Muhammad Ali Challenged The Guy Who Never Goes Down

[@FrankF-vp4pt]

I was 12 years old and remember watching this fight live on ABC. Ali fan for life, he was a special human being. RIP Champ.

[@alanratay4583]

That’s when you didn’t hafta pay $89.99 to watch a fight. Wide Wide World of Sports.

[@danielbrown3461]

He was above average. There were other fighters in lower weight classes that were just as good if not better.

[@mr.blackhawk142]

Nobody HAS to pay to watch that CLOWN Ali! You CHOOSE to pay to see him dance around...

[@hillbillyhullabaloo]

Ali was a mouthy overrated middleweight

[@hillbillyhullabaloo]

​@@danielbrown3461❤

[@felixmadison5736]

I was 26 years-old, and I'll never forget this fight, or any of Ali's fights. He loved talking trash because he knew it would draw crowds of people wanting to see him get beat. Ali was probably the best thing to ever happen to boxing, and he helped save it because it really was dying. Man, Ali and his mouth injected new life into the sport like you'd never know unless you were there. Ali was also the greatest showman boxing has ever had or will have. He was a gentleman out of the ring, and performed many good deeds he didn't want known. For example, he heard on the news that a nursing home had burned down and people had no place to go. He told his manager to send them a check to build a new home for them, but he didn't want the public to know about it.

[@SharkyPlayzYT-md8sv]

True ❤

[@ethemcyr8521]

He is the only Star for Boxing World. And there ll be no second one like him.Big respect to this amazing Human

[@felixmadison5736]

@@ethemcyr8521 The only name recognized throughout the entire world more than Ali's was Jesus.

[@bradhuskers]

​@@felixmadison5736 Wrong Elvis presley is light years above him

[@bradhuskers]

​@@ethemcyr8521 Ali feared foreman, which is why he scheduled an old white dude instead

[@harrysalci3981]

When women and children young and old use to waite till early hours of the morning thrilled to watch the most charismatic the one and only Muhammad Ali fight👌

[@samyj78]

The precision of Ali's punches is outstanding,

[@wordtruth6116]

Ali - champion of hearts ❤

[@hillbillyhullabaloo]

😂😂😂 he was a mouthy disrespectful shame to the sport.

[@t.wil.9646]

This had to be one of the sorriest refs. in boxing history!

[@mariusneumayer4419]

I would definitely disqualify for hitting behind the head and more. Ali was damaged for life. All this hits are irreversible and a slow but for sure damage any brain. RIP Champ

[@RollingStoneZzzzz]

Why? Wepner said before the fight...I cut...I bleed...I get hit...don't stop the fight because of it! I will win! 15th round Das 😎all! 👍❤️🥊🥊

[@RollingStoneZzzzz]

Correct...behind the head was a fowl! That sucked! Das 😎 all! 👍🥊🥊

[@jamessansone3455]

TONY Perez

[@karriemburton9024]

Thank you I'm glad u said it!! He was probably pulling for the dirty, limited wepner

[@MrJdebest]

Still with us in 2024 ... Charles Wepner February 26, 1939 (age 85) New York City, U.S.

[@RollingStoneZzzzz]

I saw this fight in 1975 what a brawl! ! I never was a Ali fan but after this fight...All Ali! Das 😎 all! Thanks for the memories Champ 🏆 ❤️ 🥊 🥊

[@billhuitson5208]

I took my wheelchair bound brother to a book signing in Oxford where Ali was promoting his book, he was in a bad way at the time - they both were! My brother had no idea what he was there for. even though he was suffering, Ali stood up and shook my brother’s hand and gave him his book, such a beautiful memory of two beautiful people.

[@oeshkoer]

Why he had no idea

[@Polish2317]

Got lucky enough to meet Chuck at the opening of his movie in New York. Absolutely a class act. I wish I could have met Ali also.

[@Clive-l6d]

😅😅

[@buckymaxwell3801]

I met Check Wepner at a Golden Gloves event at an Armory in Elizabeth, NJ. He might have been a dirty fighter and a bleeder, but he was a gentleman out of the ring.

