The exterior served as Mighty Mick’s Gym, where retired boxer Mickey Goldmill, played by Burgess Meredith, trained Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky Balboa. (The actual scenes were shot in an L.A. gym.) ...

The character of "Rocky Balboa" was partially inspired by former heavyweight Chuck Wepner. I am sure that moment meant more to Wepner than any money he could ever receive from fighting because now ...

Rocky Balboa is a struggling boxer trying to make the big time, working as a debt collector for a pittance. When heavyweight champion Apollo Creed visits Philadelphia, his managers want to set up ...

That story has now been transferred over from Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky Balboa to Michael B. Jordan’s Adonis Creed. A new generation of boxing fans now has a chance to share the experience ...

Rocky Balboa accompanies his friend Apollo Creed to the ring in a boxing match against a Russian Boxer named Ivan Drago. Drago is too strong for Creed, and unfortunately kills him in his match.