As the match progresses, Creed's superior skill is countered by Rocky's apparently unlimited ability to absorb punishment, and his dogged refusal to be knocked out. The fight indeed lasts 15 rounds, with both fighters sustaining many injuries Rocky suffers his first broken nose and debilitating trauma around the eye, and Creed sustains brutal blows to his ribs with substantial internal bleeding. Creed realises that he has underestimated his opponent and desperately defends his title. Creed's prediction that he would knockout Rocky in three rounds is quickly erased as the two fighters engage in a brutal match. Apollo Creed has never taken the fight seriously, and Rocky unexpectedly knocks him down in the first round (the first time Creed has been knocked down in his professional career), embarrassing Creed, and the match turns intense. On New Year's Day, the climactic boxing match begins. Dejected, Rocky confides to Adrian that he does not expect to beat Creed and that all he wants is to go the distance because no one had ever gone the distance with Creed. Jergens tells Rocky the incorrect photograph doesn't really matter. The night before the fight, Rocky privately tours the Spectrum and notices the photograph of him wearing the wrong coloured shorts. Paulie, however, is jealous of the relationship. He draws Adrian out of her shell and, as Rocky's girlfriend, she begins to gain in confidence. Rocky courts and eventually dates Paulie's shy, quiet sister, Adrian Pennino, who works as a clerk in a local pet store. Rocky's good friend Paulie Pennino, a meat-packing-plant worker, lets him practice his punches on the carcasses hanging in the freezers. Mickey always considered Rocky's potential to be better than his effort-telling him he had heart but also calling him a "tomato" and "leg breaker for some cheap second-rate loan shark" among other endearments, and putting Rocky out of his gym locker preceding the "freak luck" opportunity that comes Rocky's way, and Rocky is initially skeptical of Mickey's motives and timing for wanting to train Rocky for the big fight. 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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