ROCKY BALBOA, the biggest problem....

[squealpiggy]

I found a video game FAQ for the Rocky game. Spider's record below:

Spider Rico
-Nationality: American
-Age: 35
-Height: 5'11''
-Weight: 207 lbs
-Reach: 72''
-Record: W33 - L15 - D2

Trainer's Comments:
Spider Rico's been on the circuit for over 15 years now and is past his best, but don't take him too lightly. Rico's strengths lie in his vast experience, he knows every trick in the book and will use them. Dodge his hooks, then counter with jab combos. Grind him down until he runs out of steam.

[THE REAL NINJA]

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

Here's the guy who played him .http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=015808

[squealpiggy]

Oh I knew that it was a real boxer who played him, I just wanted to know the character's record. The annoying thing is there's a band called Spider Rico so I was searching for "spider rico record" and it was going on about punk and grindcore music!

[MickyHatton]

OK, I just saw the movie... the fight scenes to me were NOT nearly as realistic as they tried to make it.. they also say that Tarver was REALLY hitting Stallone with hard shots.. let me tell you... even withotut seeing the movie...NO WAY NO HOW!!! If Hollywood thinks anybody with a boxing background is going to believe for even one second that 60 year old Sylvester Stallone could take a real punch from Antonio Tarver without getting knocked OUT, buster up badly etc etc etc, than they are even caught up in the world of make believe that I ever thought possible. Now, the two biggest flaws of the movie (and otherwise I thought it was pretty good) are these. 1st.... In his prime Rocky's face, even in winning, was beaten to a pulp by Creed, Lang and Drago. Now at 60 years old he goes distance with the reigning world champ, a guy 33-0 with 30 KO's, and all he gets is a bloody nose and lip and a cut around the eye??? Annnnnnnnnnnt! And 2nd.... in this movie they refer to George Foreman winning the title at an advanced age over Moorer and they reference Muhammad Ali by face and name.... Well, where was Ali in the world of 1975 and the original ROCKY? Creed WAS Ali.....even boasting in the original about being "the greatest of all time!!" Where was Foreman in all this? In 1975 Creed was 48-0, the unbeaten world champ, so he must have been champ for a while seeing as how famous and legendary they made him out to be in that movie. If that's true then why was Joe Frazier, introduced in the first film, as big and famous of a fighter as they made him out to be? Where was Ali and Foreman in that world? Foreman came back to fight Moorer in the latest movie..... but when was he the champ in that world? They made a HUGE goof IMO of mentioning Foreman and they never should have made Ali out to be a real person. That messed it up bad to me.

Jesus Ice, I can see your point mate but the whole story, ethos and feel of the Rocky movies are based around fantastic over enthusiastic fantasy. I mean you mention the injuries that Rocky sustained against Creed well apart from the fact that the fight would have been stopped by about the third round movie goers these days are not as naive and understand this.

I agree they have deviated from the original story line in mentioning Foreman but his story was too close to Rocky's to leave out but I see your point!

[DancinDestroyer]

Saw Rocky Balboa again and it is such a deep movie.
the more times i see this flick the more meaning i obtain from it.
ITS ALL HEART!!

Its definitly climbing up there as my favourites