CHUCK & OTHER ANIMALS
@BigDaddyBunce
Voice of boxing
TONY GALENTO had an advantage over the giant octopus he fought one afternoon in Atlantic City – the octopus was dead before Tony jumped in the giant fish tank.
A few years later, Chuck Wepner had no advantages when he was matched with Victor, the unbeaten and untouchable bear. They met in a non-title fight in New Jersey. It was a cash job, a novelty, the latest in Big Chuck’s life and times.
Two world heavyweight championship challengers against a bear and an octopus are freak shows, trust me. Galento dropped Joe Louis before fighting the octopus and Wepner dropped Muhammad Ali before meeting
