Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) had a legendary boxing career in the Rockymovie franchise. Balboa, a southpaw underdog no-name from Philadelphia, enjoyed a rags-to-riches story when he became the ...

So many times sports films, spin-offs and sequels on the big screen turn into disasters. One of the three rarely work. Combine all three, forget about it. ‘Creed’ the latest installment of the ‘Rocky’ ...

Carl Weathers, who has died aged 76, played Sylvester Stallone’s boxing rival Apollo Creed in the triple Oscar-winning film Rocky (1976); he also had a famous handshake with Arnold Schwarzenegger in ...

Carl Weathers never won an Academy Award for acting. Actors Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young and Burgess Meredith were all nominated for “Rocky” in 1976. All were shut out. That included ...