[@mariusneumayer4419]

Dirty fighter for sure. How many lifes he destroyed by hitting them behind the head ? Gentleman ? Nope

[@buckymaxwell3801]

@@mariusneumayer4419 I said out of the ring.

[@jamessansone3455]

Except when he was drinking

[@realpine]

no clinching no holding he is most honest boxer gentleman

[@hotdogwater-j9m]

@@jamessansone3455 He looked like he was drunk when he was fighting Ali

[@peterhanson3391]

The ref kept warning Ali about hitting Wepner in the back of the head but not Wepner when he started it. Also they didn't show that Wepner was standing on Ali's foot when Ali went down. It wasn't a knock down.

[@rachidbelabdat7803]

Bravo pour ton chauvinisme

[@mariusneumayer4419]

Respect. Shame on this fight to go on letting this man get hit behind the head. Ali later suffered the damages took from this fight. You don't see instant damage but later...is too late

[@thendomayne3229]

Correct analysis

[@MrMjolnir69]

Cumulative. Stood on his foot as I recall.

[@karriemburton9024]

Exactly my friend you have a great eye!! Ali had more than wepner to fight.... the 3rd man in the ring was against him and those in the audience

[@ss_whole]

I like Wepner's strategy of blocking punches with his face

[@cathberthnyamunda7083]

You are my man

[@astronomicamente1092]

😂😂😂

[@hamshadkhattak7923]

With the Teeth also.

[@robertfox1975]

Rocky Balboa surely took inspiration from Chuck 😂

[@Jogi_77]

LOL😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂You mad my day, so funny you are 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@LashaGiorgiTakalandze]

That was so amazing battle! Ali is real champion! He is the strongest warrior ever!

[@chriswelcome8102]

WOW. AMAZE. CHUCK WHAT A WARRIOR Idiot...

[@bobnelsen5692]

I styled my boxing career around Ali, though I only Golden Gloved, I thank Ali whole heartedly.

[@frankroper3274]

This is the fight Sly based Rocky on!

[@stevearmin5346]

Yep. This is what inspired the movie.

[@robgreen9070]

@@stevearmin5346 Wow, that’s interesting That guy definitely deserves respect, he took a beating

[@miguelangeldelmazosolino8799]

was like watching Rocky vs Apollo again.

[@georgewilson197]

Best boxer that has ever lived. Speed and dance around. Just too good for everyone in his prime.

[@SharkyPlayzYT-md8sv]

I love how Muhammad Ali just gets tired of his back head punches and then just starts beating the shit out of the back of his head 💀😂😂

[@bradhuskers]

Ali feared foreman, which is why he scheduled an old white dude instead

[@mattstrathis4328]

​@@bradhuskers Yeah it's because he's white.🤭

[@pvn2474]

@@bradhuskers Are you drunk?

[@bradhuskers]

@@pvn2474 Are you ignorant?

[@bradhuskers]

​@@pvn2474 Are you dumb?

[@jamesbieschke2497]

Wepner was no more than a human punching bag during this entire fight. No defensive boxing skills to speak of, slower than molasses, stationary target, and a dirty fighter. But the man could take a punch, I'll give him that.

[@billm3706]

And Ali couldn’t put him away.

[@lulezimaliaj546]

Actually he could take a lot of punches and he did.

[@dancooney5136]

@@billm3706Ali won by Knockout, how did he not put Chuck away 😂

[@AM-br4ix]

the fact that Wepner lasted as long against Ali was impressive!

[@jimcameron4672]

Chuck told his wife in the hotel on the day of the fight she'd be sleeping with the world champion after the fight , and after the fight she said " what rooms is Ali in " , chuck was having a laugh of course

[@EdBenji]

Sure thing dude!

[@anthonyramirez1856]

If Chuck really laughed, then I can say, he has a good sense of humor.... remember: he's the man who never goes down.... Take care and bee safe...🐸👍🤔🤫🤨😋🐝🐝🐝

[@jimcameron4672]

@@anthonyramirez1856 chuck told the story on a TV show , apparently he and Ali were staying in the same hotel

[@stevearmin5346]

I remember hearing Chuck tell the story. After the fight she says, "So am I going to Ali's room or is he coming here?"

