Talk:Chuck Wepner

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WEPNER LOST BY A TKO, NOT A KNOCKOUT. PLEASE CORRECT YOUR PAGE.

A technical knockout is the same as a knockout. The only difference between the two is a technical knockout is when the referee or someone else (this can include the fighter, a trainer, a doctor) stops the fight, and a knockout is achieved when the boxer lays on the canvas for ten seconds, but technical knockout wins/losses count only as knockouts, not technical knockouts, in a fighter's record. It's kinda like separating normal goals in Association football from penalty kick goals. They are the same thing.

On another topic, wasnt it Ali that fought Antonio Inoki in Wrestling? I believe Wepner fought some other wrestler in the same card as Ali-Inoki. Can someone please verify that?

Thanks and God bless you!

Sincerely yours, Antonio Freaky Storm Martin
 * I just finished watching the replay of this fight on ESPN Classic. The announcer, talking about Wepner's career, must have repeated about a hundred times, "Wepner has never been knocked down," so apparently there are boxing professionals who would dispute your assertion that TKO and KO are "the same thing." Regardless, the article needs citations for most of its claims — particularly the claims about 1986 — and the sole citation from the Washington Post is an expired hyperlink. The article need a major revision and cleanup. Cribcage 04:47, 11 September 2006 (UTC)


 * If you knew anything about boxing, the terms knock down and knock out are completely different.Djgranados

Wepner "lost" to Andre the Giant. However, it was a work. Wepner knew that and how he was going to lose before the fight even happened. He opted for being thrown out of the ring as opposed to being bodyslammed. It wasn't a real fight. It's a loss in the sense that Dolph lost to Sylvester in Rocky IV.

chuck wepners record was never 51-0

Website cited
This page cites Ask Yahoo, which cites this page -- isn't that a little incestuous? Jaysbro 00:16, 3 November 2006 (UTC)


 * It's a bit shoddy on the part of Ask Yahoo to cite Wikipedia; they're being paid money, they should find proper sources. -Ashley Pomeroy 22:06, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

chuck wepners record wasnt 51-0

Criminal activity
This information living under the "Career Totals" category almost seems intentionally humorous. Shouldn't a new section be added? 70.144.87.4 (talk) 06:08, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

Interesting article
The following comes from the October 16, 1995 edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, discussing Wepner's pro wrestling background:

"Wepner, ... had a title fight with Muhammad Ali in the early 70s, and basically hung in there for 15 rounds with Ali. Unlike the Rocky movie, Wepner's dirty tactics infuriated Ali, who was known for winning easy decisions in his prime rather than putting people away because he was more artist than powerhouse in the ring, but in the 15th round, Ali got so mad at Wepner's dirty tactics that he violently punished him the last few rounds before putting him away in the last minute of the last round just so Wepner could never tell his grandchildren he went the distance with Ali. "

Dave Meltzer isn't exactly a boxing writer, but a.) is there any boxing writer who can collaborate this, and b.) can this be added to the article? 75.21.6.41 (talk) 04:46, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

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Chink Weber
Here's an interesting tidbit I realized while watching "The Real Rocky". Rocky II was supposed to have a character called Chink Weber, played by Wepner, but the character was cut. Later when Wepner was in prison, Stallone was filming "Lock Up" there. One thing both Wepner and the documentary team seems to have missed that one of the antagonists in "Lock Up" is called Chink Weber... 82.181.90.133 (talk) 10:11, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

Ali fight rabbit shot
No mention of how he punched Ali in in the back of the head during their fight repeatedly. He was a dirty fighter and this bias article fails to mention that. Instead it glorifies his cheating ass. 135.0.32.229 (talk) 11:53, 12 August 2022 (UTC)