His story inspired Sylvester Stallone, and it will be brought to theaters this fall with Liev Schreiber in the lead role.
The sport of boxing may be dying (thanks to the popularity of the rival MMA), but boxing movies continue to attract crowds.
They didn’t call Chuck Wepner “The Bleeder” for nothing.
Creed revived the Rocky franchise last year — giving a voice to Ryan Coogler and a larger platform to his leading man Michael B. Jordan.
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