Apollo Creed

...-- Lou Filippo, a boxing Hall of Famer who became a referee and ring judge, memorably counting out Sylvester Stallone's champion rival Apollo Creed in the film "Rocky II," died Monday at Downey Regional Medical Center after suffering a...

In this article: Sylvester Stallone, Shane Mosley, Marvin Hagler, Boxing, Los Angeles, and Rocky Balboa

...15th round, "Hey, Rock, you get in trouble one more time ...," to which Balboa answered, "Don't stop nothing!" When both fighters fell to the canvas on a Balboa punch and Creed slumped in a corner, Mr. Filippo tells the champ, "You're out!"

In this article: Sylvester Stallone, Rocky Balboa, Rocky II, Rocky Balboa, Stroke, and Rocky

...that Carl Weathers looks terrible. As ridiculous as Sly Stallone was coming back for Rocky Balboa a few years ago, it would have been a hundred times worse if they tried to make an Apollo Creed movie. He looks like a cancer survivor.

In this article: Michael Strahan, Rocky Balboa, Cancer, Winnie the Pooh, Pros vs. Joes, Carl Weathers, and Sly Stallone

...fight 15 rounds for the World Heavyweight Championship. Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) and Creed (Carl Weathers) nearly "go the distance" again in their rematch in 1979 's Rocky II. Balboa's final fight against Mason "The Line" Dixon in...

In this article: Rocky Balboa, Rocky, Brain damage, International Boxing Federation, World Boxing Organization, World Boxing Association, World Boxing Council, Ray Mancini, and Duk Koo Kim

...Howard Hawks-inspired action film Assault on Precinct 13 ''. He also starred in the ''Rocky films as a trainer to Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) and Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone). In 1993, Burton was inducted into the Greater Flint...

In this article: Tony Burton, Rocky Balboa, Sylvester Stallone, Stanley Kubrick, Assault on Precinct 13, Tony "Duke" Evers, Most Valuable Player, Flint Northern High School, and Rocky Balboa

...their original roles. Although this film was released in 1979, the ring announcers say that it takes place ten months after Rocky 's first fight with Apollo Creed, putting the Rocky II fight with Apollo in November 1976. The Ring Magazine...

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...Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren) in Rocky IV Devastated by the death of Apollo Creed, Rocky comes to the decision he must avenge his death by agreeing to fight Drago in his home country, on Christmas Day. Adrian pleads with him not to as she...

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...Adams Middle School for many exterior shots. The Sylvester Stallone movie Rocky III (1982) shows Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed training to fight Clubber Lang by running on the Santa Monica Beach . 17 Again '' (2009) was shot at Samo High .

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...down to the ring. As the ring announcer declares the fight for Apollo Creed by virtue of a split decision, Adrian and Rocky embrace while they profess their love to one another, not caring about the results of the fight. Sylvester Stallone...

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