Chuck Wepner quote

ripcord51 · #1 (**permalink**) Fri Jan 14, 2005, 02:02pm

Wepner tells real stories and gives hilarious anecdotes you wouldn't believe! He's got an infectious sense of humor, "The day of the Ali fight I bought my wife a powder-blue negligee and told her ' wear this tonight cause you'll be sleepin' with 'da heavyweight champion of the world.' That night after the bloody fight his wife humorously busted balls, 'Do I go to his room, or will he be commin'' to mine now?!"

rainmaker · #2 (**permalink**) Fri Jan 14, 2005, 02:05pm

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Originally posted by ripcord51
Wepner tells real stories and gives hilarious anecdotes you wouldn't believe! He's got an infectious sense of humor, "The day of the Ali fight I bought my wife a powder-blue negligee and told her ' wear this tonight cause you'll be sleepin' with 'da heavyweight champion of the world.' That night after the bloody fight his wife humorously busted balls, 'Do I go to his room, or will he be commin'' to mine now?!"

Cute story. Basketball related? Who's chuck wepner?

Adam · #3 (**permalink**) Fri Jan 14, 2005, 02:06pm

Apparently he got pounded by Ali.

WeekendRef · #4 (**permalink**) Fri Jan 14, 2005, 02:19pm

Chuck Wepner AKA The Bayonne Bleeder (I think that was his nickname) was the gentleman who Sylvester Stallone loosely (very loosely) based his Rocky story on .

Dan_ref · #5 (**permalink**) Fri Jan 14, 2005, 02:29pm

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Originally posted by rainmaker

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Originally posted by ripcord51
Wepner tells real stories and gives hilarious anecdotes you wouldn't believe! He's got an infectious sense of humor, "The day of the Ali fight I bought my wife a powder-blue negligee and told her ' wear this tonight cause you'll be sleepin' with 'da heavyweight champion of the world.' That night after the bloody fight his wife humorously busted balls, 'Do I go to his room, or will he be commin'' to mine now?!"

Cute story. Basketball related? Who's chuck wepner?

The Bayonne Bleeder, apparently the inspiration for Sylvester Stallone's Rocky character.

http://wepner.homestead.com/files/chuck.html
http://www.insideboxing.com/Featured...tom_donels.htm

Sometime last week I saw a replay of the Ali-Wepner fight. I'm not a fight fan but I was amazed at the pounding Wepner took in that fight and still hang in there. He did manage to knock Ali down (9th?) but was KO'ed in the 15th.