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.

Starring:

Hulk Hogan, Vince McMahon, Sylvester Stallone, James Brown, Muhammad Ali, André Roussimoff, George Foreman, Don King, Mike Douglas, Howard Cosell, Jake LaMotta, 5 more, Irwin Winkler, Jerry Izenberg, Sonny Liston, Floyd Patterson, Chuck Wepner

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Documentary