Editor's Pick: The life and times of Rocky Balboa
Rating and reviewing the Rocky films alongside each other TO millions, Rocky means Balboa rather than Marciano or Graziano. More than that, it means a fighting spirit, a belief that if you never give up, you will get your rewards. Had Sylvester Stallone made his decision to retire Rocky after the success of the first film way back in 1976, we would have been spared the fight that ended the Cold War and his comeback when he was in his fifties, but also deprived of the ending to Rocky II. They created lots of interest in the heavyweight division – albeit not the real heavyweight division ...
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