who won the first fight between rocky and apollo creed
Apollo Creed Both fighters are beaten, bloodied, and bruised by the end of the boutâ€”Balboa with severe eye damage and Creed with internal bleeding. Creed gains a controversial split decision victory, and neither fighter wants a rematch, at least at that moment.
Apollo Creed By the start of the second round, Drago pummels Creed with ease. Rocky again tries to stop the fight by throwing in the towel. Apollo tells Rocky not to stop the fight, giving Drago a chance to deliver a fatal blow (as Rocky drops the towel causing the fight to stop) to Apollo, who dies in Rocky's arms in the middle of the ring. Drago wins by technical knockout.
Vietnam War North Vietnamese victory
Chuck Wepner It was this fight that inspired Sylvester Stallone to write the script for Rocky. Just like Wepner, Rocky lasts 15 rounds.[11]
Rocky Balboa On January 1, 1976, at the Philadelphia Spectrum, Balboa has his match Creed, who didn't take the fight seriously during training. In the first round, Rocky knocks Creed down, the first time he had ever been knocked down in his career, and Creed breaks Rocky's nose, also for the first time in his career. Creed soon realizes that, although Balboa doesn't have his skill, he could deliver crippling, sledge-hammer like punches, and was stubbornly determined to keep fighting. The match becomes a long and grueling battle for both men. Rocky was almost knocked out in the 14th round, but managed to get back up, and deliver some hard body shots, breaking Creed's ribs just before the bell. The 15th round finally began, and Rocky managed to pummel Creed until the bell rang. Although Creed wins the match by a split decision, it was the first time an opponent has lasted the full 15 rounds against him. Both men, battered beyond belief, agree that there would be no rematch. Rocky was fine with this as he only wanted to go the distance with Creed. After the match, Adrian climbed into the ring and embraced Rocky saying, "I love you!"
Rocky After the fight, multiple layers of drama are played out: the sportscasters and the audience go wild, Jergens announces over the loudspeaker that the fight was "the greatest exhibition of guts and stamina in the history of the ring", and Rocky calls out repeatedly for Adrian, who runs down and comes into the ring as Paulie distracts arena security. As Jergens declares Creed the winner by virtue of a split decision (8:7, 7:8, 9:6), Adrian and Rocky embrace and profess their love to each other, not caring about the result of the fight.