[@sarveshwalia7541]

Did Chuck's wife "do" what Chuck told her😂

[@dizzyhoward80]

I did hear that this fight was the inspiration for the film 'Rocky' it does seem plausible.

[@97warlock]

My opinion ............ Mike Tysons first 5 years played out like the Rocky movie Even Mick died & CusDamato also. So many similarities

[@anonymike8280]

The Rocky story somewhat parallels the story of Joe Frazier. Frazier worked in a meat warehouse in Philadelphia. His experience there hefting around sides of beef is credited with helping build up his strength to it eventual level.

[@scenesscout]

Who cares what inspires a blockhead

[@rondevous5685]

For those too young to remember it, this was greatest time in boxing. An Ali fight was a world-wide event. Dozens of celebrities crowded his dressing room and many dozens more filled the seats at ringside. I hated him until I met him and found him amiable and funny.

[@rajsingh-uw8ly]

What’s amazing that chuck lasted as long as he did … it takes a lot to stand up to Ali ..

[@rockjam4534]

The fight that inspired Sly Stallone to write the Rocky movie...It's not about how hard you can hit but about how hard you get hit and get back up again or to those words.

[@NICCORDIER]

111¹¹11¹

[@williamaidoo6996]

Tall, elegant, handsome, strong, and powerful black man in action

[@ARG0T]

Alright William lol

[@danielbrown3461]

Marciano....Shorter...allthough not by much....Handsome, just as strong....and powerfull. NEVER LOST. A powerful White man in action.

[@zakaria1514z]

Ali was the GOAT

[@danielbrown3461]

@@zakaria1514z For those that accepted him for his word yes. There were many fighters below his weight class that were better boxers. Heavyweight does not mean the best. It takes research to dissmiss Ali's claim. I did this research. Just a few of the boxers that were better....Joe Lewis, Sugar Ray Robinson, Jack Johnson...."who overcame more prejudice than Ali" and Rocky Marciano...."Never Lost"

[@danielbrown3461]

There was also a elegant white man who boxed who never lost....allthough he himself would loath that term. He was Powerfull, Strong....as handsome....He would not use that term since he was stright. And did I mention he never lost? The Name....Marciano.

[@richardreid3268]

I would like to see if any fighters of today could go 15 rounds.

[@justintime1343]

15 rounds with who?

[@jammin1984]

Maybe a couple might but most boxers simply do not workout nearly enough. Not saying they're not in shape, just not the shape boxer's use to train for.

[@Gertzy41]

Zoo cud ​@@justintime1343

[@goncalonunodurao7656]

Stallone was inspired by this Ali vs Wepner Match to took part of Rocky movie .

[@billybarr7443]

Stop telling lies lad 😅

[@tbone9744]

@@billybarr7443He’s telling the truth. This particular fight is where Stallone got the idea for Rocky. He said so himself.

[@yankee2666]

No shit, Columbo.

[@cliffordhill2365]

He's telling the absolute truth. Furthermore, Chuck Wepner sued Stallone and was awarded an undisclosed amount in a settlement in court

[@johnmulligan7853]

There will never be another Ali the greatest boxer of all time none of the heavyweights comes close the 🤴 in the ring

[@abdulsalamibrahim8581]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 thanks Sir

[@johnmulligan7853]

@abdulsalamibrahim8581 its the truth your welcome

[@danielbrown3461]

Marciano never lost. Greatest UNDEFEATED Boxer of all time. Joe Lewis...better than Ali....defended his Title 22 consecutive times....Also had his career inturrupted by WW2.....Ali lost to a cocaine addict named Leon Spinks. I'd rank Ali 5th best Heavyweight......Jack Johnson....circa 1910 was better.

[@johnmulligan7853]

@danielbrown3461 you need to take your meds my frend its affecting your thought process 😂😂

[@RBurnett-l1y]

Rocky Marciano 49-0-0 still the greatest Heavyweight Champion of all time and 43 of those wins were KOs not even close sorry.

