Chuck Wepner reflects on Muhammad Ali match, 50 years later

Chuck Wepner reflects on Muhammad Ali match, 50 years later

RICHFIELD, Ohio (WJW) - It's hard to believe 50 years ago today, this land once hosted the Palace on the Prairie, the Richfield Coliseum. It's now gone, but on March 24, 1975, it hosted one of the most entertaining 15-round boxing matches you'll ever see between the greatest of all-time Muhammad Ali and Chuck Wepner.“My mindset was to win the fight,” Wepner told FOX 8’s John Sabol. “He [Ali] just came off the knockout of George Foreman to win th…

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