Rocky Balboa and Adonis Creed are two of boxing cinema's greatest heroes, and deciding who would win in a hypothetical fight ...

The first three Creed movies have followed the same plot trajectory as the Rocky movies, but Creed 4 can't tell the same story as Rocky IV.

For if not for Apollo Creed -- sorry, Carl Weathers -- to give Rocky Balboa a foil, a charming rogue of a foil and villain, a reason to be, you don't have a movie, you don't have a franchise.

Editor's Note: The following is excerpted from "The Official Rocky Scrapbook ... proved to be the perfect fit for "Apollo Creed." But I studied thousands and thousands and thousands of feet ...

He seeks a mentor who is the former heavyweight boxing champion and former friend of Apollo Creed, the retired Rocky Balboa. Rocky eventually agrees to mentor Adonis. With Rocky's help they hope ...

That story has now been transferred over from Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky Balboa to Michael B. Jordan’s Adonis Creed. A new generation of boxing fans now has a chance to share the experience ...

Former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Apollo Creed's son, Adonis. These films are both spin-offs and sequels to the Rocky film series.