On March 24, 1975, Richfield hosted one of the most entertaining 15-round boxing matches you'll ever see between the greatest of all-time Muhammad Ali and Chuck Wepner.

Much like Stallone’s character Rocky, Wepner remains a people’s champion. Loved across New Jersey and recognized worldwide, ...

Rocky Balboa is loosely based on a real-life boxer, but when he was offered a screen test for Rocky II, the man known as The ...

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 ...

Wepner's boxing career, and fight with Ali after, inspired the 1976 film Rocky, and other life events were chronicled in the 2016 film, Chuck. He was also the subject of the 2019 film The Brawler ...

It's hard to believe 50 years ago today, this land once hosted the Palace on the Prairie, the Richfield Coliseum.