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In the original 'Rocky' film who's in Rocky's first fight?

Question #74341. Asked by john0507.
Last updated Aug 28 2020.

skysmom65
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He fights Apollo Creed played by Carl Weathers

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Jan 09 2007, 6:52 AM
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It's not Apollo Creed who he fights later in the film. It's one of the fighters he fights before Apollo Creed selects him to fight for the title.

Jan 09 2007, 7:57 AM
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At the start of the movie he talks about how he had fought and beaten "Spider Reko".

Jan 09 2007, 11:47 AM
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Rock's first fight is against Spider Rico:
Rocky Balboa is introduced as a small-time boxer and "leg-breaker," or debt collector, for an apparently "connected" loan shark named Anthony Gazzo. He lives in the Kensington neighbourhood of Philadelphia. Rocky is first seen defeating the boxer Spider Rico in the second round, but is considered by the audience to be a bum. The World Heavyweight Championship bout, with undefeated heavyweight champion Apollo Creed defending against Mac Lee Green, is scheduled to take place at the Philadelphia Spectrum on New Year's Day 1976, the year of the United States Bicentennial. When Green drops out because of an injured hand, Creed and his entourage, and trainer (Tony "Duke" Evers) are stymied on what to do. Other contenders say there is not enough time to get into shape. Creed comes up with the idea of giving a local underdog a shot at the title and, because he likes Rocky's nickname "The Italian Stallion," he selects the relatively unknown fighter
link https://rocky.fandom.com/wiki/Rocky_Balboa

Aug 28 2020, 5:52 PM
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