[@ayadnakshabandi1526]

Never will be Anyone like That Great Man Mahsha Allah

[@Cliff589]

yeah wepner was great

[@RBurnett-l1y]

Marciano 49-0-0 that is all.

[@Yerallnaive]

Yeah...I agree! Ali was nice too.

[@abnabn7197]

Having known Ali and Chuck Ali had great respect for Chuck and Chuck likewise for Ali! Look at them both at Ali’s birthday party!! Laughing it up and great respect!

[@TheNYgolfer]

One hell of a way to show Ali respect by constantly hitting him on the back of his head

[@oshawaxpress]

@@TheNYgolfer Radical concept, but sometimes people behave differently when in the ring compared to the way they behave out of it.

[@petergrandahl2386]

Never underestimate your opponent.

[@brianbrown-x9v]

Never ever EVER!!!! U GOT THAT RIGHT!

[@joechampion.296]

Ali was an intelligent sports personality. Everyone followed it regularly and enjoyed it thoroughly. May his sole rest in peace. Aameen

[@timmyallen5655]

All is the goat on so many levels . Such style and grace ,fluid movement . Ali was mostly a head Hunter hardly any body shots . In his early days he was even faster .A supreme athleat

[@danielbrown3461]

Marciano was a supreme athleat But unlike Ali he never lost...Overlooked as the best because he was White. That and the fact that people have more video access to ali's film and their is less of it with Marciano....People would have to do research and devote time to study Marciano fight tape and are to lazy to do so.

[@ManuelGarcia-iz3nq]

Stalone himself addressed that Chuck Wepner is his inspiration when he wrought Rocky films.

[@goncalonunodurao7656]

Wepner was a truly Fighter. Ali , the TRULY GREATEST

[@californiadreaming9216]

One of the most fascinating and entertaining fights of all time. Wepner clearly lacked training and coaching yet somehow managed to go the distance with Ali...as a punching bag. A rare circumstance where I cannot wish a knockout for either fighter...much respect for both.

[@jahmah519]

I would say more exhaustion that brought this punch bag down, the energy & stamina from both was incredible, 15 rounds too, wow

[@ricksmith4298]

Wepner is the fighter Stallone based his character Rocky on.

[@brianbrown-x9v]

I just can't imagine any other boxer going as many rounds as ali... he was a machine,and I can't avoid the comments he spoke of not following his own personal strength in his religion as a reason he didn't win on the times he wasn't victorious. Never heard excuses only I didn't do my part as a boxer and that's what makes him so great to me.

[@drplot1]

one theory is that when Wepner hit Ali hard in the ribs, he had a foot on one of Ali's feet causing him to lose his balance. There is a picture of the knockdown that shows that.

[@johnbird7357]

This is true. I've seen it.

[@aliposhtpazan2625]

Good match . It is first time I've seen this match.wow 15 round, Ali's opponent took the punches well he never gave up

[@etiennekamenga1995]

So finally the man went down

[@federicogomez6739]

The real life Rocky Balboa vs Apollo Creed

[@HankFinkle11]

Not really. Wepner probably landed 10 shots the entire fight, other than the rabbit punches.

[@NilezII]

Sylvester Stallone was in the audience.

[@johnbird7357]

@@NilezII He wasn't. He watched it at home on television.

[@jefferson7468]

chuck wepner, the real rocky balboa.

[@eliatavernese4264]

I whish Ali to face him in his prime...Cassius wouls not last 3 rounds.

[@danielbrown3461]

Randel Tex Cobb took more punishment and was a better boxer.

[@danielbrown3461]

Randel Tex Cobb was more balboa. More talented also

[@speedclipz2]

@@eliatavernese4264 you cant even spell old man

[@saidali9435]

What brave man Ali …..May allah bless you forever

[@mgomez5606]

Back when boxing was open to the public. Then had to start paying for bs.

[@danielbrown3461]

Mickey Ward vs Arturo Ghatti.....This Trilogy told Ali to hold their beer.

