Rocky: Story Line. Apollo Creed's managers choose palooka Rocky Balboa, an ignorant loan collector from Philadelphia, to battle for the title of world heavyweight boxing champion. Rocky hooks up with Mickey Goldmill to take advantage of this once in a lifetime opportunity.
Sylvester Stallone's career is fascinating... so why not check out one of his early works? That's not it! The one that catapulted read more him to fame, a film he created himself: Rocky! It's a semi-autobiographical film in which Stallone portrays his own life troubles as those of a low-level boxer.