Rocky Balboa

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==Summary==
Robert "Rocky" Balboa, Sr. is the title character of the Rocky series.
He is depicted as an everyman who started out by going the distance and overcoming obstacles that had occurred in his life and career as a professional boxer. He is loosely based on Chuck Wepner, a one-time boxer who fought Muhammad Ali and lost on a TKO in the 15th round.
==Powers and Stats==
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Key: Rocky I-III/V/Balboa | Rocky IV
Name: Robert "Rocky" Balboa, The Italian Stallion, The Pride of Philadelphia, The Iron Horse, Rocko, Rock, Stallion, Unc, Meatball
Origin: Rocky series
Gender: Male
Age: 30 in Rocky, Around his 60´s in Rocky Balboa, 69 in Creed, 72 in Creed II
Classification: Human, Professional Boxer, Boxing Trainer, Owner of Mighty Mick's Gym, Restaurant owner
Powers and Abilities: Peak Human, Martial Arts (Is an expert boxer and well-knowledged in several forms of streetfighting and wrestling) | All previous abilities enhanced, Superhuman Physical Characteristics
Attack Potency: Street level (Easily broke the ribs of a carcass after punching it repeatedly for nearly a minute. Broke the ribs of Apollo Creed, who was still far superior to him in every aspect, with just two hits. Sent Washington Duke flying into the air with a single punch to his stomach. Managed to hurt and eventually defeat Thunderlips, who tanked being hit by a chair, and was physically stronger than the former despite the fight being staged. Was able to defeat Clubber Lang without much difficulty, managed to knock out Tommy Gunn when he was suffering from a brain condition, and was able to fight toe-to-toe against Mason Dixon, who gained his title by beating Mike Tyson as they regularly argue as seen in the film, despite being twenty years out of his prime) | Wall level (Managed to defeat Ivan Drago)
Speed: Peak Human (Can keep up with slow-moving vehicles for sustained periods of time) with Superhuman attack speed (Boxers can generate punch speeds exceeding 15 m/s), Subsonic travel speed with vehicles
Lifting Strength: Peak Human (Can lift logs with some difficulty. Can easily swing a sledgehammer several times. Overpowered and lifted Thunderlips, who weighs 390 lbs and is an extremely proficient wrestler and then tossed him out of the ring. While in his early 60s, he was able to regain his strength back by performing deadlifts and squats with 494 lbs, which involved 10 weights of 45 lbs each with a 44 lb Olympic bar, and Rocky in his prime was considered to be vastly superior) | At least Peak Human (He managed to lift Paulie, Adrian, Duke, and a cartwheel at the same time)
Striking Strength: Street level (Broke the ribs of a carcass after repeatedly punching it for almost a full minute. KOed Clubber Lang with ease. Traded blows with Mason Dixon, who defeated Mike Tyson) | Wall level
Durability: Street level (Has taken massive beatdowns and he still got up. Could take such blows even when 2 decades out of his prime, and in the same state, he survived getting tackled through a weakened iron gate by Tommy Gunn) | Wall level (Took a beating from Ivan Drago who could punch with this much strength, and later on beat that record by hitting harder)
Stamina: Superhuman (Was able to withstand multiple blows to the head by Ivan Drago, for 15 rounds. Ran 30.61 miles in Rocky II and he still had energy)
Range: Standard Melee Range (73 inch/185.42 centimeters); Extended Melee Range with sledgehammer
Standard Equipment: Boxing gloves
* Optional Equipment: Sledgehammer
* Can Pilot: 1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am, 1978/1980 Harley-Davidson FLH Electra Glide, 1980 Maserati Quattroporte III [AM330], 1998 Dodge Ram Van [B-1500], 1967 Ford Mustang, golf cart
Intelligence: Expert boxer, but he never completed high school. Also possesses vast knowledge about streetfighting, and can perform various wrestling moves.
Standard Tactics: Although Rocky is a southpaw, he will often switch stances and fight right-handed. He's a hybrid-fighter, possessing the qualities of an inside-fighter, brawler, and swarmer. With the exception of his rematch against Clubber Lang where he fights as an outside-fighter, he advances quickly upon his opponents, driving them into the ropes and setting upon them with a devastating body attack. Rocky is well known for wearing opponents down over the course of a bout. Rocky has an uncanny ability to sense weakness in his opponents, seizing every opportunity to capitalize on a momentum shift in his fights. No matter how exhausted and battered, Balboa pushes his offensive edge.
