Muhammad Ali vs. Chuck Wepner

Muhammad Ali vs Chuck Wepner
Date	March 24, 1975
Venue	Richfield Coliseum, Ohio
Title(s) on the line	WBA, WBC, and The Ring heavyweight titles
Tale of the tape
Boxer
Boxer	Muhammad Ali
Nickname	The Greatest
Hometown	Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Purse	$1.6 million
Pre-fight record	45–2 (32 KO)
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight	224 lb (102 kg)
Style	Orthodox
Recognition	WBA, WBC, and The Ring heavyweight champion
Result
	Ali won via 15th round TKO

Muhammad Ali and Chuck Wepner fought in a boxing match on March 24, 1975, at the Richfield Coliseum in Richfield Township, Summit County, Ohio.

Ali won the fight after he knocked out Wepner in the fifteenth round. The fight is notable for being among the four fights in which Ali was officially knocked down in the ring, and for inspiring the 1976 film Rocky.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

^ "'Real Rocky' Wepner finally getting due". ESPN. 25 October 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
^ Felix Dennis; Don Atyeo (2003). Muhammad Ali: The Glory Years. miramax books. p. 238.
^ Stephen Brunt (2002). Facing Ali. The Lyons Press. pp. 209–29.
^ Thomas Hauser (1991). Muhammad Ali:His Life and Times. Simon & Schuster. pp. 296–303.

[ESPN-1] "'Real Rocky' Wepner finally getting due". ESPN. 25 October 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2016.

[Glory_Years_238-2] Felix Dennis; Don Atyeo (2003). Muhammad Ali: The Glory Years. miramax books. p. 238.

[Facing_Ali-3] Stephen Brunt (2002). Facing Ali. The Lyons Press. pp. 209–29.

[Hauser-4] Thomas Hauser (1991). Muhammad Ali:His Life and Times. Simon & Schuster. pp. 296–303.

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