Quote Originally Posted by Beanflicker View Post
They did a story on Chuck called The Real Rocky. Stallone saw the Wepner/Ali fight and was inspired to write about a huge underdog who puts up a valiant effort against a seemingly unbeatable champ. Wepner enjoyed all the attention it gave him, being the "real Rocky", but after awhile got angry that he wasn't being compensated and sued (which Stallone and him settled out of court apparently.)
THat was my reading of it, can't remember where but Wepner certainly made the national press.