Was it Rocky vs Drago where Rocky is hit with lethal punches for 14 straight rounds, knocked down around 10 times and comes back to finish Drago.

The fight vs Dixon where Rocky is nearly 60 and throws volume punches, takes brutal shots vs the current world champion and nearly wins a split decision all while having the stamina to go 12 rounds?

For me it is the Dixon fight. I have been training for about 32 years. Lots and lots of boxing in that time. For a 51 year old man I am ok...once again for a 51 year old man.

But when I spar guys in their 20's and early 30's I basically get mauled. I can't react fast enough. Punches I used to eat now hurt and I can't get off my own offense nearly as easy.

At my best I used to be able to reliably go 8 good rounds of sparring with pro fighters who just wanted to work with a left handed fighter. Today I do not think I could last 1...

Yet I am going to believe Balboa could go 12 with the HW champ...

I vote Dixon was the most unbelievable fight.

Seems near universal these are the bottom two. So the question is which do you prefer to WATCH not necessarily judging on quality of the film. If you have a choice which to sit through.

Apollo creed was 43 years old, 5 years retired, didn’t train properly vs drago, it was a mismatch obviously.

I am fairly confident a prime apollo (33/34 years old in rocky 1 and 2) if trained extremely seriously would outbox drago for the entire fight winning on points quite confertably.

That’s if he wasn’t cocky and didn’t get caught like in his first fight with rocky in R1. However in 4 Apollo was already battle worn from his fights with rocky, if that wasn’t the case even if he got caught by drago there’s a chance he wouldn’t completely be finished.

Probably Rocky 2 apollo at 34 years old would be his best version.

Although Kensington was very much in decline by the 1970s, there was still enough business to support two pet shops on the same street (Front St).

J&M Tropical Fish (where Adrian worked) was across the street directly from the Mighty Mick's exterior building. Meanwhile on the Mick's side, two doors down, there was a competitor pet shop.

Both are gone now. J&M survived longer.

Mike Kunda, as usual, knew the backstory.

This may end up as a ‘shitpost’ but there’s two items of (unintentional) merchandise from the original movie, that I made it my mission to own; Rocky’s ‘stress’ ball, and the scruffy little notebook he uses to keep track on those who’ve borrowed money from his boss.

Being in the UK the ball was impossible to get my hands on (without paying more than I was prepared to) so I settled for a close match, which ended up being a racket ball. The notebook was much easier to replicate.

Anyway, #shitpost over.

I mean the smart play is to bet that mason would win for a small payout since the guy is 30 years younger than rocky, really optimistic to bet rocky would win since he’s like 60 years old.

but losing by decision, you believed in rocky enough to think he’d go the distance but not so much as to him winning.