Weaknesses: Poor defensive boxing skill. Grew increasingly depressed and unwilling to keep himself in better shape after his wife's death due to cancer | Had minor cavum septum pellucidum after his fight with Ivan Drago
Feats:
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* Before his training to fight Apollo Rocky was somewhat unskilled. Lacking important things like proper foot work.Rocky
* Here's a in-universe overview of his typical style.Rocky Balboa
* [Strength] 
* [Strength] Beats up a piece of cow meat without gloves for about 53 seconds, he doesn't stop until the ribs are broken.
* [Training] Rocky trains in preparation to fight Apollo.
* His training includes long distance running, running with bricks in his hands, one handed push ups, push ups, speed bag training, training his abdominal strength, crunches, punching meat, sprinting, and climbing Philadelphia's 72 steps. As a minor note when he previously climbed the 72 steps he was out of breath by the top when now he's pretty fine afterwards.
* [Fight] His first match against Apollo. It should be noted that Apollo was a bit out of shape for the fight.
* In this match Rocky punches Apollo hard enough to lift him in the air multiple times and is punched (from my count) at least 109 times the majority of which hit his head. He also took having his eye cut with pretty well (probably due more with the head injuries than anything though). In the second movie Apollo's personal trainer Duke also said that Rocky had received the worst beating that he's ever seen, but still kept getting back up.
* [Fight] Rocky gets a lucky shot and almost knocks down Apollo.
* [Strength] Breaks Apollo's ribs and causes internal bleeding.
* [Training] Rocky trains for his rematch with Apollo.Rocky II
* His training consists of one handed push ups, crunches, curls with 30 pound weights, training his abdominal strength, moving with a log on his shoulders, speed bag training, jump rope, lifting a barbell, one armed pull ups, long distance running, and various forms of speed training (like catching a chicken). As a minor note, his running scene with all the kids has been estimated to be 30.61 miles in length according to this news report which he would've ran in a few hours (he starts when the sun is up and by the end it still hasn't gone fully down yet). That is slightly more than the average length of a marathon.
* [Fight] Rematch with Apollo. Part 2
* The beating Rocky received in his rematch is considered to be twice as bad as last time, and Apollo lands (from my count) at least 224 punches on Rocky, the majority of which hit his head. Ultimately Rocky wins the fight by getting up one second faster than Creed and becomes the new heavyweight champion.
* [Fight] Rocky vs Thunderlips.Rocky III
* Thunderlips is pretty huge, weighing 390 pounds and being almost 7 feet tall (Hulk Hogan's billed height is 6'9" in professorial wrestling). In the match (after Rocky avoids his surprise attack) Thunderlips punches, slams, and performs a back breaker on Rocky then throws him multiple feet into the crowd. After getting his gloves cut off Rocky does a bit better, but still relies on Paulie distracting Thunderlips in order to get a choke hold on him. Afterwards he lifts and throws Thunderlips out of the ring, but he easily recovers and gets back in. Ultimately the match ends in a draw and they raise 75 grand for charity.
* [Training] Rocky trains to fight Clubber Lang.
* Rocky doesn't take his training very seriously and is constantly being distracted. The training that we did see consisted of punching a punching bag, training his legs, speed bag training, jump rope, pulling a bike, and sparing.
* [Fight] His first match with Clubber.
* Rocky is just horribly outclassed here. He didn't take his training seriously and had lost all of his confidence after he learned that his previous fights were against sure things. Clubber easily absorbed his 27 punches and knocked Rocky out in a mere 30.
* [Training] Rocky trains for his rematch with Clubber.
* His training consists of sprinting, swimming, a variety of agility training, hitting a speed bag, jump rope, sparing, and improving his footwork. To show how much he's improved speed wise, before completing his training Apollo was vastly quicker while after his training Rocky is slightly quicker.
* [Fight] Rocky's second match with Clubber.
* Rocky's training with Apollo makes him a completely different beast, in this fight he showcases his far superior speed compared to Clubber. Rocky hits Clubber (by my count) 166 times and while Clubber only hits him 77 times, Rocky was blocking, pulling a rope-a-dope, and generally doing his best to absorb the shock of his punches. After wearing Clubber out Rocky KO's him in the third. As a minor note Clubber said that he was gonna train even harder for this rematch.
