Rocky is set to retire from boxing and Adrian agrees and supports this decision. Rocky declines on account of his injuries particularly a detached retina that could lead to eventual blindness. Rocky IIĪfter their fight both Apollo and Rocky are taken to the same hospital due to the extent of their injuries and Apollo openly challenged Rocky to another fight in front of the press. Rocky and Adrian embrace and declare their love. After the fight ended Apollo won by split decision (8:7, 7:8, 9:6), and both agreed their would be no rematch. Rocky through sheer force of will got up to fight the 15th round. After 14 grueling rounds Rocky went down and nobody excepted him to get up. Apollo also got his nose broken for the first time. Nobody had ever knocked down Apollo before in the ring and this showed that Rocky meant business. Once the fight started Apollo figured he'd win easily though Rocky was able to knock the champ down during round 1. On New Years Day 1976 the match takes place in the Spectrum arena in Philadelphia. If he did that Rocky "Wouldn't just be some bum around the neighborhood". Rocky confides in Adrian that he believes he will lose the match but hoped he would at least "go the distance" since know fighter had lasted 15 rounds with Apollo. Rocky also begins dating Adrian which sours his friendship with Paulie when he tries to break Rocky's arms with a baseball bat one drunk night. Apollo himself takes his training lightly while Rocky even resorts to practicing on the meat at Paulie's meat plant which is even broadcast on the news which makes Apollo's trainer Tony worried. Rocky accepts and begins training with Mick. Apollo figured that for the Bicentennial match, what would be better than an Italian since an Italian discovered America in the first place. Rocky was picked due to his nickname "The Italian Stallion". Apollo proposed they give an unknown fighter the shot at the title. Apollo Creed the current Heavyweight Champion was scheduled to fight Mac Lo Green, but Mac dropped out after injuring his hand during training. While Rocky is both fighting boxing matches as well as in the Cambria Fight Club, which is nicknamed the Bucket of Blood, Rocky gets his big break. Rocky's best friend was a meat packing plant worker named Paulie Pennino and Rocky had a crush on his sister Adrian. By 1975, Rocky had fought in 64 fights, winning 44 (38 KO'S) and losing 20 and was proud of the fact he had never broken his nose in a fight. The meager money Rocky made from this was not enough to sustain himself so Rocky began to work for a loan shark named Tony Gazzo as an enforcer. Rocky would not only fight on the boxing circuit, but would frequent the club scene of Philadelphia for more fights and added money. The relationship was very antagonizing since Mick would often complain Rocky was a bum, weak, and a good-for-nothing since he believed he was not living up to his potential as a boxer. Rocky trained his body for boxing and in his early twenties meet Micky Goodmill, a former boxer and current owner of Mighty Mick's Boxing. He would go on to quit school after the 9th grade and followed the advice of his father who said he was not born with brains so use your brawn. Robert "Rocky" Balboa was born on June 6th, 1945 to Roman Catholic parents in the harder side of Philadelphia. Rocky currently runs a restaurant named Adrian's in Philadelphia. Rocky had an up and down career though never gave up. Rocky Balboa is a 2 time Heavyweight Champion in boxing who got his start when the current champ picked him as his next bout for the Bicentennial.
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