Chuck the former Marine and known as the "Bayonne Bleeder" did a 'payday bout' with Ali in 1975.

Maybe Muhammed Ali took the fight lightly but the Heavyweight Champion of New Jersey did not.

Wepner got beaten down in the 15th round but in the 11th round he was the first fighter to put Ali on his ass with a punch.

Both fighters went to a hospital that night.

Some days later Muhammed Ali said, "I would never want to meet that man in a dark alley when he's angry."

Cassius Clay pissed me off when he refused to be drafted but he was a good guy for the past 30 years. He suffered a ton with Parkinson's Disease with great humility and for that I cannot be angry.