “we get no benefits from this area because we have no presence there but we get plenty of DDOS.” Source: had to do this at my $DAYJOB.