His Creed has often been compared to Muhammad Ali (and Stallone did base the first Rocky film on Ali’s bout with Chuck Wepner, the “Bayonne Bleeder), but Weathers wasn’t mimicking Ali at all.

Of course, the Creed movies boast superior, modern cinematography, and the training techniques and boxing scenes are much more realistic than what we saw in Rocky movies. But there’s something ...

Weathers made liking Apollo Creed easy. For those watching "Rocky," Weathers also made it hard to choose between Creed and Rocky Balboa.

Michael B. Jordan is Apollo Creed’s son in Ryan Coogler’s 2015 hit that revitalized the Rocky franchise and spawned its own legacy of sequels.

In some ways, he’s another version of Rocky. But this wouldn’t be a “Rocky” or “Creed” film without an inspiring, goosebumps-inducing training montage. The franchise invented it.

“Creed” follows Adonis Creed, the son of Apollo Creed — Rocky’s former opponent, trainer and friend. Adonis seeks mentorship from Rocky to prove he can fight in the heavyweight boxing category. “Creed ...