![]() 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. Rocky at this point was a small time club fighter who made a few bucks in the fights but not as much, He lived in the Kensington neighbourhood of Philadelphia. On the 25th of November 1975, Rocky Balboa was introduced as a small-time boxer and "leg-breaker," or debt collector, for an apparently "connected" loan shark named Anthony Gazzo. But what he does have going for him is his punching power, which was immense, and that he could take quite a bit of punishment. However, unable to live on the low pay of club fights, and being unable to find work anywhere else due to his illiteracy, Rocky got a job as a collector for Tony Gazzo, the local loan shark, just to make ends meet.īy 1975, Rocky at close to 30 years old has a pretty decent record as a boxer, 43-21, 40 wins by KO, but his defense was terrible, and his moves predictable, basic, and slow. Rocky dropped out of high school in the 9th grade. ![]() In the late-1960s, Rocky took up boxing as a sport, becoming a fighter, and began training at Mighty Mick's gym with Micky, the gyms owner, never paying him any mind initially. Rocky saw that his father was never the smartest guy either according to him he said the following about his dad "My old man, who was never the sharpest, told me I weren't born with much brain, so I better use my body." We can see that his father probably had a negative influence on Rocky dropping out of school and not applying himself even if unintentional. As a child, Rocky never did good in school and he also dropped out before completing High School. He was the only child in a Roman Catholic Italian-American family. Rocky was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the 6th of July 1946. ![]() He has wavy black hair (silver as of Creed) and brown eyes. Rocky Balboa is a man with a highly athletic, muscular build and a Mediterranean complexion. 2.10 Creed: Meeting And Training Adonis Johnson Creed.2.8 Rocky Balboa: It Ain't Over 'Till It's Over.
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