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Charles Wepner was born on February 26, 1939, in New York City. [5] He is of German, Ukrainian, and Polish descent. [6]Wepner learned to fight on the streets of Bayonne, New Jersey, [7] saying, "This was a tough town with a lot of people from the docks and the naval base and you had to fight to survive".
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 18 February 2025. American boxer (born 1949) For the electric grill, see George Foreman Grill. For other people named George Foreman, see George Foreman (disambiguation). George Foreman Foreman in 2016 Born George Edward Foreman (1949-01-10) January 10, 1949 (age 76) Marshall, Texas, U.S. Other names Big ...
George Foreman vs. Muhammad Ali, billed as The Rumble in the Jungle, was a heavyweight championship boxing match on October 30, 1974, at the 20th of May Stadium (now Stade Tata Raphaël) in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), between undefeated and undisputed heavyweight champion George Foreman and Muhammad Ali.
Charles L. "Sonny" Liston (c. 1930 – December 30, 1970), nicknamed "the Big Bear", [4] was an American professional boxer who competed from 1953 to 1970. A dominant contender of his era, he became the undisputed world heavyweight champion in 1962 after knocking out Floyd Patterson in the first round, repeating the knockout the following year in defense of the title; in the latter fight he ...
Muhammad Ali knocks out George Foreman in the eighth round to reclaim the World Heavyweight title from Kinshasa, Zaire. January 19 Philippe Petit high wire walks between the two towers of the cathedral in Laon, France. March 29 Muhammad Ali scores a 15th-round TKO of Chuck Wepner in their World Heavyweight Championship fight. May 25 1975 Monaco ...
Don King selected Wepner as a tomato can to provide an easy victory for Ali after his famous win over George Foreman. [3] In a surprising turn of events, Wepner scored a disputed knockdown in the ninth round, and survived 19 seconds short of the distance, before losing by TKO in the 15th round. [4]
Chuck Foreman didn't expect to play much for Bud Grant as a rookie. Or fall in love with Minnesota. Or spend the next half century shivering among us as one of the state's most beloved sons and ...
Fight of the Week is a live American professional boxing series that aired on ABC-TV from 1960 to 1964. [1]After NBC-TV's cancellation of The Gillette Cavalcade of Sports in the spring of 1960, ABC took over the prime time boxing program, although it was renamed Fight of the Week.