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In this combination photo, Liev Schreiber, left, portrays boxer Chuck Wepner in a scene from the film, "Chuck," and Chuck Wepner appears during a workout at his home in Bayonne, N.J. on Jan. 21, 1975. The film will open in limited release on Friday. (AP Photo/Sarah Shatz/IFC Films, left, and Ray Stubblebin)

New Jersey film tax incentive loss caused ‘Chuck’ filmmakers to move to New York

By Eric Althoff - The Washington Times

In a photo taken Wednesday, April 26, 2017, former boxer Chuck Wepner talks to The Associated Press in his home in Bayonne, N.J. Forty-two years after he stepped into the ring against Muhammad Ali as a 40-to-1 underdog, Wepner’s business card still has a picture of the moment when he knocked down the champ. Wepner’s life story has now arrived on the big screen with Liev Schreiber playing the Bayonne Bleeder in “Chuck,” which opens on Friday, May 5, 2017, in New York and Los Angeles before expanding nationwide. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Rocky’s muse: Boxer who inspired Stallone gets his moment

By JOSH CORNFIELD - Associated Press