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TIL that 'Rocky' (1976) was inspired by the true story of Chuck Wepner, a local boxer from New Jersey who was set up for a dream fight with Muhammad Ali. Wepner quit his job to train full time.

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TIL that ‘Rocky’ (1976) was inspired by the true story of Chuck Wepner, a local boxer from New Jersey who was set up for a dream fight with Muhammad Ali. Wepner quit his job to train full time, an…

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/L8_2_PartE on 2024-04-18 22:22:46.

Original Title: TIL that ‘Rocky’ (1976) was inspired by the true story of Chuck Wepner, a local boxer from New Jersey who was set up for a dream fight with Muhammad Ali. Wepner quit his job to train full time, and against all odds, lasted 15 rounds with the champ. Stallone was in the audience.

Deceptichum ,
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Sorry, this content is not available in your region.

They fucking content blocking articles now?

bus_factor ,

Are you European? Some websites in the US can’t be bothered to implement GDPR and just geoblock all of Europe instead. You probably can’t access homedepot.com either.

Deceptichum ,
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Australian.

Successful_Try543 ,

It does work in Germany, so it’s not about GDPR. Home depot doesn’t work btw.

andrew ,
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Sometimes it’s not about GDPR and more about “we get no benefits from this area because we have no presence there but we get plenty of DDOS.” Source: had to do this at my $DAYJOB.

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