Rocky's almost too good to be true here, saying nothing but nice things about Apollo Creed, even thanking Creed for the rematch in which his fearsome enemy plans to humiliate and destroy him. Among its accolades, it was selected by National Board of Review as one of the top ten films of 2015, while Stallone won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Critics' Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor, and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. However, around November 25th, Green hurts his left hand in training and the other top ranked contenders, such as Ernie Roman, Buddy Shaw (ranked fifth), are either busy or don't believe that they can get into shape in time. Jordan in his next film, Marvel's Black Panther, thus delaying production until both men's schedules permitted. Mary Anne reaches out to Rocky in hopes of having him come to help Adonis out of his slump; Rocky arrives, he and Adonis make up, and Rocky agrees to train Adonis properly for a rematch against Viktor, who is suffering near-torture levels of physical tests by his father.

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Before the final round, Rocky is adamant on stopping the fight to save Donnie from the long term effects of his injuries, a decision he contemplated 30 years after Apollo's death. In 1985, Apollo (43 years old), comes out of a five-year retirement to fight mammoth Soviet Olympic boxer Ivan Drago, who has come to the United States on behalf of the Soviet Union to enter the world of professional boxing. In North America, Creed opened on Wednesday, November 25, 2015, alongside The Good Dinosaur and Victor Frankenstein, as well as the expanding wide releases of Brooklyn, Spotlight and Trumbo. Andrew Bujalski of The New Yorker contrasts Apollo with Clubber Lang: "Apollo Creed had been nearly as sympathetic and charismatic as our hero, but Lang is all comic-book villainy. In the novelization for Rocky lll, it was revealed that Creed considered a comeback in boxing and gain back the championship by beating Lang, however he realized that he would have to work his way back up to the contender spots, which would take to much time, so he instead decided to reach out to Rocky and train him to "drop the bum like a bag of Rocks, and who better then a man named Rocky.In 1985, Apollo comes out of a near five-year retirement to fight mammoth Soviet Olympic boxer Ivan Drago, who had come to the United States on behalf of the Soviet Union to enter the world of professional boxing. After a less than stellar introductory round, Donnie finally manages a right hook strong enough to cut Conlan by surprise. At first, Mickey refuses, worried about Rocky's health, but changes his mind after Apollo publicly insults Rocky on television. Three years after his loss to "Pretty" Ricky Conlan from the previous movie, Adonis Creed scores a string of victories, culminating in a victory over Danny "Stuntman" Wheeler to win the World Heavyweight Championship.

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Rocky 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. Creed encourages Rocky not to ignore the naysayers that say he is too old but instead refocus himself. Rocky trains hard, undergoes hours of grueling workouts, refuses to fall in the ring, no matter how badly he gets beaten up by Apollo.Rocky declines and declares his retirement, his decision supported by his girlfriend, Adrian ( Talia Shire), and doctors, who reveal he will require surgery for a detached retina which could lead to permanent blindness.

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Picking up where Rocky left off, the underdog Philadelphia prizefighter ( Sylvester Stallone) enjoys a touch of fame in ROCKY II after his controversial split-decision loss to champ Apollo Creed ( Carl Weathers). Rocky, still hoping to avoid fighting, attempts to get a professional job, but his lack of formal education limits his choices.Mason Dixon fight, a montage of Rocky's opponents that omits his two fights against Apollo is shown.