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Apollo Creed
Apollo Creed is a fictional character from the Rocky franchise, portrayed by Carl Weathers. He appears in the first four Rocky films, serving as the main antagonist in Rocky and Rocky II, and later becoming one of the protagonists in Rocky III and Rocky IV. Sylvester Stallone, the writer and star of the Rocky series, stated that Jack Johnson was the inspiration for the character of Creed. Protagonist Rocky Balboa – Creed's rival in Rocky and Rocky II – faces underdog odds, but he views Creed with respect, pointedly refusing the prodding of a reporter to trash-talk him, even after he publicly taunts Balboa by remarking "he's great."
In Rocky, Creed cleans out his division of serious challengers but decides to fight Balboa for the fan spectacle as well as for the implied symbolism of fighting a man with an Italian background. In the sequel film Rocky II, Balboa and Creed find themselves evenly matched in the ring, becoming friends in Rocky III. Creed had many nicknames, including "The King of Sting", "The Dancing Destroyer", "The Prince of Punch", "The Count of Monte Fisto", and most prominently "The Master of Disaster".
Apollo Creed first appears in the 1976 Oscar-winning film Rocky as the charismatic, intelligent, and undefeated nearly 33-year-old World Heavyweight Champion. A planned bicentennial fight against number-one contender Mac Lee Green is scheduled for January 1, 1976; however, Green hurts his left hand in training, and other top-ranked contenders are either busy or claim they do not have enough time to get in shape. A frustrated Creed is unwilling to waste the time, effort, and money he's already invested in the fight, so he comes up with a novel idea he believes will generate publicity – he will offer an unknown local fighter an opportunity to battle for the title in a match in Philadelphia.
Upon reviewing the local boxers in Philadelphia, Creed is drawn to a club fighter named Rocky Balboa, an Italian with a catchy nickname, "The Italian Stallion". Creed explains his interest in Rocky by saying, "Who discovered America? An Italian, right? What better way to celebrate its 200th birthday than to get it on with one of his descendants?" Creed brushes off his manager Tony "Duke" Evers' warning that he should not fight the left-handed Rocky, pledging to knock him out in three rounds. Despite Duke showing concern when he sees Balboa in a television interview punching sides of beef in a meat-packing plant, Creed puts more effort into giving everyone a good show than training for the bout.
When the match takes place, Creed dresses up as both George Washington and Uncle Sam in the pre-fight festivities (with his matching trademark stars-and-stripes boxing shorts) and is in a jovial mood until Balboa knocks him down in the first round with a single uppercut, the first time Creed is knocked down in his career. He then endures a grueling 15-round fight with Balboa, who gets to his feet after Creed takes him down in the 14th round, which appeared to be the end of the match. This was the first time anyone had ever taken the champion the full 15 rounds. Duke suggests stopping the fight at one point, but Creed refuses.
Both fighters are beaten, bloodied, and bruised by the end of the bout – Balboa with severe eye damage and Creed with internal bleeding in his abdomen. Creed gains a controversial split decision victory.
In the second film, despite promising there would not be a rematch, Creed demands a rematch against Balboa while in the hospital emergency room. Public opinion in the film is that Creed fixed the fight against Balboa to retain his title, which leads to Creed's intensified desire for a rematch against the pleas of Duke, who tells him to "let it go". Creed challenges Balboa to a second fight on Thanksgiving 1976. By this time, Balboa had retired from boxing after being discharged from the hospital from his first fight and had married his girlfriend Adrian. Creed, now 33 years old, uses various humiliation tactics to coax Balboa out of retirement, which he accomplishes when Balboa and his trainer, Mickey Goldmill, accept the rematch. Creed taunts Balboa at the press conference, insisting that he will "drop him like a bad habit" and telling Balboa as he leaves, "Come November, you're mine!" In a press interview during training, he also insists that Balboa "cannot last five minutes in the ring with a superior athlete like [him]." Creed trains harder than ever before with the intention of punishing Balboa for the embarrassment he caused 11 months earlier. Mickey trains Rocky to become faster, using unusual methods like chasing and catching a chicken. He also instructs him to change his boxing stance from left-handed to right-handed to confuse Creed and to protect his damaged right eye.
Unlike their first fight, Creed dominates Balboa throughout most of the second fight, thwarting Rocky's strategy of fighting right-handed. Despite this, he is unable to make good on his promise of an early knockout victory, as Rocky absorbs his punches and manages to get up both times after being knocked down. By the final round, Creed is well ahead on points but is fatigued, and it is apparent that he cannot knock Balboa out. Creed takes a beating from Balboa. Not wanting a repeat of the first fight and ignoring the desperate pleas of Duke to stay away and fight from distance, he vows to knock Balboa out rather than take the safer route by winning on points. At the beginning of the 15th round, he tells Rocky, "You're going down," to which Balboa replies, "No way." After going toe-to-toe for much of the final round, Creed is knocked down by Balboa, with Balboa falling down in exhaustion as well. Balboa gets up by the count of 9, but Creed is unable to pull himself up and is counted out, losing the match and the championship by knockout, his first professional loss.
