Antonio Tarver losing to a senior citizen

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Supposedly Stallone got KO'd by Tarver during filming.

They thought he was acting and then they found out Sly really got KO'd.

I actually liked Rocky Balboa quite a bit. It lacked the cheesy entertainment value of 3 and 4, but it was better acted, better shot, and did a better job of putting Rocky in the "underdog to root for" role than any of the sequels.

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Fight was a Robbery. Dixon by UD.

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Supposedly Stallone got KO'd by Tarver during filming.

They thought he was acting and then they found out Sly really got KO'd.

I actually liked Rocky Balboa quite a bit. It lacked the cheesy entertainment value of 3 and 4, but it was better acted, better shot, and did a better job of putting Rocky in the "underdog to root for" role than any of the sequels.

LOL...... Didn't know that. When Sly asked Roy Jones to play Dixon in the movie and Roy never got back to him, Mike Tyson reached out for the role. He was afraid of Tyson going to hard and Knocking him out so he gave Tyson that little ringside cameo. I think he picked Tarver in paticular for the role to kinda spite Roy.

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LOL...... Didn't know that. When Sly asked Roy Jones to play Dixon in the movie and Roy never got back to him, Mike Tyson reached out for the role. He was afraid of Tyson going to hard and Knocking him out so he gave Tyson that little ringside cameo. I think he picked Tarver in paticular for the role to kinda spite Roy.

Yeah, a quote that Sly had about not having Tyson play Dixon was "I may be old, but I'm too young to die"

Here's the link about Stallone getting KO'd.

Sylvester Stallone was rushed to hospital after he was knocked unconscious on the set of new Rocky movie 'Rocky Balboa'.

The film crew initially failed to call emergency services thinking the Hollywood legend - who had suffered a vicious blow to the head in the ring - was still acting.

Stallone's mother Jackie said: 'At first everyone thought Sylvester was acting when he fell to the floor, but it was serious.

'Fortunately he has recovered now.'

Filming began in Nevada earlier this month.

Stallone shot scenes in the ring just before the middleweight World Title clash between boxers Jermain Taylor and Bernard Hopkins.

The ageing actor was desperate to make the new Rocky film after people said he was too old to revive the role.

He said: 'It's all going to be about the message and the scepticism.

'Because when you reach a certain age people become sceptical about what you can do.

'You may not have the skill but you have the will and that can drive you through.

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/mo...xzz0GrDRsbV2&A

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Tarver broke his finger sparring if I remember correctly too.

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I think he picked Tarver in paticular for the role to kinda spite Roy.

I wonder what the original script was like and if Stallone decided to spite Roy by saying "let's have it that Tarver hits me with a left hand in the 2nd round but I get up from the knockdown".

I noticed that of the real highlights they showed of Tarver, they didn't have his KO of Jones. They had him celebrating after the Harding rematch and yelling "Roy Jones where you at?", but not the KO of Jones.

Maybe it was some sort of clearance thing, although I can't picture them having too many problems since they showed other HBO fights and had HBO as a big part of the movie.

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I wonder what the original script was like and if Stallone decided to spite Roy by saying "let's have it that Tarver hits me with a left hand in the 2nd round but I get up from the knockdown".

I noticed that of the real highlights they showed of Tarver, they didn't have his KO of Jones. They had him celebrating after the Harding rematch and yelling "Roy Jones where you at?", but not the KO of Jones.

Maybe it was some sort of clearance thing, although I can't picture them having too many problems since they showed other HBO fights and had HBO as a big part of the movie.

True. Didn't think of that. I remember Sly saying something to the effect of since I couldn't get Roy, I got the guy who beat him. I wonder how Roy would have done in the role.