There’s a reason people still love the Rocky movies decades later. Sure, Rocky Balboa is arguably the most iconic boxing movie character of all time, but he’s also the blueprint for perseverance.

The problem is — and this is especially true of "Creed II" — there is so much Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed backstory that becomes crucial to the emotional weight of Rocky's arc in the "Creed" movies.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Rocky Balboa fans are ready to go the distance — by bus, by ice skates, by 72 steps — to honor Philly’s favorite fictional fighter almost 50 years after the first movie launched ...

PHILADELPHIA — Rocky Balboa fans are ready to go the distance — by bus, by ice skates, by 72 steps — to honor Philly’s favorite fictional fighter almost 50 years after the first movie launched the ...