By George M. Phillips
Rocky Balboa has defeated Apollo Creed, Clubber Lang, Ivan Drago, and Tommy Gunn. Can he reclaim his heavyweight title one final time against reigning champion Mason “The Line” Dixon”? Fight fans around the world will flock to the theatres to see their favorite champion lace up the leather one more time. Rocky 6 is set to begin filming in December, in Los Angeles.
The premise of the film is that an aging former champion Rocky Balboa realizes that he still has the “Eye of the Tiger” and decided to come out of retirement in what will be billed as a modest club show style comeback. That comeback takes a dramatic spin as reigning Heavyweight Champion Mason “The Line” Dixon offers Rocky a title shot.
The Rocky movies were inspired by the March 24, 1975 fight between Muhammad Ali and Chuck Wepner.