Talk:Chuck Wepner

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WEPNER LOST BY A TKO, NOT A KNOCKOUT. PLEASE CORRECT YOUR PAGE.

A technical knockout is the same as a knockout. The only difference between the two is a technical knockout is when the referee or someone else (this can include the fighter, a trainer, a doctor) stops the fight, and a knockout is achieved when the boxer lays on the canvas for ten seconds, but technical knockout wins/losses count only as knockouts, not technical knockouts, in a fighter's record. It's kinda like separating normal goals in Association football from penalty kick goals. They are the same thing.

On another topic, wasnt it Ali that fought Antonio Inoki in Wrestling? I believe Wepner fought some other wrestler in the same card as Ali-Inoki. Can someone please verify that?

Thanks and God bless you!

Sincerely yours, Antonio Freaky Storm Martin

I just finished watching the replay of this fight on ESPN Classic. The announcer, talking about Wepner's career, must have repeated about a hundred times, "Wepner has never been knocked down," so apparently there are boxing professionals who would dispute your assertion that TKO and KO are "the same thing." Regardless, the article needs citations for most of its claims — particularly the claims about 1986 — and the sole citation from the Washington Post is an expired hyperlink. The article need a major revision and cleanup. Cribcage 04:47, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

If you knew anything about boxing, the terms knock down and knock out are completely different.Djgranados

Wepner "lost" to Andre the Giant. However, it was a work. Wepner knew that and how he was going to lose before the fight even happened. He opted for being thrown out of the ring as opposed to being bodyslammed. It wasn't a real fight. It's a loss in the sense that Dolph lost to Sylvester in Rocky IV.

[edit] Website cited

This page cites Ask Yahoo, which cites this page -- isn't that a little incestuous? Jaysbro 00:16, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

It's a bit shoddy on the part of Ask Yahoo to cite Wikipedia; they're being paid money, they should find proper sources. -Ashley Pomeroy 22:06, 18 December 2006 (UTC)