When apollo creed, the heavyweight champion of the world visits rocky's home town asking for a lesser man to fight, apollo chooses him based on his nickname, 'the italian stallion' Rocky ii · rocky iii · rocky iv · rocky v · rocky balboa Under the tutelage of rocky balboa, newly crowned heavyweight champion adonis creed faces off against viktor drago, the son of ivan drago. With sylvester stallone, burt young, antonio tarver, geraldine hughes Thirty years after the ring of the first bell, rocky balboa comes out of retirement and dons his gloves for his final fight against the reigning heavyweight champ mason 'the line' dixon. Rocky balboa proudly holds the world heavyweight boxing championship, but a new challenger has stepped forward
Rocky faces the ultimate challenge from a powerful new contender, and must turn to a former rival to help regain his throne as the undisputed fighting champion. 'cause i was nobody before Ah come on, adrian, it's true But that don't matter either, you know 'cause i was thinkin', it really don't matter if i lose this fight It really don't matter if this guy opens my head, either.