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He was the pride of Bayonne, New Jersey, a man who went fifteen rounds in the ring with Muhammad Ali, and the real life inspiration for Rocky Balboa. But before all that, Chuck Wepner (Liev Schreiber) was a liquor salesman and father with a modest prizefighting career whose life changed overnight when, in 1975, he was chosen to take on The Greatest in a highly publicized title match. I

In 1975, New Jersey heavyweight boxer and womanizer Chuck Wepner ("The Bayonne Bleeder") takes on Muhammad Ali for nearly 15 rounds.