[@km6344]

Check Wepner coulda definitely taken a punch,, but he was absolutely shown to not be close to the talented boxer Ali was!!!

[@quest...6246]

Solute to both of them, such a tough sport, and tougher opponents, they reached the 15th round, great sportsmen. Especially Ali who was fast even in the last round.

[@JohnVieto]

Ali poetry in motion. Unequalled and unsurpassed.

[@SamuelJohnYoungIII]

Ali wasn’t great Ali lost to plenty of Boxers and ended up with Severe Brain Damage!!!

[@JohnVieto]

@@SamuelJohnYoungIII How stupid are you?

[@danielbrown3461]

Rocky Marciano never lost a fight....Is his record unsurpassed? Or do we say Ali had a better record due to....Diversity, Equity and inclusion?

[@JohnVieto]

@@danielbrown3461 He never did what Ali did though. Forced out of boxing in his prime years and then came back to win the title. Plus he wasn't involved in the same type of epic fights as Ali. Plus Marciano wasn't really a heavyweight. Wouldn't even be a cruiserweight today.

[@danielbrown3461]

@@JohnVieto Marciano and epic fights....How many fights or opponants can you name that Marciano fought...You have never seen film of marciano fighting have you?....again people don't want to do the research.

[@francoisthouvenin189]

Ali, the only swinging heavyweight boxer in the world! And it paid!!👍

[@thomaskreuzmann1198]

It's amazing what this guy could take.

[@danielbrown3461]

Randel Tex Cobb told Weapner...Hold my beer.

[@Jogi_77]

Respect for both, 🎉🎉🎉

[@Tanveerkhan.900]

Great Ali may Allah bless his soul Ameen❤ beautiful man from inside and out side kind person miss him so much ❤ great man ❤

[@salehrashid-fx9rq]

Ameen yaa rabbi 🤲🤲🤲

[@jackshaftoe1715]

ALI, ALI, ALI ! (Never forget that chant.)

[@kemodelic5001]

RESPECT Muhammad Ali

[@perica4550]

Najveçi!

[@precbsfender]

I remember watching this fight, I was completely blown away by Wepners fortitude..

[@troyleekimble7557]

ALI WAS THE GREAT ONE!!!! RIP!!!

[@sonny12681]

To everyone watching this video. Did you all know that Sylvester Stallone was actually there, sitting not too far from the ring watching this boxing match?

[@BrotherJudahIsrael60]

I heard Sylvester Stallone say, The Fight of The Century Ali vs Frazier was the inspiration for the first Rocky movie. Frazier boxing out of Philadelphia beating the loud mouth world champion. But to me it doesn't matter! I watched this fight in 75! I remember Webner hitting Ali on the back of his head countless times which is a foul, but the referee never gave Wepner a single warning.

[@brucebeen5036]

Only real champions can't go 15 rounds

[@babym.j8527]

This is one of the best fights of Ali.

[@USeeMe2012]

That was brutal! Glad I’m just watching

[@Safdarkhan-qp8jc]

Allah O Akbar ❤ Greatest of all time Muhammed Ali, Love from Pakistan ❤❤❤❤❤,

[@colinloyd6718]

@@Safdarkhan-qp8jc May Jehovah almighty give him Cassius Clay a merciful judgment.

[@Safdarkhan-qp8jc]

@colinloyd6718 Aameen Summa Aameen

[@Safdarkhan-qp8jc]

@colinloyd6718 Aameen Summa Aameen

[@colinloyd6718]

Who's Allah, he can't forgive sins. MUHAMMAD needs forgiveness.

[@davidvinson4681]

This was a prime example of what Muhammad Ali always said I float like a butterfly sting like a bee. Yeah hands can’t hit what your eyes can’t see. The most entertaining boxer the world has ever known, as well as a world champion.

[@danielbrown3461]

Then their was Marciano who never lost. Will never be called the best by alot of people because he was White.

[@oshawaxpress]

@@danielbrown3461 For what it's worth, how 'entertaining' was Marciano? And why bring skin colour into this?

