Upon reviewing the local boxers in Philadelphia, Creed is drawn to a club fighter named Rocky Balboa because Balboa is Italian and has a catchy nickname, "The Italian Stallion". Apollo also explains his choice by saying: "Who discovered America? An Italian , right?
What better way to celebrate its th birthday than to get it on with one of his descendants? In spite of his trainer's concern when he sees Balboa in a television interview, training by punching sides of beef in a meat-packing plant, Apollo puts more effort into giving everyone a good show rather than training for the bout.
When the match takes place, Apollo dresses up like both George Washington and Uncle Sam in the pre-fight festivities with his matching trademark "stars and stripes" boxing shorts and is in a jovial mood until Rocky knocks him down in the first round with a single uppercut, the first time Creed has been knocked down in his career.
He then endures a gruelling round fight with Balboa, who gets to his feet after Creed takes him down with an uppercut in the 14th round in what appears to be the end of the match. This was the first time anyone had ever taken the champion the full 15 rounds. Both fighters are beaten, bloodied, and bruised by the end of the bout - Rocky with severe eye damage and Apollo with internal bleeding. Apollo gains a controversial split decision victory, and neither fighter wants a rematch, at least at that moment.
In the second film , Creed immediately demands a rematch in the hospital ER after the fight. In fact, he challenges Rocky to finish the fight right there. Creed's desire for a rematch with Balboa intensifies when it becomes clear that the prevailing public opinion is that Creed had either gotten lucky or the judges were fixed in his favor.
Eager to change minds and ignoring the pleas of his staff, Creed challenges Balboa to a second fight on Thanksgiving Day , He uses various humiliation tactics to coax Balboa out of retirement. Rocky had married his girlfriend Adrian after getting out of the hospital from the first fight. Creed insists at the press conference that he would "drop him like a bad habit" and tells Rocky when he leaves, "Come November, you're mine!
Mickey trains Rocky to become faster by chasing and catching a chicken. Unlike their first fight, Creed dominates Balboa throughout the second fight, thwarting Rocky's strategy of fighting right-handed. Despite this, he is unable to make good on his promise of an early knockout victory, as Rocky absorbs his punches.
By the final round, Creed is well ahead on points; however, he also endures a substantial beating in later rounds, when it becomes apparent he cannot knock Balboa out, and Balboa begins landing his own punches on the tiring Creed.
Not wanting a repeat of the first fight and ignoring the pleas of his trainers , he vows to knock Balboa out rather than taking the safer route by winning on points.
At the beginning of the 15th round, he tells Rocky, "You're going down", to which Rocky replies, "No way". After going toe-to-toe for much of the final round, Creed is knocked down by a left from Balboa, with Balboa falling down in exhaustion as well.
Rocky gets up by the count of 9, but Creed is unable to pull himself up and is counted out, losing the match and the championship by knockout, his first professional loss. Apollo retires from boxing soon after. Even though he has lost, he gains his respect from the crowd back since it feels that he fought and lost in a fair fight. The fight also results in Creed finally acknowledging Balboa's ability as a fighter, rather than seeing him as a fluke. In the third film , Apollo 38 years old appears at the first fight between James "Clubber" Lang , 23 years old, and Rocky Balboa, 34 years old, as a guest analyst, a match in which Lang defeats Rocky by KO in the second round.
Before the match, the former champion Creed steps into the ring to greet the fighters. When he steps up to Lang, the latter slaps away Creed's hand and mockingly and rudely insists that he "don't want no has-been in my corner". A tough yet highly agile African-American boxer featuring a Larry Holmes-like jab, his name is a reference to the Apostle's Creed.
The character draws heavy inspiration from the real-life champion Muhammad Ali, having what one author remarked as the same "brash, vocal, [and] theatrical" personality.
Protagonist Rocky Balboa, Creed's rival in Rocky and Rocky II, faces underdog odds and views Creed with respect, pointedly refusing the prodding of a reporter to 'trash talk' against Creed by laconically remarking, "he's great". In Rocky, Creed manages to essentially clean-out his division of serious challengers and magnanimously decides to fight rookie contender Rocky Balboa for the fan spectacle. In said film and its sequel, Balboa and Creed find themselves basically evenly matched in the ring; ending up friends by the third movie.
Creed had multiple nicknames, including most prominently "The Master of Disaster". The numerical value of apollo creed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7. We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe. If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly. Forgot your password? Retrieve it. If by any chance you spot an inappropriate image within your search results please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Term » Definition. Thanks to Carl Weathers' charismatic performances, Apollo Creed became one of the most beloved and multidimensional characters in the Rocky films. As the heavyweight champion of the world, Apollo handpicked Rocky Balboa for a shot at the title—despite being an unknown slugger from Philadelphia—just because he liked Rocky's nickname, the "Italian Stallion". Creed was humiliated when the untested Balboa went 15 rounds with the champ, setting up the rematch in Rocky II which Apollo lost.
When Balboa suffered his own humiliation at the hands of Clubber Lang Mr. T and tragically lost his mentor in Rocky III , Apollo stepped in to train his ex-rival himself and instill the "eye of the tiger" in his former rival. The Balboa-Creed alliance proved unbeatable, as Rocky regained the world title, but Apollo's own pride forced him to face Ivan Drago in Rocky IV and the towering Russian killed him during their fight.
