40 Years Apart: Forgotten Photos of Bloodied ‘Rocky’ Sylvester Stallone & Apollo Creed Will Make You Nostalgic

Every boxing fan has watched ‘Rocky.’ The movie encapsulates the story of a working-class young man who gets a one-in-a-million shot at the championship title and creates history. The story of ‘Rocky Balboa’ is a lot of things to many people. For some, it is an endless source of motivation, and for others, it means to keep fighting even when the chips are down. Even after 47 years, since the first movie was released, it still feels like yesterday when Rocky Balboa went the distance with Apollo Creed.

Recently, A photo of Sylvester Stallone and Carl Weathers who played Apollo Creed has surfaced on the internet, making the Rocky franchise fans nostalgic.

A picture worth a million words

Sylvester Stallone and Carl Weathers are off-screen friends. The duo made sure to keep in touch even after the completion of the franchise.

The duo is still known for their on-screen depictions of Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed. Both Sylvester Stallone and Carl Weathers performed their respective roles well and the fans thronged the theatres to watch the movie.

A picture posted by ‘Sweet Movies’ on Facebook showed both actors about 47 years apart and the fans can’t keep calm. Their chemistry looks on point. Weathers and Balboa have aged beautifully, the photo depicts that. Every Rocky movie fan has to feel nostalgic and remember the movie after having a look at the photo.

The Rocky franchise has made an immense contribution to the sport of boxing. Sylvester Stallone went on to have a place in Boxing’s hall of fame in 2011.

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Fans still remember the exceptional performances of both the actors.

However, the boxing community were astonished  to hear the news about Sylvester Stallone not returning for the third iteration of the Creed franchise. But, he had a strong reason to not continue his role as ‘Rocky Balboa’

Why is Sylvester Stallon not in Creed III?

As much as the fans liked Stallone’s presence in the Creed franchise, they were shocked to know that ‘Rocky Balboa’ won’t be returning in the third iteration of the Creed Franchise.

The Hollywood superstar had a fallout with the writers of the movie and didn’t agree with the direction they were taking the movie in, So he had to take the harsh decision of not becoming a part of the movie.

In an interview with the Hollywood reporter, Stallone said “That’s a regretful situation because I know what it could have been. It was taken in a direction that is quite different than I would’ve taken it. It’s a different philosophy — Irwin Winkler’s and Michael B. Jordan’s. I wish them well, but I’m much more of a sentimentalist. I like my heroes getting beat up, but I just don’t want them going into that dark space. I just feel people have enough darkness.”

Sylvester Stallone will be missed by his fans in Creed III and there is no changing that. But the movie directed by Michael B Jordan himself has a lot of hype and fans await the release of the movie.

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What is your favorite Apollo and Rocky moment? Let us know in the comments.