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Apollo Creed
Apollo Creed is a fictional character from the Rocky franchise, portrayed by Carl Weathers. He appears in the first four Rocky films, serving as the main antagonist in Rocky and Rocky II, and later becoming one of the protagonists in Rocky III and Rocky IV. Sylvester Stallone, the writer and star of the Rocky series, stated that Jack Johnson was the inspiration for the character of Creed. Protagonist Rocky Balboa – Creed's rival in Rocky and Rocky II – faces underdog odds, but he views Creed with respect, pointedly refusing the prodding of a reporter to trash-talk him, even after he publicly taunts Balboa by remarking "he's great."
In Rocky, Creed cleans out his division of serious challengers but decides to fight Balboa for the fan spectacle as well as for the implied symbolism of fighting a man with an Italian background. In the sequel film Rocky II, Balboa and Creed find themselves evenly matched in the ring, becoming friends in Rocky III. Creed had many nicknames, including "The King of Sting", "The Dancing Destroyer", "The Prince of Punch", "The Count of Monte Fisto", and most prominently "The Master of Disaster".
Apollo Creed first appears in the 1976 Oscar-winning film Rocky as the charismatic, intelligent, and undefeated nearly 33-year-old World Heavyweight Champion. A planned bicentennial fight against number-one contender Mac Lee Green is scheduled for January 1, 1976; however, Green hurts his left hand in training, and other top-ranked contenders are either busy or claim they do not have enough time to get in shape. A frustrated Creed is unwilling to waste the time, effort, and money he's already invested in the fight, so he comes up with a novel idea he believes will generate publicity – he will offer an unknown local fighter an opportunity to battle for the title in a match in Philadelphia.
Upon reviewing the local boxers in Philadelphia, Creed is drawn to a club fighter named Rocky Balboa, an Italian with a catchy nickname, "The Italian Stallion". Creed explains his interest in Rocky by saying, "Who discovered America? An Italian, right? What better way to celebrate its 200th birthday than to get it on with one of his descendants?" Creed brushes off his manager Tony "Duke" Evers' warning that he should not fight the left-handed Rocky, pledging to knock him out in three rounds. Despite Duke showing concern when he sees Balboa in a television interview punching sides of beef in a meat-packing plant, Creed puts more effort into giving everyone a good show than training for the bout.
When the match takes place, Creed dresses up as both George Washington and Uncle Sam in the pre-fight festivities (with his matching trademark stars-and-stripes boxing shorts) and is in a jovial mood until Balboa knocks him down in the first round with a single uppercut, the first time Creed is knocked down in his career. He then endures a grueling 15-round fight with Balboa, who gets to his feet after Creed takes him down in the 14th round, which appeared to be the end of the match. This was the first time anyone had ever taken the champion the full 15 rounds. Duke suggests stopping the fight at one point, but Creed refuses.
Both fighters are beaten, bloodied, and bruised by the end of the bout – Balboa with severe eye damage and Creed with internal bleeding in his abdomen. Creed gains a controversial split decision victory.
In the second film, despite promising there would not be a rematch, Creed demands a rematch against Balboa while in the hospital emergency room. Public opinion in the film is that Creed fixed the fight against Balboa to retain his title, which leads to Creed's intensified desire for a rematch against the pleas of Duke, who tells him to "let it go". Creed challenges Balboa to a second fight on Thanksgiving 1976. By this time, Balboa had retired from boxing after being discharged from the hospital from his first fight and had married his girlfriend Adrian. Creed, now 33 years old, uses various humiliation tactics to coax Balboa out of retirement, which he accomplishes when Balboa and his trainer, Mickey Goldmill, accept the rematch. Creed taunts Balboa at the press conference, insisting that he will "drop him like a bad habit" and telling Balboa as he leaves, "Come November, you're mine!" In a press interview during training, he also insists that Balboa "cannot last five minutes in the ring with a superior athlete like [him]." Creed trains harder than ever before with the intention of punishing Balboa for the embarrassment he caused 11 months earlier. Mickey trains Rocky to become faster, using unusual methods like chasing and catching a chicken. He also instructs him to change his boxing stance from left-handed to right-handed to confuse Creed and to protect his damaged right eye.
Unlike their first fight, Creed dominates Balboa throughout most of the second fight, thwarting Rocky's strategy of fighting right-handed. Despite this, he is unable to make good on his promise of an early knockout victory, as Rocky absorbs his punches and manages to get up both times after being knocked down. By the final round, Creed is well ahead on points but is fatigued, and it is apparent that he cannot knock Balboa out. Creed takes a beating from Balboa. Not wanting a repeat of the first fight and ignoring the desperate pleas of Duke to stay away and fight from distance, he vows to knock Balboa out rather than take the safer route by winning on points. At the beginning of the 15th round, he tells Rocky, "You're going down," to which Balboa replies, "No way." After going toe-to-toe for much of the final round, Creed is knocked down by Balboa, with Balboa falling down in exhaustion as well. Balboa gets up by the count of 9, but Creed is unable to pull himself up and is counted out, losing the match and the championship by knockout, his first professional loss.