Talk:Rocky Balboa

message: Anyone know Rocky's height and weight?
For his weight watch the movies. It varies from fight to fight. Stallone stands anywhere from 5'6-5'11(depending on the source), though Rocky's height is never given in the films.
Also, I think doing a page on Rocky in an in-universe style is a bad idea. For one, it's impossible to get the exact age of the characters and years correct because there are so many inconsistencies in the films.
First and foremost, Rocky 1 and 2 are supposed to take place in 1975 and 1976, in which Rocky is 30 and 31 years old. This is all well and good, but once we get to Rocky 3 consistency is thrown to the wind. It's stated throughout the film that Rocky won the title three years prior. If Rocky 2 was supposed to have taken place in 1976, that would put Rocky 3 at around 1979. It also says in the movie that Rocky is supposed to be 34, which would further backup this claim. However, Mick's tombstone in the film puts his death at Aug. 1982. The inconsistencies start here, and continue into Rocky 4.
From the looks of things, the movie starts out just where the third one left off, with Rocky coming home from his sparring session with Apollo. That same night, Rocky and Adrian celebrate their nine-year anniversary (a couple weeks early, she mentions). Going by the first two movies, this would put Rocky 4 at approximately 1985. So, in essence, anywhere from 3 to 6 years have passed since Rocky 3, completely throwing everything out of whack.
There are many other minor inconsistencies throughout the films, but I feel like I've written enough to get my point across. Too many things are open to interpretation in the Rocky series, muddling any attempts to create an accurate timeline.
66.168.143.177 21:06, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: height and weight

message: Question:
Correct me if i am wrong. But i thought that an Exhibition match doesn't count to ones' professional record?
If this is the case then Rocky's Record should remain at 23 losses not 24 losses.
I think one way or another Rocky's record stands at 57-23 (51 KO). But nothing is concrete in the world of Rocky. 
Can anyone with boxing related experience/knowledge clarify this? Shardakar 07:41, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Exhibition matches

message: The biography could use more sources (what is shown in which movie).
Agreed - where is his boxing record from?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.92.218.30 (talk) 06:21, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Sources

message: Not sure whether this article could be included in the article in its current format, but it might be useful should it be expanded at some point. HornetMike 20:12, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Article

message: Although the movies were filmed in the Kensington section, its a pretty well known fact that Rocky lives in South Philly in the movies. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.70.156.173 (talk) 01:29, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fishtown mistake 

message: why they used it for an italian character?
http://gens.labo.net/en/cognomi/genera.html
 
:Balboa is a Basque surname. There could be an interesting pulp novel about how Rocco's Basque great-great grandparent emigrated to Argentina (the place that received the most Basque immigrants), met an Italian girl, and they had to return to Italy with their firstborn to care for the wife's father that was badly injured in a battle against the Austrians. Otherwise, the surname Balboa has no business whatsoever in any part of Europe except the Basque country, and no business being confused with an Italian surname in the Americas. On the other hand, using a word that has zero chance to being an actual Italian person's surname is the equivalent of using 555-XXXX for all the phones: no actual person will be harassed. elpincha 13:53, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Balboa is not an italian surname 

message: This article is in terrible need of a complete overhaul, mainly due to the fact that the majority of the article appears to be discussing an actual boxer as opposed to a fictional character.  Thanks for any help in doing this!nf utvol (talk) 21:33, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Seriously...  the "record" is ridiculous, with the titles and such, especially with them linking back to the ACTUAL title's history.214.3.138.234 (talk) 19:01, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

text: A movie street fight and an MMA match are not the same thing...  Also, just the fact that the boxing matches in these films are presented as a real fight history here is a mess. 214.3.138.234 (talk) 19:01, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

text: Mixed martial arts didn't exist as a professional sport in the U.S. until 1993. --JHP (talk) 04:24, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rewrite to Fix In-universe Style Problems 

