Sylvester Stallone as Robert "Rocky" Balboa, "The Italian Stallion": Heavyweight Champion of the World, who suffers from brain damage caused by the head-trauma he received at the hands of Ivan Drago in the previous film. Because of his injuries, Rocky is forced to officially retire from boxing.
Rocky considers accepting the fight with Cane, but Adrian urges him to see a doctor. Rocky has suffered from brain damage caused by the head-trauma he received at the hands of Ivan Drago.. Because of his injuries, Rocky is forced to officially retire from boxing.
It is revealed that the punishment Drago inflicted on Rocky left him with traumatic brain injuries (specifically diagnosed as cavum septi pellucidi [CSP]), causing issues with his memory and leading him to experience both visual and auditory hallucinations.
But when he can't stop his hands from shaking after the fight with Drago, doctors confirm that all the fights and blows to the head have taken their toll on Rocky; he has suffered brain damage and is told to stop fighting if he wants to continue living.
He seems to be a very pitiless and cold-hearted person as shown when he comments on Apollo Creed's death: "If he dies, he dies", indicating that Ivan feels no remorse (deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed) for his actions.
With Rocky, Duke, and Paulie in his corner, Apollo is overly confident that he can dispose of Drago with ease. However, Apollo is not ready for the extreme size and strength of the Russian. After taunting Drago and landing a number of ineffectual punches, Creed is pummeled badly in the first round.
Stallone wanted to capture a realistic scene and Lundgren agreed that they would engage in legitimate sparring. One particularly forceful punch to Stallone's chest slammed his heart against his breastbone, causing the heart to swell.
Anabolic steroids were steroids that were given to Ivan Drago to make him more muscular and endure more than a regular boxer. Even though several American people suggested this was the cause, but Ludmilla Drago denied this.
She is a Soviet gold-medal swimmer who is the ex-wife and spokeswoman to Soviet captain Ivan Drago. Compared to Ivan himself, she is more despicable as she abandoned him after he lost to Rocky Balboa, and later appeared to have gone unchanged when interacting with her own estranged son Viktor.
Sylvester Stallone decided that for the shooting of the fight, he and Dolph Lundgren should hit one another for real, so as to increase the intensity of the scene.
It also showed he's far from a monster, especially when he throws in the towel to end the fight between Adonis and Viktor, as the latter is bound to lose but refuses to stop.
Rocky's doctor, Presley Jensen, reveals that Rocky is suffering from a condition called Cavum septi pellucidi, which is brain damage caused by extremely heavy blows to the head. The effects are seemingly permanent and irreversible.
Ivan Drago: Drago was a Soviet boxer who was trained to be a killing machine. He was incredibly strong and had a powerful punch. Rocky faced Drago in a 15-round fight in Rocky IV, and it was one of the most brutal fights in boxing history.
By the time Donnie meets Rocky in Creed, he's been funneling all his money into the restaurant he named after Adrian. As a result, he only has just enough to get by, and can't live the extravagant way he did in the past.
Viktor Drago (Florian Munteanu) returns to Creed III after serving as the primary challenger to Adonis in the preceding film. Notably, this isn't just a one-off cameo, either. Viktor and Adonis are quickly established to have buried the bad blood between their families, even becoming friends and sparring partners.
The 76-year-old actor said in an interview that he did not participate in the filming of the movie because the story had been given a direction with which he did not agree. "That's a regretful situation because I know what it could have been," Stallone told THR about disagreeing with the new film's tone.
In the aftermath, Drago displays no sense of contrition, commenting to the assembled media: "Tonight I have beaten a great champion. If he dies, he dies." Frustrated by the Soviets' cold indifference, Rocky decides to challenge Drago himself, but has to surrender his championship to do so.
Sylvester Stallone recalled his near-death experience on the set of "Rocky IV" in a new documentary. In "Sly," Stallone said he was punched in the chest so hard that his "heart started to swell." "Next thing I know, I'm in intensive care where I'm surrounded by nuns. I thought, 'Okay, that's curtains.
Rocky V (1990): December 25th, 1985 - mid-1987 (or 1988, 1989, 1990?) What age is Rocky in this film? We know from Rocky that Rocky was born some time in 1945 (this is because he is 30 in Rocky, which was set in 1975). Because Rocky V begins in early 1986, this would mean that, at the start of the film, Rocky is 41.
While Rocky 7 could have been exciting, it's a good thing that it never happened. After the franchise's worst movie, Rocky V, was released in 1990, the franchise went on a hiatus for 16 years, only returning with Rocky Balboa in 2006.
Considering everything mentioned above, Rocky Balboa would clearly be victorious, as his career is currently completely unmatched by Adonis. Rocky's fighting style is also superior to Creed's, most notably his almost superhuman ability to take a beating and keep moving forward.
Apollo Creed's survival would have changed the life of his illegitimate son, Adonis, in one of two key ways. The first is that Apollo would have played a part in Adonis' life, teaching him and guiding him, providing him with the stability that he desperately needed as a young man.
Before the fight, Apollo begged Rocky not to throw in the towel. Should he do that, the match would be over, and if Apollo was on the mat, he'd be leaving his pride in the ring. Only Rocky could understand this, as he had asked the same thing when he fought against Apollo.
