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Donnie fights Conlan at Goodison Park in Conlan's hometown of Liverpool, and many parallels emerge between the ensuing bout and Apollo and Rocky's first fight [e] forty years earlier. Before the final round, Rocky is adamant on stopping the fight to save Donnie from the long term effects of his injuries, a decision he contemplated 30 years after Apollo's death. He first seeks tutelage from Duke's son, "Lil' Duke" ( Wood Harris), who runs the Delphi Boxing Academy. Overtime Apollo Creed rose to stardom as a legend of the boxing sport; By the age of 32, he amassed an impressive record of 46 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, with all his wins by knockout, and had become the Heavyweight boxing Champion of the world. It was also the highest grossing movie sequel ever until The Empire Strikes Back debuted one year later.

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In 1985, Apollo (43 years old), comes out of a five-year retirement to fight mammoth Soviet Olympic boxer Ivan Drago, who has come to the United States on behalf of the Soviet Union to enter the world of professional boxing. Phylicia Rashad as Mary Anne Creed: Apollo's widow and Donnie's stepmother, who takes in Donnie as a child following the death of Donnie's biological mother. A soundtrack album containing Conti's score was released on August 25, 1979, and charted on the Billboard 200 for five consecutive weeks.

In Rocky, Creed essentially cleans out his division of serious challengers (the few remaining being either injured or unavailable) and magnanimously decides to fight local journeyman Balboa for the fan spectacle, as well as the implied symbolism of fighting a man with an Italian background on "this country's biggest birthday.

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This quote is referred to throughout the movie, including the film's theme song, " Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor. How often do you see athletes behaving so gallantly in movies, where opponents are routinely demonized as vengeful, comic book villains, not respectful competitors?Upon reviewing the local boxers in Philadelphia, Creed is drawn to a club fighter named Rocky Balboa, because Balboa is Italian and has a catchy nickname, "The Italian Stallion".