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Charley Polite vs Chuck Wepner — record, stats and common opponents compared

Charley Polite

🇺🇸HEAVYWEIGHT

Chuck Wepner

Charley Polite (0-16 across 16 tracked bouts) and Chuck Wepner (36-14-2) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 4 common opponents.

Polite

Tracked record

0–16

counted from 16 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Wepner

36

Wins17 KO · 47%

14

Losses

2

Draws53 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Wepner leads 1–0

Charley Polite and Chuck Wepner have met 1 time; Wepner leads 1–0.

Charley Polite and Chuck Wepner have met 1 time; Wepner leads 1–0.
Met1974May 23Series
Charley PoliteFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Chuck WepnerFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Polite 1 · Wepner 4 of 5 measurable rows
PoliteWepner
Record†
0-1636-14-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
71.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 17
0
17 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—47.22%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—47%
Times stopped‡max 10
9 (edge)
10
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 3.7
1.3
3.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 53
16
53

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Charley Polite: No height on file
Chuck Wepner: 6′5″
Agenot held
Charley Polite: No date of birth
Chuck Wepner: 87
Stance
Charley Polite: Not recorded
Chuck Wepner: Orthodox

Charley Polite left, Chuck Wepner right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Charley Polite0 wins · from 16 tracked bouts

Charley Polite: no tracked wins in the 16 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Polite yet.

Chuck Wepner36 wins · from 53 tracked bouts

Chuck Wepner: 36 tracked wins — 17 by KO/TKO (47%) and 19 on the cards (53%). Counted from 53 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

17 by KO/TKO 47%19 on the cards 53%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Charley Polite 16, Chuck Wepner 53 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

4 shared

4 shared · Polite better on 1 · Wepner better on 1 · even on 2

Polite

Opponent

Wepner

  • Charley Polite

    0–2 against

    Loss, KO

    1972

    Loss, UD

    1968

    RomanWepner better

    Chuck Wepner

    Loss, PTS

    1969

  • Charley Polite

    Loss, TKO

    1969

    BugnerEven

    Chuck Wepner

    Loss, TKO

    1970

  • Charley Polite

    Loss, KO 4

    1970

    ForemanEven

    Chuck Wepner

    Loss, TKO 3

    1969

  • Charley Polite

    Loss, PTS

    1966

    MathisPolite better

    Chuck Wepner

    0–2 against

    Loss, TKO 3

    1966

    Loss, TKO

    1966

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Charley Polite last boxed on Oct 25, 1978 — 17,525 days ago. Polite had lost 16 straight.LLLLL

Roman Jul 1972Ros Apr 1974Wepner May 1974Cooney Oct 1978Stander Oct 19781.3 tracked bouts per year

Chuck Wepner last boxed on Sep 26, 1978 — 17,554 days ago. Wepner had won two in a row before losing a decision to Scott Frank.LLWWL

Schutte Feb 1977Geisler May 1977Blaine Apr 1978Healy Jun 1978Frank Sep 19783.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Charley Polite and Chuck Wepner ever fought each other?
Yes. Charley Polite and Chuck Wepner met once on May 23, 1974, and Chuck Wepner won by TKO in round 4.
The meeting

LMay 23, 1974 · Wepner · TKO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Polite or Wepner?
Charley Polite is 0-16 across the 16 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Chuck Wepner is 36-14-2. Chuck Wepner has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Polite0–160%

Wepner36–14–271.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Polite or Wepner?
Charley Polite has 0 knockout wins and Chuck Wepner has 17. Chuck Wepner has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Polite0

Wepner1747.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Polite and Wepner have any common opponents?
Charley Polite and Chuck Wepner share 4 common opponents: José "King" Roman, Joe Bugner and George Foreman (and 1 other). Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
4 shared opponents

José "King" RomanLL

Joe BugnerLL

George ForemanLL

Buster MathisLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Polite and Wepner?
This comparison is drawn from 16 bouts tracked for Charley Polite and 53 bouts tracked for Chuck Wepner. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Polite16bouts

Wepner53bouts

How They Win ↓

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