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Boxing’s Chuck Wepner Still Fighting With ‘Rocky’ Resilience

Wepner challenged Muhammad Ali for the heavyweight championship 50 years ago in Richfield, Ohio.
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Boxing’s Chuck Wepner Still Fighting With ‘Rocky’ Resilience
Ex-heavyweight boxer Chuck Wepner attends a press conference to announce a lawsuit against actor Sylvester Stallone over the 'Rocky' series of movies at Mickey Mantle's restaurant in New York City on Nov. 13, 2003. Steven Henry/Getty Images
Donald Laible
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Former boxer Chuck Wepner, who challenged world heavyweight champ Muhammad Ali in 1975, is still going strong at 86.

Although his last professional fight came in 1978, a loss to fellow New Jerseyan Frank Scott by unanimous decision, Wepner has not stopped throwing jabs at the battles life has thrown at him.

Donald Laible
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Don has covered pro baseball for several decades, beginning in the minor leagues as a radio broadcaster in the NY Mets organization. His Ice Chips & Diamond Dust blog ran from 2012-2020 at uticaod.com. His baseball passion surrounds anything concerning the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and writing features on the players and staff of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Don currently resides in southwest Florida.