What is the Story Line of It? When world heavyweight boxing champion Apollo Creed wants to deliver a publicity stunt to an unknown boxer, his managers chose palooka Rocky Balboa, a Philadelphia debt shark collector. Rocky hooks up with trainer Mickey Goldmill to make the this article most of his rare vacation.
Sylvester Stallone's career is fascinating... so why not check out one of his early works? That's not it! The one that catapulted 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.