The alcoholic Paulie (Burt Young), a worker at
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Movie buffs – and romantics – will tell you Rocky is more a love story than a boxing Despite only having $106 in the bank, heĭeclined, saying he wanted to play Balboa in the movie – and the decision made The script took only three days to write and With his hands down and took every punch flush. Opponents by making them miss with punches. So nice was Balboa, he didn’t want to offend his The good guys, a rough diamond too nice to break thumbs for the local loan Stallone instead decided Balboa would be one of Thrown the fight and originally, Stallone toyed with a similar ending to Rocky. Second-degree murder after beating a man to death and accused of much more, had There were rumours Dorazio, later imprisoned for Thug who came from nowhere to challenge Joe Louis for the heavyweight title inġ941 and was dispatched by a second-round right hand. Marciano and others saw similarities with Gus Dorazio, a Philadelphia street Still, the moral victory was Wepner’s, and Stalloneīalboa’s Italian heritage was an obvious nod to Stallone watched “The Bayonne Bleeder”, wronglyĬredited with a ninth-round knockdown, hit by punch after punch until he was
That was a fight considered so one-sided, Alīraverman, Wepner’s manager, could only say in its defence: “The whole world’s Was a time when Balboa was possibly the most famous boxer on the planet – evenįAMOUSLY, Stallone, a struggling actor at the time, got the idea for Rocky while watching Muhammad Ali defend his heavyweight titles against Chuck Wepner in 1975. Perhaps, but millions rooted for him and there Spoke to that Rocky reinforced stereotypes of boxers being big and dumb and There was a feeling among at least one fighter I II, Balboa lost an advertising job because he couldn’t read the One former champion told me: “You can’t be aīoxer taking that many punches” and resented the idea that muscle won fights More, and some boxers weren’t keen on that. They weren’t so much prize fights as virtual fights to theīalboa won his fights with his heart, not much The films inspired many, but every fight inĮvery film was bloody and savage, every corner man brave, every referee devoid Generation’ were passing the belts around and the public had no idea who the They created lots of interest in the heavyweightĭivision – albeit not the real heavyweight division – at a time when ‘The Lost How much good the films did for boxing is debatable. In his fifties, but also deprived of the ending to Rocky II. Have been spared the fight that ended the Cold War and his comeback when he was Retire Rocky after the success of the first film way back in 1976, we would Had Sylvester Stallone made his decision to If you never give up, you will get your rewards. More than that, it means a fighting spirit, a belief that TO millions, Rocky means Balboa rather than Rating and reviewing the Rocky films alongside each other
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