The Bayonne Bleeder got bronzed. Chuck Wepner, the heavyweight slugger who inspired Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky Balboa character when he shockingly knocked down Muhammad Ali in the ninth round of their ...

Chuck Wepner, the ham and egger professional boxer who nearly beat heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali and thus inspired the Sylvester Stallone series of Rocky movies, was honored today with his own ...

In the words of the silver screen icon Rocky Balboa, Bruce Dillin “didn’t hear no bell yet.” The Bayonne tire store owner isn’t fighting for a championship belt, but perhaps he can channel the ...

Chuck Wepner, aka The Bayonne Bleeder, and the man who inspired Sylvester Stallone to write "Rocky," is about to get a biopic all his own. Liev Schreiber will play Wepner in "The Bleeder," which will ...

Retired boxer Chuck Wepner is going to be honored with a bronze statue of his likeness at Dennis P. Collins Park. Wepner, nicknamed ‘The Bayonne Bleeder’ because of propensity to get cuts during ...

The Bayonne Bleeder is coming Elizabeth, and he’s bringing a famous friend. Wepner and Schreiber will be in Elizabeth from 3 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday for a cocktail tasting. Sláinte is distilled in ...