[@danielbrown3461]

@@oshawaxpress color you mean? With todays progressives and Diversity, Equity, and inclusion we are not supposed to bring up White Success.

[@goncalonunodurao7656]

Chuck fought with guts in his own land with Ali giving a chance . Anyway , Ali was better because he's THE HEAVYWEIGHT GREATEST BOXER

[@EdBenji]

Gee, thanks for that explanation!

[@khamariblair4898]

Ali had some fast snake pulverizing strikes. ❤ He was so incredible

[@RichardWhite-lh7yy]

"Wepner the wabbit"... Puncher that is....👉🐰🥊🥊

[@nymeria7239]

Ali showed Wepner why you should never say never!

[@sleeve8651]

Initially, I was like a lot of people that didn't like Cassius Clay avoiding the Draft, during Vietnam. Then saying he had become Muslim, and changing his name, only appeared to make it look like a convenient excuse, to hide behind his religion ! But I was always a Fan of his Boxing ! Even listening to one of his Fights broadcast on AM radio, back in the day ! Then listening to Muhammad Ali express his knowledge of Islam, I gained great respect for him, as it became clear, he was not hiding, but really embraced it, and was very knowledgeable ! And here was a Man, likely knowing full well the dangers of the Sport, still chose to continue, essentially sacrificing himself, not only for the money, but to entertain, wherever, or whatever he was doing ! Too, if a measure of a Man's Family means anything, then I believe his traditions were carried on, as it seemed none of his Children fell far from the tree ! R.I.P. MUHAMMAD ALI ASSALAMUALAIKUM

[@AM-br4ix]

Wepner is the Boxer who the "Rocky" movies were made about....

[@shadicalplayz8932]

Wepner never goes down everytime, but went down 4 times

[@GoldieLox-888]

Those blows to the back of the head are a reason Ali had problems in old age

[@AH-hz5xc]

If Chuck can do this to Ali imagine what '88 Tyson would have done

[@fizzle2323]

Ali still would’ve won, Ali once said in an interview “I would take him to distance and beat him.” Considering how Ali took punches from Foreman and Shavers who both hit harder than Tyson, Ali would’ve won. 🙌🦅🇵🇸

[@AH-hz5xc]

@@fizzle2323 Foreman? Let's not forget a simple rope-a-dope outwitted Foreman. Mike was a way more intelligent fighter than Foreman and would have defeated Ali no doubt

[@hondarider1374]

Ask tyson. He knows against Ali he had no chance

[@thegodfather1924]

​@@AH-hz5xcLol Tyson lost to Buster Douglas in prime who was bum.No way he could won against Ali.

[@AH-hz5xc]

@@thegodfather1924 Douglas got a 14 second count.

[@pgarcia1994]

My dad’s boxing “idol” and how is life, that both passed away on the same year. Ali also my favorite boxer of all time!

[@robert-lz9qf]

Wepner reminded me of tex cobb

[@hondarider1374]

Yes Cobb was much. tougher and was not a dirty fighter

[@АлександрМаханьков-о7к]

Али это супер боксер на все времена и такого не будет уже никогда! ❤

[@carlvaz]

The Great Muhammad Ali!

[@rogerengblom5061]

Not so great!

[@oshawaxpress]

@@rogerengblom5061 And your reasoning is?

[@leh3827]

Chuck went down but was saved by the ropes. George Chuvalo was NEVER KNOCKED OFF HIS FEET. He went dancing with his wife while Cassius Ali was in the hospital with bleeding kidneys. Boxing is a strange sport with a concussion or 40 during every match! Ali said The Washer Woman (George C) was the toughest guy he ever fought. It's tough to say how fighters from different eras would have done against each other.

[@alover466]

Ali schooled that guy what you talking bout...Also that washer woman threw about 12 low blows in that fight

[@leh3827]

@@alover466 ok alover. Too late to ask Cassius now. George is still around and could probably still school both of us at the same time. Height mismatch? I'm sure George wouldn't appreciate the insinuation. Ask him.

[@thegodfather1924]

​@@leh3827Lol Foreman,Frazier,Liston,Shavers and Norton were way more toughest than Chuvalo.

