ROCKY BALBOA, the biggest problem....

[cupcrazy01]

Stallone himself says it was based on Ali-Wepner, and Wepner responded by suing Stallone using his own words as evidence...

[RAESAAD]

I just finally watched it last night and thought it was pretty good.I agree with the things you say Ice but I did find it more realistic than I thought I would due to Mason breaking his hand and all that.......It was also very inspirational and heart warming how he and his son got close again.......good flick.

[BKM-]

Let's see, i remember watching a clip from the Oscars, or some other award show, and i think it was in the 70s, right when Stallone was the man. While Sly was giving a speech, Ali came out and said things like ''I was Appolo Creed! You made him out to be me!'' something like that. But it was all in fun, and they kind like shadow boxed eachother on stage. Just sharing.

[lennon]

Rocky and Ali

[THE REAL NINJA]

Ken Norton's name also comes up as being the influence of Creed but you can tell by watching the filmes that Creed is much more like Ali then anyone else.

I think Sly just took small parts of a few boxers that were big at the time and based the characters from the mesh.

Real name Robert Balboa
Nickname The Italian Stallion,
Phliadelphia's Favorite Son,
The Philadelphia Slugger,
The Iron Horse from Philadelphia
Weight Heavyweight
Nationality Italian American
Birth date 1946
Birth place Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Style Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights 82
Wins 57
Wins by KO 54
Losses 24
Draws 1
No contests 0

Real name Apollo Creed
Nickname The Dancing Destroyer
The Master of Disaster
The King of Sting
The Count of Monte Fisto
Weight Heavyweight
Nationality American
Birth date 1948
Birth place Los Angeles, California, USA
Style Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights 50
Wins 47
Wins by KO 46
Losses 2
Draws 1
No contests 0

Real name James Lang
Nickname The Hard-Hitting Brawler
The Southside Slugger
Weight Heavyweight
Nationality American
Birth date 1953
Birth place Chicago, Illinois, USA
Style Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights 72
Wins 71
Wins by KO 71
Losses 1
Draws 0
No contests 0

Real name Ivan Drago
Nickname The Siberian Bull, Death from Above
Weight Heavyweight
Nationality Russian
Birth date 1960
Birth place mexico city
Style Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights 32
Wins 31
Wins by KO 31
Losses 1
Draws 0
No contests 0

[ICEMAN JOHN SCULLY]

The FACT that Creed is based on Ali has been known for 30 years now. There is NO QUESTION WHATSOEVER that Creed is based on ALi.

[squealpiggy]

Ken Norton's name also comes up as being the influence of Creed but you can tell by watching the filmes that Creed is much more like Ali then anyone else.

I think Sly just took small parts of a few boxers that were big at the time and based the characters from the mesh.

Do you have Spider Rico's record?

[THE REAL NINJA]

Do you have Spider Rico's record?

It's not on wiki but it might be on the vid games .

The FACT that Creed is based on Ali has been known for 30 years now. There is NO QUESTION WHATSOEVER that Creed is based on ALi.

I might have been Ken Norton himself that said it. I can't remember where I heard it from right this sec but I agree I know it's mainly Ali I was just pointing out that there are others that claim that parts of Creed are based on Norton.

[THE REAL NINJA]

Rocky, The Movie - The Kenny Norton story or the real Apollo Creedhttp://www.talkingboxing.com/article...ampnorton.html

The character of "Apollo Creed" in the Rocky movie was initially going to be played by Norton, however when he pulled out, Carl Weathers was selected.http://www.answers.com/topic/ken-norton This must be where the mix up comes from .

The actor that played Spider Rico was a real boxer ? Pretty funny stuff .http://www.ringsidereport.com/rsrboa....php?=&p=23073

[squealpiggy]

I thought I may have found Spider Rico's record but the site crashed my computer. It must be a secret!