After iron man Drago, a highly intimidating 6-foot-5, 261-pound Soviet athlete, kills Apollo Creed in an exhibition match, Rocky comes to the heart of Russia for 15 pile-driving boxing rounds of revenge.
After winning the ultimate title and being the world champion, Rocky falls into a hole and finds himself picked up by a former enemy.
Rocky Balboa, a small-time boxer, gets a supremely rare chance to fight heavy-weight champion Apollo Creed in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.
The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed.
A determined woman works with a hardened boxing trainer to become a professional.
A look at the early years of boxer "Irish" Micky Ward and his brother who helped train him before going pro in the mid 1980s.
In the near future, robot boxing is a top sport. A struggling promoter feels he's found a champion in a discarded robot.
Thirty years after the ring of the first bell, Rocky Balboa comes out of retirement and dons his gloves for his final fight; against the reigning heavyweight champ Mason 'The Line' Dixon.
The story of James Braddock, a supposedly washed-up boxer who came back to become a champion and an inspiration in the 1930s.
A biography of sports legend Muhammad Ali, focusing on his triumphs and controversies between 1964 and 1974.
A young Irish couple flee to the States, but subsequently struggle to obtain land and prosper freely.
A shady police detective finds himself in the middle of a murder conspiracy at an important boxing match in an Atlantic City casino.
A champion boxer fights to get his daughter back from child protective services as well as revive his professional career, after a fatal incident sends him on a rampant path of destruction.
The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.
Reluctantly retired from boxing, and back from riches to rags, Rocky takes on a new protege who betrays him, as the champ's son must adjust to his family's new life after bankruptcy.
A professional athlete has to help a U.S. government agent recover a missing jet.
Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers, and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.
A pair of aging boxing rivals are coaxed out of retirement to fight one final bout -- 30 years after their last match.
A bankrupt entrepreneur attempts to recoup some of her losses by getting a washed-out boxer she picked up as a tax loss back into the ring - an idea her protégé isn't fond of.
A former boxer turned Secret Service agent is assigned to protect the President's son, who seems determined to make life difficult for his new protector.