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    8 P.M. (ESPN) THE REAL ROCKY

    In 1975 Chuck Wepner, the 6-foot-5 boxer known as the Bayonne Bleeder for his New Jersey hometown and for the pummeling he sustained at the fists of Sonny Liston, went up against Muhammad Ali for the heavyweight title and a potential purse of $100,000. (Ali would win $1.5 million.) Wepner knocked Ali down in the ninth round, stunning the crowd; in the remaining rounds Ali opened cuts above Wepner’s eyes, broke his nose and, with 19 seconds remaining in the 15th round, knocked him down, winning the bout. Watching it all was a young Sylvester Stallone, who was inspired to write the script for, and eventually star in, “Rocky” (1976), which won three Academy Awards, including best picture. Jeff Feuerzeig (“The Devil and Daniel Johnston”) chronicles the life and times of Wepner, now a liquor salesman who drives a Cadillac with vanity plates that read “Champ.”

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  1. iambal reblogged this from section9 and added:
    Just programmed into my DVR.
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    My dog is named Adrian after ‘Rocky’. True story. She answers to ‘Yo Adrian’ too.
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    Will be recording the fuck out of this tonight.
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    Rocky to me will always consist of the first two films. The third one with Mr. T was okay, but it couldn’t replicate the...
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