To prepare for the fight Rocky trains with a 1920s-era ex-bantamweight fighter and gym owner, Mickey Goldmill.
Rocky training for his big fight with Apollo. He puts it in lights by proclaiming "Apollo Creed Meets The Italian Stallion." The fight promoter Miles Jergens says the decision is "very American" but Creed says, rather, that it is "very smart." Other contenders say there is not enough time to get into shape.Ĭreed comes up with the idea of giving a local underdog a shot at the title and, because he likes Rocky's nickname "The Italian Stallion," he selects the relatively unknown fighter. When Green drops out because of an injured hand, Creed and his entourage, and trainer ( Tony "Duke" Evers) are stymied on what to do. The World Heavyweight Championship bout, with undefeated heavyweight champion Apollo Creed defending against Mac Lee Green, is scheduled to take place at the Philadelphia Spectrum on New Year's Day 1976, the year of the United States Bicentennial. Rocky is first seen defeating the boxer Spider Rico in the second round, but is considered by the audience to be a bum.
He lives in the Kensington neighbourhood of Philadelphia. On November 25, 1975, Rocky Balboa is introduced as a small-time boxer and "leg-breaker," or debt collector, for an apparently "connected" loan shark named Anthony Gazzo. Rocky Balboa has black hair and brown eyes. 2.7 Creed: Training Adonis Johnson Creed.
2.5 Rocky V: Retirement and Return to South Philadelphia.
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