For if not for Apollo Creed -- sorry, Carl Weathers -- to give Rocky Balboa a foil, a charming rogue of a foil and villain, a reason to be, you don't have a movie, you don't have a franchise.

"Rocky" is a movie for everyone. Rocky Balboa loved the job where others hurt him, and he hated the one where he hurt others. For everyone who ever wanted to kiss someone. For everyone who has bled.

Rocky Balboa is a struggling boxer trying to make the big time, working as a debt collector for a pittance. When heavyweight champion Apollo Creed visits Philadelphia, his managers want to set up ...

Creed follows Michael B. Jordan's Adonis Creed, the son of legendary boxer Apollo Creed from the original films, who sought out the training of Rocky Balboa. Creed revived the Rocky franchise ...

The first six movies tell the story of Philadelphia boxer Rocky Balboa, played by Sylvester ... the son of Rocky's former opponent and mentor Apollo Creed. In the first two "Creed" movies, Adonis ...

Sylvester “Sly” Stallone (born July 6, 1946) is an American actor and filmmaker best known for portraying the fictional boxer Rocky Balboa ... of Rocky’s rival, Apollo Creed.

It seems almost as improbable as Rocky Balboa lasting 15 rounds with champion Apollo Creed that it took so long for Philadelphia to properly honor “Rocky” and the other eight movies in the ...

Rocky Balboa is enjoying life. He has a lovely wife, Adrian, had a successful fight with Apollo Creed and is able to enjoy the money he earned from the fight and a new endorsement deal.