13 Mar 2015
Champs
A documentary about the sport of boxing, as seen through the eyes of champions Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and Bernard Hopkins.
The Real Rocky
Millions watched a movie. One man lived it.
Chuck Wepner is a liquor salesman from Bayonne, N.J., who drives a Cadillac with “Champ” vanity plates. A former New Jersey State Heavyweight Boxing Champion, he took abuse from Sonny Liston, got his nose broken by Muhammad Ali, and inspired Sylvester Stallone to write “Rocky” which won three Academy Awards. Wepner was left out of the “Rocky” glory, and his career took turn after strange turn as he worked to stay in the spotlight: he went on to fight Andre the Giant as “The Assassin” and boxed a 900 pound bear. Twice.
Top Billed Cast
Chuck Wepner Self
Sylvester Stallone Self
Muhammad Ali Self (archive footage)
George Foreman Self
Don King Self
Sonny Liston Self (archive footage)
Mike Douglas Self (archive footage)
James Brown Self (archive footage)
Terry Gene Bollea Self (archive footage)
André Roussimoff Self (archive footage)
Howard Cosell Self (archive footage)
Jake LaMotta Self (archive footage)
Jerry Izenberg Self
Floyd Patterson Self
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