Fighters who fight like Rocky!

[Money Shot]

I always thought Bob De Niro was more convincing, and Jake La Motta said so.

[Battle*Hardened]

Floyd Mayweather.

[SCtrojansbaby]

today katsidis and thats it, in the past lamotta for sure

Don't forget Pawel Wolak.

Micky Ward and Tommy Morrison were also very Rocky like

[edgarg]

I always thought Bob De Niro was more convincing, and Jake La Motta said so.

The "fight"makeup was terrible. I thought that the "cuts" were going to fall off when he was saying and repeating whatever it was about not being knocked down or something like that. That little extract has been replayed all the time, and is the only part of the movie I ever saw. I'm not interested in phony reproductions of real fights that I saw myself when they were fought. There are never realistic to me anyway.

Other than "Monkey on my Back" (The story of Barney Ross, which was a genuinely true story) some of the Rockie movies-which I liked because of the surrounding stories and characters-(except the unreal cyber Russian and Mr T), the only other boxing movie I've ever liked was "The Setup" in which Robert Ryan was the lead, and I put this movie #1. He was actually, it was said, a former boxer, although, like so many of these movie boxing scenes the punches iooked highly exaggerated with obviously phony staggering etc. But the story itself was so true to life. I knew of the sordid, poorly paid existence, the fixes, and also the result of overmatching a potentially top prospect, just to make a meagre living, and benefit a greedy manager, with the poor guys getting totally inadequate food, but didn't see the chicanery/skullduggery, although I knew it was well entrenched.

[edgarg]

I always thought Bob De Niro was more convincing, and Jake La Motta said so.

Jake was probably a sort of consultant. Since the movie was about him, he'd have to have been paid anyway.

[King Kong]

Forza, I'd say Darchinyan fights like a raging Crab.

[boricuajr23]

I'm just curious, whats the COMPUBOX stats look like with Apollo Creed vs Rocky in both fights? LOL

[King Kong]

I don't want to see anyone fight "like Rocky",


ie. like a ******.

[Johnwoo8686]

I'm just curious, whats the COMPUBOX stats look like with Apollo Creed vs Rocky in both fights? LOL

I don't think compubox was around before 1986. They always say "25 years of compubox" so I'm guessing it started in the mid 1980s.

PS I know this comment was a joke. Just wanted to drop some random info.

[jaded]

Rocky boxing scenes don't even come close to looking like anything believable...and yes I know Stallone has made endless millions of dollars doing it regardless so obviously people are buying it...but I think it's complete crap.