RICHFIELD, Ohio (WJW) – It’s hard to believe 50 years ago today, this land once hosted the Palace on the Prairie, the Richfield Coliseum. It’s now gone, but on March 24, 1975, it hosted one of 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 ...

The Bayonne Bleeder got bronzed. Chuck Wepner, the heavyweight slugger who inspired Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky Balboa character when he shockingly knocked down Muhammad Ali in the ninth round of their ...

Retired boxer Chuck Wepner is going to be honored with a bronze statue of his likeness at Dennis P. Collins Park. Wepner, nicknamed ‘The Bayonne Bleeder’ because of propensity to get cuts during ...

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