Rocky Balboa

Robert Balboa, Sr., also known as Rock, Rocko, Rocky Balboa, Stallion, The Italian Stallion, The Pride of Philadelphia and Unc, is the titular main protagonist from the Rocky series.
== Charactah Account ==
Rocky begins as a part-time boxer, part-time mob enforcer, and debt collector. Despite his violent occupations, however, Rocky is ultimately well meaning and doesn't want to hurt people, he just happens to be good at it. When world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed plans to have a major match on the bicentennial, (America's 200th birthday) and his opponent pulls out due to an injury, Creed decides to give a local fighter a shot at the title, and picks Rocky. This begins a long roller coaster ride for Rocky, as he goes from the gutter to local, then national hero and back again.
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'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.
== Appearance ==
=== Comics ===
* The G.I. Joe: Order of Battle
=== Movies ===
* Creed
* Creed II
* Rocky
* Rocky Balboa
* Rocky II
* Rocky III
* Rocky IV
* Rocky V
=== Video Games ===
* Big Rumble Boxing: Creed Champions
* Creed: Rise to Glory
* Rocky
* Rocky Balboa
* Rocky Super Action Boxing
* Rocky: Legends
* Yoostar 2: In The Movies
== Trivia ==
* Balboa is the titular main protagonist of the Rocky film series and the deuteragonist of Creed and Creed II.
* Although he was absent in Creed III, Rocky is briefly mentioned by Adonis when comparing giving old friend and boxing newcomer Damian Anderson a shot at the title to his father Apollo giving Rocky his first opportunity.
* Rocky was a smoker. He gave up the habit when he began his training regiment for Superfight 1. He relapsed back in Rocky V, but he gave it up for good when he trained Tommy Gunn.
* Though he fights as a southpaw, Rocky writes with his right hand. He is also a Left Handed Batsman when playing Cricket (unknown for Bowling).
* Rocky's car's registration plate reads "S0THPAW."
* Rocky wears black and gold because those were the same colours of the high school he never graduated from.
* Though he is responsible for the popularisation of the red, white and blue trunks in popular culture, Balboa wore a combination of black and gold for the majority of his career, including the rematch with Apollo Creed. The red, white and blue trunks were - in fact - a present from Creed for the rematch against Lang, and a tribute following his death.
* Authorities in the Serbian village of Žitište have built a monument to Rocky.
* Rocky had defeated 3 previously undefeated fighters: Apollo Creed, Clubber Lang, Ivan Drago, and Tommy Gunn, though the fight against Tommy Gunn wasn't official.
* Rocky was mentioned in Mims' song Like This.
* Although it is common knowledge that the screenplay for the first movie was the Ali/Wepner fight, Rocky the character is probably a combination of Rocky Marciano, Jake LaMotta, and Joe Fraizer.
* Rocky was on The Muppet Show.
* Rocky was originally meant to die in Rocky V where he would have lost the street fight and died as a result of Tommy Gunn's punches and the brain damage, dying in Adrian's arms.
* In real life the Rocky Statue is still in the Philadelphia Museum of Art next to the Rocky Steps. In the movie it was taken out in Rocky Balboa, since Rocky's retirement lasted for 20 years, but it returned after Rocky's fight with Mason Dixon, for it's seen in Creed.
* Sylvester Stallone got the idea of Rocky Balboa from the Chuck Wepner and Muhammad Ali fight. Wepner lasted until the fifteenth round against a famous fighter like Ali and knocked him down in one round.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Rocky Balboa at Rocky Wiki
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