Poll: How great was Chuck Wepner

Haha! That made me chuckle harder!

 

Imagine a prime for prime fight between Chuck and Randy Cobb. Definitely not one for the fainthearted.

 

You're joking about the knockdown obviously but the rest of post is solid ..

 

Cobb would have defeated him easily if he was in any sort of shape ... when Cobb was serious in his earlier days he could fight .. see the Norton fight and the Dokes fights ..

 

This is the most hilarious **** I've read in a while

 

i always like to put him some where in the top pfp 1000 heavyweigts. he'd rank in the top 500 if he could snort more blow than Tex Cobb and eat a four course meal of Larry Holmes punches to the head, then maybe chuck would be rated better.

 

very low on ability. a punching bag, with the ability to take slaps for 15 rds.

 

Sounds about right.

 

Was Chuck Wepner great?

Look if I'm being honest the answer is no. But should you ask me if he brought athleticism and a genuine will to win into his fights?

Also no.

 

Hey Chuck knocked Ali down so he has to be up there. If Ali wouldn’t have kept rabbit punching him and if Chuck would have trained better he probably wins a unanimous decision

 

Number one he never knocked Ali down less you listen to Maxiepad! Stepped on Muhammad's foot with those skii's he calls boxing shoes, and very weak push to Ali's back, watch it on youtube! Ernie Terrell thrashed Wepner and was robbed! Eveyone knows that!- Randy Neumann lost his head and Butted Wepner tko'ing himself with a cut and winning like 6-0 or 5-1 or so!, and he never quit boxing for Chuck Wepner goodness, Duane Bobick pretty much finished them both. Wepner had no punch can go 15 with a non puncher, Joe Bugner beat him with insulting ease at 19! -Buster Mathis also floored Chopped Chuck, and Wepner told he'd never had been floored! Alltime great for Maxiepad - no one else!

 

*two of the greatest boxing movies, Rocky I and Bleeder

 

He stepped on his foot while hitting him in the chest. I have to be honest. His bout with Andre The Giant was more exciting than Ali's bout with Antonio Inoki. OTOH Ali's people weren't going to allow him to be body slammed but there was a staged event where Gorilla Monsoon lifted him off his feet.

 

If you get a chance watch Chuck. Liev Schreiber plays Chuck.

 

I am going to probably be in the minority here but I found Chuck Wepner's fight with Muhammad Ali entertaining, okay it wasn't a masterpiece but even though I knew the outcome beforehand I still enjoyed it. I had it on an Muhammad Ali ESPN DVD box set and watched the entire fight years ago.