The only other elements of Christmas found anywhere in the film are decorations at the Balboa home in the US. And we only see them briefly when the film shows Rocky’s son watching the fight.

When it came out over the 2006 Christmas holiday, Rocky Balboa, which box office forecasters predicted would flop, was a surprise hit. It grossed $70 million domestically plus another $85 million ...

Rocky Balboa’s victory over Ivan Drago in Russia on Christmas Day 1985 is one of the greatest upsets in the history of American (cinematic) sports. Even though Balboa was boxing’s reigning ...

To find out we went back and looked at the most improbable boxing match of all time, another seemingly physical mismatch – Rocky Balboa versus Ivan Drago in Moscow on Christmas Day. What lessons ...

I expected to go all Scrooge on Sylvester Stallone’s sixth round as Rocky Balboa, the Italian Stallion ... Stallone steps in the ring and every day is Christmas. All together now: Rock-ee!