message: Shouldn't their be a reference to the statue of this character, located on the steps in Philly?  This is mentioned under Stallone's entry but not here.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.164.184.10 (talk) 23:52, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Statue 

message: The article claims that the Rocky II fight occurred during Thanksgiving of 1976, but at about 1:37:00 into the movie when Rocky is entering the arena for the fight he comments on how nice the robe is compared to "last year". It seems to me that the fight has to be in 1977. A lot of time passes by during Rocky II. --JHP (talk) 04:22, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Year of Rocky II fight 

message: I just watched all this.
In the second film (Rocky II) the main character has a problem with his eye and this problem governs his training and tactics for the re-match.  But in subsequent films the problem is not referred to again.  Was it fixed in some way? or is it in fact mentioned? or are the script writers really that lazy?
---> Possible answer: I always thought this was alluded to in Rocky III when Paulie says "You fixed your face all handsome". Implying that he had work done and may have had the retina detachment surgery he required. Since this was something being done by real boxers in the late 80's, it is possible that either techniques changed or opinions did.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.195.131.10 (talk) 15:50, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Rocky learned how to fight right handed which protected his bad eye. His eye was no longer a problem. Also, between the second and third movie Sylvester Stallone got plastic surgery to look more like “Rocky” or what ever. That is why Paulie said that line in the beginning of Rocky 3 70.174.125.129 (talk) 14:42, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eye injury 

message: Hi there, dear Rocky fans. What about to change the photo in the infobox to the following one? Looks like real, isn't it? – George Serdechny 10:45, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Its a photo of a copyrighted toy and as such not appropriate for Wikimedia projects outside of fair use. commons:COM:DW#I know that I can't upload photos of copyrighted art (like paintings and statues), but what about toys? Toys are not art!. Under fair use for this article any screenshot or promotional poster will be better than a photo of a toy. --Martin H. (talk) 11:54, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox image. Free equivalent 

message: Stallone was quoted as having only $106 in the bank on his 29th birthday in 1975. That sum had much more purchasing power in 1975 than it currently does.  That $106 would be equivalent to $ today, a week's take-home pay for a decently-paid blue-collar worker in Philadelphia. Bill S. (talk) 08:43, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  $106 in bank on Stallone's 29th birthday 

message: Please use spoiler tags, accordingly. It is out in America before my native of Great Britain.82.42.131.52 (talk) 11:26, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: We do not use spoiler warnings. Please see Wikipedia:Spoiler. If you don't wan to know the plot of a film, I would suggest not reading abot the plot in an encyclopedia. - SummerPhDv2.0 04:28, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Creed is out soon!

message: I always thought Sylvester Stallone wrote this story himself.  However, it seems to be a copy of the 1956 movie with Paul Newman, "Somebody up there Likes Me."  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.50.201.176 (talk) 18:07, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rocky Original? 

message: A suggestion: should the article mention the fact that there actually was a boxer named Rocky Balboa?  I am NOT talking about Chuck Wepner.  I am talking about a real live boxer whose name actually was Rocky Balboa.  He was a small guy, maybe a bantamweight, I don't remember his exact range, and I watched him on Friday Night Fights some time in the 1980s or 90s.  I have tried to look him up, but (not surprisingly) all I get when I search for him is stuff about the movie, and about Chuck Wepner.  Very frustrating.  Does anyone else out there in Wikipedia-land remember the real Rocky Balboa?  IF yes, please reply on my TALK page.  Thanks!  HandsomeMrToad (talk) 08:18, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  The REAL Rocky Balboa (NOT Chuck Wepner) 

message: Someone changed so many false things about this character page, and it seems nobody notices it. It's obvious they are trolling. Isn't there anyone who can fix this?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.195.179.238 (talk) 02:20, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  trolls 

message: It was never said that he had Italian citizenship which officially makes him disqualified to be considered an Italian in legal terms. --Scarslayer01 (talk) 00:18, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Not everybody who is Italian has Italian citizenship. He never lived in Italy 70.174.125.129 (talk) 14:47, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nationality 

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