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Total Fights | 52 |
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Wins | 36 |
Losses | 14 |
Draws | 2 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 0 |
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Title Defenses | 0 |
Title-Fight KOs | 0 |
KO Wins | 17 |
KO Losses | 9 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 14 years and one month, Chuck Wepner fought 52 times with 36 wins, 14 losses, and 2 draws.
Wepner retired from professional boxing with a record of 36-14-2. He was a one-time heavyweight world title challenger. He had a 32.7% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 17 of his total 52 fights being knockout wins. Wepner suffered nine knockout losses in his career, one of which was against Muhammad Ali in a heavyweight title fight.
His last fight was a 12-round unanimous decision defeat to Scott Frank on September 26, 1978.
Some of Wepner's best fights and notable victories include wins over Charley Polite, Randy Neumann, Terry Hinke, Tommy Sheehan, Johnny Dolan, Johnny Evans, and Jerry Tomasetti.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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52 | Sep 26, 1978 | 39 | Scott Frank | Loss | UD |
51 | Jun 2, 1978 | 39 | Tom Healy | Win | TKO5 |
50 | Apr 7, 1978 | 39 | Johnny Blaine | Win | TKO3 |
49 | May 20, 1977 | 38 | Horst Geisler | Loss | TKO10 |
48 | Feb 19, 1977 | 37 | Mike Schutte | Loss | PTS |
47 | Oct 2, 1976 | 37 | Duane Bobick | Loss | TKO6 |
46 | May 6, 1976 | 37 | Tommy Sheehan | Win | TKO2 |
45 | Nov 29, 1975 | 36 | Johnny Dolan | Win | KO3 |
44 | Nov 13, 1975 | 36 | Johnny Evans | Win | TKO4 |
43 | Mar 24, 1975 | 36 | Muhammad Ali | Loss * | TKO15 |
42 | Sep 3, 1974 | 35 | Terry Hinke | Win | TKO11 |
41 | May 23, 1974 | 35 | Charley Polite | Win | TKO4 |
40 | Mar 8, 1974 | 35 | Randy Neumann | Win | TKO6 |
39 | Jan 17, 1974 | 34 | Billy Williams | Win | PTS |
38 | Jun 23, 1973 | 34 | Ernie Terrell | Win | PTS |
37 | Mar 15, 1973 | 34 | Billy Marquart | Win | PTS |
36 | Dec 7, 1972 | 33 | John Clohessy | Win | PTS |
35 | Apr 15, 1972 | 33 | Randy Neumann | Win | PTS |
34 | Dec 9, 1971 | 32 | Randy Neumann | Loss | PTS |
33 | Oct 14, 1971 | 32 | Mike Boswell | Win | TKO10 |
32 | Sep 16, 1971 | 32 | Jesse Crown | Win | KO4 |
31 | Jan 6, 1971 | 31 | Jerry Judge | Loss | TKO5 |
30 | Sep 8, 1970 | 31 | Joe Bugner | Loss | RTD3 |
29 | Jun 29, 1970 | 31 | Sonny Liston | Loss | RTD9 |
28 | Jan 26, 1970 | 30 | Manuel Ramos | Win | UD |
27 | Dec 19, 1969 | 30 | Pedro Agosto | Win | UD |
26 | Aug 18, 1969 | 30 | George Foreman | Loss | TKO3 |
25 | Jun 22, 1969 | 30 | Jose Roman | Loss | PTS |
24 | Apr 28, 1969 | 30 | Mike Bruce | Win | PTS |
23 | Mar 14, 1969 | 30 | Roberto Davila | Win | MD |
22 | Dec 13, 1968 | 29 | Jerry Tomasetti | Win | TKO1 |
21 | Nov 9, 1968 | 29 | Mert Brownfield | Win | MD |
20 | Sep 26, 1968 | 29 | Forest Ward | Win | TKO7 |
19 | May 20, 1968 | 29 | Mike Bruce | Win | PTS |
18 | Apr 30, 1968 | 29 | Eddie Vick | Win | SD |
17 | Jan 22, 1968 | 28 | Clay Thomas | Win | TKO3 |
16 | Nov 27, 1967 | 28 | Charlie Harris | Win | TKO6 |
15 | Jul 19, 1967 | 28 | Jerry Tomasetti | Loss | TKO5 |
14 | Apr 28, 1967 | 28 | Don McAteer | Win | TKO7 |
13 | Jan 18, 1967 | 27 | Lou Hicks | Win | UD |
12 | Oct 21, 1966 | 27 | Dave Centi | Win | PTS |
11 | Aug 3, 1966 | 27 | Johnny Deutsch | Win | TKO6 |
10 | Apr 6, 1966 | 27 | Cleo Daniels | Win | PTS |
9 | Feb 22, 1966 | 26 | Jerry Tomasetti | Win | UD |
8 | Jan 7, 1966 | 26 | Buster Mathis | Loss | TKO3 |
7 | Oct 19, 1965 | 26 | Bob Stallings | Loss | SD |
6 | Mar 23, 1965 | 26 | Everett Copeland | Draw | PTS |
5 | Jan 19, 1965 | 25 | Ray Patterson | Win | SD |
4 | Dec 18, 1964 | 25 | Jerry Tomasetti | Win | UD |
3 | Oct 27, 1964 | 25 | Everett Copeland | Draw | PTS |
2 | Aug 14, 1964 | 25 | Rudy Pavesi | Win | PTS |
1 | Aug 5, 1964 | 25 | George Cooper | Win | KO3 |
* World-title fight
Chuck Wepner (The Bayonne Bleeder) is a 85-year old retired American professional boxer. He was born in New York, New York, USA on February 26, 1939. He retired without winning a major world title. His professional boxing career spanned more than 14 years — from 1964 to 1978.
Wepner made his professional boxing debut against George Cooper at the age of 25 on August 5, 1964, defeating Cooper via 3rd round KO.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 36 on March 24, 1975 after 42 professional fights, against Muhammad Ali for the WBA and WBC titles. He lost to Ali via 15th round TKO.
Wepner had a total of 14 losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Scott Frank on September 26, 1978. Wepner lost the fight via 12 round unanimous decision. It's been 45 years, 6 months, and 29 days since this fight.
Wepner knocked out 17 of his 52 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 32.7%. Of his total 36 wins, 17 of them were via KO (47.2%).