Two weeks ago, Andre Roussimoff died at age 46. You probably knew him better as Andre the Giant. This 7-foot-4, 540-pound gentle behemoth is not being remembered by this column for the wrestling ...

Bettmann via Getty Images World heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali holds Andre the Giant's fist to his jaw on March 25, 1976 in New York City. Marty Lederhandler/AP Heavyweight boxer Chuck Wepner ...

Gerald Brisco, via the Tampa Bay Times Andre The Giant (left) squares off against Chuck Wepner in New York in 1976.AP 2. Andre drank 102 beers in 45 minutes before a flight “I get a call.

André the Giant fought a pro boxer. On June 25, 1976, a unique exhibition bout took place at Shea Stadium when boxer Chuck Wepner ... be a cumbersome experience, Andre grew fond of QVC, the ...

“Everyone says to me, ‘Oh, Chuck, finally you got ... character in “Rocky III,” Wepner was thrown out of the ring by wrestling legend Andre the Giant at Shea Stadium in New York in 1976.

In "Rocky III," Stallone gets in the ring with wrestler Hulk Hogan in a scene that looks remarkably similar to a fight Wepner once had with Andre the Giant. "Finally, Chuck woke up one morning ...

Chuck Wepner entered the boxing ring to fight for the heavyweight championship title against none other than Muhammad Ali.

Film fans are already familiar with Chuck Wepner’s story, whether they know it or not. Wepner, a Bayonne-native boxer, squared off against everyone from Muhammad Ali to Andre the Giant in the ...

In “Chuck,” Wepner watches his own star fall (he boxes bears, fights Andre the Giant) while Rocky becomes a folk hero, but Wepner is his own worst enemy. Stallone (Morgan Spector) comes off as ...

The 83-year-old Chuck Wepner stands 6ft 5in tall ... legend Andre Rene Roussimoff - more commonly known as 'Andre the Giant' - on an Ali undercard at New York's Shea Stadium.