When Chuck Wepner decked Muhammad Ali in the ninth round of their 1975 world title fight, a boxing fan who took notice was a struggling actor/writer named Sylvester Stallone, who immediately began writing a screenplay called "Rocky." The rest is history -- not only for Stallone, but also for Wepner, the hardscrabble New Jersey pug who subsequently became a part of boxing lore.

On the April 23 edition of The Ringside Boxing Show, we interviewed not only Chuck Wepner, but also the A-List actor who portrays Wepner in the new motion picture, "Chuck," Liev Schreiber of "Ray Donovan" fame.

We're sharing these memorable interviews today on a special edition of The Ringside Boxing Show to help introduce ourselves to our new audience at thegruelingtruth.net.

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