#39 Season 3 The Bayonne Bleeder Chuck Wepner (The Real Life Rocky)

Joe travels to Bayonne, NJ to interview ex heavyweight professional boxer Chuck Wepner. Chuck tells his life story including how Sylvester Stallone was in the audience during the fight where he lasted 15 rounds with Ali and inspired Stallone to right the film Rocky about an unknown fighter who gets the chance at the title and go the distance with an out spoken heavy weight champion fighter. Chuck Wepner's life was also just made into a movie coming out May12th 2017 with Liev Schreiber playing Chuck.  If you would like to give back to Joe's podcast and get rewards for donating to Joe's multiple episodes a week free podcast that includes being able to listen to Patron only podcast episodes and much more go to www.Patreon.com/FixingJoe  To donate to the Joe and Jim Florentine scripted project go to https://www.gofundme.com/JoeandJimFlorentinePilot and see what rewards you'll get here as well.  Everything else including upcoming tour dates, booking Joe for an event, and all Joe's performance videos including clips from his new 1 Hour Special "Medicated" that's available on Seeso.com go to www.JoeMatarese.com   Joe's next 1 Hour Special The Poster's Wrong is being filmed on May 12th at Helium Comedy Club in Philadelphia, PA. For tickets go to Joe's website.