* [Training] Rocky trains to fight Drago.Rocky IV
* Probably Rocky's hardest training in the series. His training consists of long distance running in snow, moving Pauile and a bunch of rocks, cutting down trees, lifting a bunch of rocks, climbing a mountain, lifting Pauile, Duke, and Adrian, speed bag training, jump rope, sawing logs, throwing rocks, pull ups, walking through multiple inches of snow with a log on his shoulder, crunches, agility training, chopping logs, lifting his legs high in the air, and doing side to side turns with that thing they put on animals for carriages/plowing.
* [Fight] Rocky's fight with Ivan Drago. 2
* This is likely Rocky's hardest fight in the series. Drago hits him (from my count) at least 219 times and he averages 1,850 psi for his punches. Rocky KO's Drago in the 15th round after 113 punches. Probably the most notable thing in this fight is Drago saying that Rocky has inhuman durability and seems to not understand how Rocky keeps getting back up. It should be noted that this fight did give Rocky brain damage.Rocky V
* A minor point about the brain damage. While Rocky was diagnosed with one he was either misdiagnosed or somehow healed from it, since 16~ years later in Rocky Balboa he was passed with flying colors by a modern Medical Board.
* [Fight] Rocky vs Tommy in a street fight.
* Rocky was inferior to Tommy in terms of physical strength/stamina as shown in the training montage of the movie (scroll down to Tommy to see the scenes) due to his age and brain injury, but was as the superior street fighter. As shown in the fight Rocky utilizes take downs, leg sweeps, and grapples in conjunction with his boxing. The match ends after Rocky's 51st hit on Tommy and he took 35 hits in return.
* [Statement] A computer simulation estimates that a prime Rocky would take Mason Dixon down in the 13th round.
* [Training] Rocky trains to fight Mason Dixon.
* His training consists of hitting cow carcasses, pull ups, weighted pull ups (Rocky weighs about 217 lbs when doing plus two plates), lifting weights (assuming he's using a standard Olympic Bar, that means he lifted 314 lbs), bench presses. running, climbing the 72 steps, lifting heavy chains, one handed push ups, lifting kettle weights, swinging sledgehammers and barrels, barbell squats (assuming he's using a standard Olympic Bar and the weights are still 45 lbs he squatted 494 lbs), and punches with dumbbells.
* [Fight] The last fight Rocky is in. His exhibition fight with Mason Dixon. 2
* It should be noted that Mason Dixon was not in peak condition since he assumed the fight was going to be easy. But even so, he is the unified heavyweight world champ. In the fight itself, Rocky was losing until Mason injured his hand with a misplaced punch, allowing Rocky to capitalize on the injury. Mason also noted that even an old Rocky punched really hard. The fight ends with a split decision favoring Mason, with Rocky landing (from my count) 119 punches on Dixon and being punched 172 times. Finally, it should be noted that Rocky did more damage in two rounds than Dixon's previous 33 fights.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
*Iron Jaw: Rocky is known for his iron jaw.
*Speed: Rocky gains dominating speed he demonstrates in Rocky III.
*Power: Rocky is capable of brutally attacking his opponents in the ring.
*Indomitable will: Rocky never gives up a fight unless knocked out or dazed to a point where he can't recover before the count
==Explanations==
Although Rocky is a southpaw, he will often switch stances and fight right-handed. He's a hybrid-fighter, possessing the qualities of an inside-fighter, brawler, and swarmer. With the exception of his rematch against Clubber Lang where he fights as an outside-fighter, he advances quickly upon his opponents, driving them into the ropes and setting upon them with a devastating body attack. Rocky is well known for wearing opponents down over the course of a bout.
Balboa's iron jaw allows him to take brutal punishment throughout his fights. With a will of steel, he is known for overcoming seemingly insurmountable odds to triumph over his opponents. It is this trait that inspires fans worldwide, sending the message that nothing is out of reach if one believes in himself. Balboa, as stated by Jim Lampley during the fight against Mason Dixon, is renowned for his "cast iron jaw, ferocious body attack, and will of steel". All of these traits carried him to victories over the years against physically superior opponents. Rocky has an uncanny ability to sense weakness in his opponents, seizing every opportunity to capitalize on a momentum shift in his fights. No matter how exhausted and battered, Balboa pushes his offensive edge. In the first title fight with Apollo Creed, announcer Stu Nahan refers to Rocky as a "bull in a china shop" after witnessing the offensive onslaught. Rocky retired as a 2-time world heavyweight champion and with a pro record of 58 wins, 23 losses, and 1 draw with 51 wins by knockout.
The fight scenes in the last movie, Rocky Balboa, are considered to be the most realistic in film history, with many boxing experts considering Stallone's in-ring performance to be his best ever.
==Gallery==
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