With the benefit of more than 35 years of hindsight, Sylvester Stallone is adamant that writing out Apollo Creed and losing Carl Weathers' star power was a mistake that hurt the Rocky franchise in the long run. Stallone made two more movies in and before the saga was rebooted with Creed in , with a much older Rocky now serving as the mentor to Apollo's son Adonis Creed, played by Michael B. Both returned in for Creed II , which saw Adonis fight the son of the man who killed his father.
Stallone believes that if he hadn't made the decision to kill off Apollo, the remaining entries in the franchise would have played out very differently, and it's likely that the Creed films may not have happened at all.
Balboa would have still felt the need to avenge his best friend, and would have still likely surrendered the heavyweight title in order to face Drago in their unsanctioned Christmas Day fight in Moscow, Russia.
It's possible that instead of Adrian Talia Shire arriving in Russia late to inspire Rocky , it could have been Apollo himself to arrive and give his old rival the extra boost he needed.
As mentioned, if he had the chance to go back and make changes to the film's script, Stallone would have left Creed paralyzed rather than dead. Creed is far more serious at the press conference, assuring the press that he took the last fight lightly, but this time the world will see the best Apollo Creed, citing that he would "drop [Balboa] like a bad habit" and tells Rocky when he leaves "Come November, you're mine!
Unlike their first fight, Creed dominates Balboa throughout the second fight, managing to thwart Rocky's strategy of fighting right-handed. Despite this, he is unable to make good on his promise of an early knockout victory, as Rocky absorbs his punches. By the final round, he is well ahead on points and Duke begs Apollo to go on the defensive, as he'll win if he makes it to the end of the match; Apollo refuses, desperate to knock Rocky out rather than win on points.
Apollo endures a substantial beating in later rounds, when it becomes apparent he cannot knock Balboa out, and Balboa begins landing his own punches on the tiring Creed. At the beginning of the 15th round, he tells Rocky, "You're going down", to which Rocky replied, "No way". After going toe-to-toe for much of the final round, Creed is knocked down by a left from Balboa, with Balboa falling down in exhaustion as well.
If neither got up, it would be a draw, keeping the title with Creed. Rocky is able to get up by the count of 9, but Creed is unable to pull himself up and is counted out, losing the match and the championship by knockout, his first professional loss. Apollo retires from boxing soon after. Even though he has lost, he gains his respect from the crowd back since it feels that he fought and lost in a fair fight. The fight also results in Creed finally acknowledging Balboa's ability as a fighter, rather than seeing him as a fluke.
Apollo 39 years old first appears at the first fight between James "Clubber" Lang , 23 years old, and Rocky Balboa, 34 years old, as a guest analyst, a match in which Lang defeats Rocky by KO in the second round. Before the match, the former champion Creed steps into the ring to greet the fighters. When he steps up to Lang, the latter slaps away Creed's hand and mockingly and rudely insists that he " don't want no has-been in my corner ".
He further says, " You want to jump, Creed? Creed then wishes Rocky luck, telling him to 'give everyone a present' and knock out Lang. Following the match, Rocky's beloved manager Mickey dies. Creed encourages Rocky not to ignore the naysayers that say he is too old, but instead refocus himself.
During this talk, he states, "Now when we fought.. Creed mentions that Rocky will owe him "a big favour" once he wins, which he does not specify at first. Rocky's training is geared toward making him quicker and more agile, to counter the larger, stronger brawler. Apollo teaches Rocky how to fight like himself. Rocky has trouble concentrating during his training, suffering from guilt over Mickey's demise and self-doubt.
Adrian helps Rocky recognize this as a simple fear of losing again and convinces him that he can't let fear control his life and that he has to fight again, not to prove a point, but to live without fear. Rocky agrees and begins to put his fear aside. Creed helps Rocky rediscover the fire inside, which he had lost in the time leading up to the Lang fight, that had won him the title. Creed calls this fire the "eye of the tiger".
Before the match begins, Creed expresses his confidence that Rocky will win. He gives Rocky his signature "colours" Apollo's stars and stripes boxing trunks to wear during the fight and tells him to wash them afterwards.
Rocky dominated the first round, but the second round is to Clubber's favour with Rocky barely landing any punches. Between the second and third rounds, Creed shouts at Rocky not to test Lang, but Rocky protests he knows what he is doing with the "rope-a-dope". During the third round, Lang is weakened from wasting all his strong punches on Rocky and is knocked out. Rocky wins the rematch and regains his title as Heavyweight Champion. Throughout the training, Creed repeatedly told Rocky, "Remember, when this is over, you owe me a favour", but left it at that.
After defeating Clubber Lang, Creed reveals the cost of his training - a second rematch with Rocky. However, this fight is not a bloody battle in an arena, but a friendly sparring match at Mickey's Gym. Rocky happily accepts the challenge. The film ends showing each boxer hitting the other at the same time, symbolising the equality of their greatness. Rumours of the third fight would persist for decades afterwards, but the outcome was apparently not known to anyone but the two fighters until , when, asked by Adonis Johnson Creed Apollo's son , Rocky confided that Apollo had won.
In , Apollo 43 years old comes out of a five-year retirement to fight mammoth Soviet Olympic boxer Ivan Drago , who had come to the United States on behalf of the Soviet Union to enter the world of professional boxing.
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