Former heavyweight Bayonne boxer Chuck Wepner will get his due as the inspiration for Rocky Balboa in the new ESPN documentary “The Real Rocky” premiering in October, TV officials said last week.

Chuck Wepner, aka The Bayonne Bleeder, and the man who inspired Sylvester Stallone to write "Rocky," is about to get a biopic all his own. Liev Schreiber will play Wepner in "The Bleeder," which will ...