Apollo Creed

Apollo Creed, also known as The Count of Monte Fisto, The Dancing Destroyer, The King of Sting, The Master of Disaster, The One and Only and The Prince of Punch, is one of the main characters from the Rocky series.
== Charactah Account ==
Creed begins the series as the reigning heavyweight champion, and between his dazzling skills, speed, and power, no one has ever managed to go the distance with him. When an opponent pulls out a fight set for January 1, 1976, Creed, realizing no other top level contender will be free to fight by then, and unwilling to change the date, instead comes up with a gimmick: to give an unheralded local fighter an opportunity to reach the top ala The American Dream by fighting him. He then picked Rocky as his opponent, and the rest was history.
As Creed's fighting style is reminiscent of Muhammad Ali, so is his personality. Creed is charismatic, quick-witted, and a wisecracker, usually rhyming his words and insults like Ali. Creed was viewed as cocky, but confident, always trash talking his opponents with a smile and then outclassing them in the ring. Creed has every right to be overly-confident because of his perfect record.
Creed is known for his quick wits, he is able to spin together a few words and insult his opponent. An example is when Ivan Drago doesn't answer a question and Creed says "The man's tongue didn't make it through customs!".
== Appearance ==
=== Comics ===
* Creed: The Next Round
=== Movies ===
* Creed
* Rocky
* Rocky II
* Rocky III
* Rocky IV
=== Video Games ===
* Big Rumble Boxing: Creed Champions
* Creed: Rise to Glory
* Rocky
* Rocky Balboa
* Rocky: Legends
== Trivia ==
* During his audition, Carl Weathers was sparring with Sylvester Stallone and accidentally punched him on the chin. Stallone told Weathers to calm down, as it was only an audition, and Weathers said that if he was allowed to audition with a 'real' actor, not a stand-in, he would be able to do a lot better. Director John G. Avildsen smiled and told Weathers that Stallone was the real actor (and the writer). Weathers looked at Stallone thoughtfully for a moment, and said, "Well, maybe he'll get better." Stallone immediately offered him the role.
* In Rocky II, after the bell rings, signalling the end of the second round, Sylvester Stallone and Carl Weathers are seen pushing, shoving, taunting, and ultimately being pulled apart by their respective cornermen. They continue to taunt each other before returning to their corners. Stallone revealed later they were actually angry with each other and were not acting at that point, several blows that were supposed to miss him landed and the carefully choreographed fight, which they spent months meticulously planning out, went off-track during that scene, but he liked the reaction the scene produced. He decided to leave their momentary breaking of character in and the viewing audience never realised the two actors were in reality quite livid with each other.
* Rocky III (1982) is Carl Weathers' favorite film in the Rocky saga because he thinks Apollo Creed is humanised so well in it.
* In Rocky IV, according to Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren and Carl Weathers really did not get along and got into an altercation during filming. Lundgren threw Weathers across the ring before it was broken up. Carl Weathers nearly quit the film when Dolph Lundgren tossed Weathers into the corner of the boxing ring. Weathers shouted profanities at Lundgren while leaving the ring and announcing that he was calling his agent and quitting the movie. Only after Sylvester Stallone forced the two actors to reconcile did the movie continue. This event caused a four-day work stoppage while Weathers was talked back into the part and Lundgren agreed to tone down his aggressiveness.
* Apollo by the time of Rocky IV, is a perfect example of a man suffering from a Midlife crisis; it happens on people typically between the ages of 40 to 60, as Apollo was around 42 to 43 by the timeline of 1985, he was in denial of the fact he was getting older, and he was afraid of his legacy left behind was not enough. Many who take reckless steps in such an event can often times get themselves badly hurt, and at times killed. Much like Apollo was.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Apollo Creed at Rocky Wiki
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