[@leh3827]

@@thegodfather1924 George is nearing 80 probably. He still knock heads off.

[@timothyharris46]

if wagners punches connected he may have gone alot closer

[@shakeraghah8924]

Mohammad Ali ist the greatest Boxer all Time. ❤

[@eder596]

🇧🇷 Ele não merecia metade da fama que conquistou , era muito despreparado fisicamente , só lutou contra adversários bem mais fracos que ele e as lutas dele eram muito sem graça.

[@SamuelJohnYoungIII]

Muhammad Ali wasn’t close to being the Greatest of All Time!!! Ali ended up Severely Punch Drunk!!! Ali had Severe Brain Damage how is that if he was supposedly the Greatest of All Time!!!

[@danielbrown3461]

Marciano....never beaten....Ahead of Ali. Ali is called the greatest because of emotion....not fact.

[@billm3706]

Who is in your opinion?

[@dadangbadrulzaman5492]

Dia mengalahkan Foreman dan petinju tangguh lainnya

[@KevinMacGowan]

Ali was and will forever remain as the GOA. Even when under pressure and moving backwards he was still whooping his opponent. Boxing today is but a pale charade in comparison to those World Heavy Weight championships of those long gonedays. I'll never forget watching 'The rumble in the jungle' with my brother and my dad. It was a combat people still talk about. And it was epic because of Ali and only because of him.

[@peteheel3636]

Ali had the greatest jab I’ve seen in my 60 years watching boxing. Who knows what the story would have been with him if he hadn’t lost those prime years?

[@buckymaxwell3801]

Tommy Morrison had a giant killer left hook, but liked leading with his jab.

[@youtoo2233]

I agree, but they say Holmes jab is even better

[@jaya.0069]

@@buckymaxwell3801 Tommy had the best left in boxing!

[@coaltrain4423]

Didn’t Tyson lose his prime years too?It’s funny how the fight business works,huh?

[@lour5802]

The real Rocky Balboa, Chuck Wepnar

[@danielbrown3461]

The Real Rocky Balboa is Randell Tex Cobb....if you fit him in a movie Role. Cobb a much beter fighter than Wepnar. Cobb could also take more punishment.

[@lour5802]

Sly took all the glory for this fight and because of Chuck Sly became a millionaire 6x over. Did Sly honor Chuck at the end of "Rocky" acknowledging a tribute to Chuck and who inspired the story of "Rocky"?

[@alanratay4583]

Prime Iron Mike would have walked straight through Prime Ali. That other guy would have been a first round KO for prime Mike.

[@guaporeturns9472]

😂 And what do you base that ridiculous statement on? Tyson beat chumps and every time he fought a good fighter he lost.. every time(and even one time lost to a chump) Tyson is the most overrated boxer of all time.

[@alanratay4583]

@@guaporeturns9472 Ask Michael Spinks if he’s a chump. Larry Holmes was out of the game for a couple years when Mike obliterated him. Mike was in prison for six years. Then came the string you’re talking about. The “prime” part of my statement is important.

[@guaporeturns9472]

@@alanratay4583 I knew you would mention them. Spinks and Holmes were has beens at their best. Got anyone else?

[@alanratay4583]

@@guaporeturns9472 Best I got is he held all three belts at the same time. The field wasn’t stacked with great fighters.

[@guaporeturns9472]

@@alanratay4583 Right , that doesn’t make him a great fighter , it means he had weak competition

[@dad-on-welfare]

8:39 you're welcome

[@Rooster338]

People don’t know Muhammad Ali was really Cashus Clay a draft dodger.

[@karriemburton9024]

Wrong...he was not a draft dodger...read the history please!! He proved to be right! The war was wrong and the u.s. lost the war..when u have to leave thats not a victory

[@robertsoule7407]

Anybody alive at the time knows it. Clay became a Muslim in 1961 and changed his name in 1964. He wasn't drafted until 1966 and called up in 1967. That's when he was convicted. Ali claimed he qualified for conscientious-objector status because he opposed the war as a black Muslim. Ali said “my conscience won’t let me go shoot my brother, or some darker people, or some poor hungry people in the mud for big powerful America,” he said. “And shoot them for what? They never called me [the N word], they never lynched me, they didn’t put no dogs on me, they didn’t rob me of my nationality, rape and kill my mother and father…. Shoot them for what? How can I shoot them poor people? Just take me to jail.” The Supreme Court reversed his conviction 1971 after reading Elijah Muhammad’s Message to the Blackman in America. Most of America hated our involvement in Vietnam and it became the first and only war the US ever lost, so far. Ali wasn't allowed a boxing license for 3 years of his fighting prime to a conviction that was eventually overturned.

[@michaelconverse5127]

It has long been proven that anyone from the USA that fought in that war was duped. Why would he fight for a country that would allow him to represent it in the Olympics but he was still unable to use the same restroom or eat in the same restaurants as those asking him to go to war many states ? Only a real fool and yes man would do that.

[@estebanguajardo5809]

3 años en la cárcel !!! Y aun tuvo tiempo para ser el mejor de todos los tiempos ,el mejor aunque te duela

[@johnreynolds6369]

You mean he refused to lend his name to a costly and ultimately pointless war?

[@adamjoe5]

What a great fight by both fighters!

[@marieannbermejo5123]

Rocky and apolo creed

[@HemendraSarma-tp8ge]

Vow,what a fantastic fight !

[@steveeisenhowereisenhower7130]

Wepner was a dirty fighter

[@terryworcester5647]

Mohammed was the most dirtiest fighter ever....racist.

[@ΝικοςΜουρσιωτης]

Different boxing styles.chuxck is going straight to the enemy. Mahamed is dancing around

[@Jerlynvins]

Wepner was a US Marine and saved the lives of three pilots pulling them from blazing airplanes. Ali was a coward and chose not to defend our country. Why is he considered some kind of great American like MLK. He was a boxer. That's it. Chuck was a great American!

[@raymondvalasquez3992]

fuck your country. ali stood up for something on principal and didn't go to a war just because rich racist white fucks wanted him to do so. you want a black man to enlist in the white man's army when he can't even eat in every restaurant in america because of his skin color? you're an idiot. most of you retards sign right up to throw your lives away thinking it's for 'defending america' or some stupid bullshit like that. then you end up like the vietnam vets, coming home to realize that your government doesn't give a shit about you. enjoy being a jackass that can be manipulated through misguided patriotism. you voted for trump didn't you? moron.

[@harut5795]

Mohammad Ali - the greatest❤

[@stephenmalzard2053]

Ali still at his supreme best 😁

[@amadoumoustaphadieng8660]

Ali is Ali.. May his soul rest in peace !

[@benelias3556]

All this ridiculous praise for wepner makes me sick. He was a dirty fighter he fought a dirty fight against Muhammad Ali and got away with it period the referee should have got his license revoked it was an absolute absurd violation of the rules to watch the way wepner fought Muhammad Ali. And he didn't knock him down, he stepped on his foot there is an actual photo of it, to make him fall

[@donbeadling5426]

Yes, Wepner landed repeated blows to the back Ali's head.

[@benelias3556]

@@donbeadling5426 and plenty of kidney punches

[@GeorgeSwift-qj1ik]

Ali would hit then pull down his opponents he'd it all his fights and the ref wouldn't even warn him. He ran the whole fight. Wepner was 2 open.

[@rsrs6959]

💯💯agree with you! It was such a disgraceful fight! The back of the head illegal punches that the referee did not call out on Chuck Wepner was extremely sad because we know what brain damage and suffering (Parkinsons) Ali went through. As soon as the first back of the head shot happened, there and then Ali should have punished his opponent, and end the fight through knock out!

[@madmetfan]

Wepner got hit with everything but the kitchen sink. Have to admire that he stayed up as long as he did

[@kubanskiloewe]

the greatest

[@tonynaccarato4751]

Chuck was a dirty boxer, punching behind the head, Ali is the greatest.

[@Jack-bz7vq]

Take a look at the speed of Ali in the 15.round unbelievable.