Rocky Balboa

Rocky Balboa is the main protagonist of the Rocky boxing film series created by Sylvester Stallone. He was portrayed by Sylvester Stallone.

Why He’s The Italian Stallion

 * 1) Rocky goes through a lot of character development throughout the film series and refuses to give up against his opponents.
 * 2) Sylvester Stallone did an outstanding job as Rocky and got nominated Best Actor for the first Rocky movie and Best Supporting Actor for the first Creed movie.
 * 3) “Gonna Fly Now” and “Eye of the Tiger” are very memorable and inspiring leitmotifs for Rocky. They both got nominated Best Original Song.
 * 4) Rocky goes through a healthy and supportive relationship with Adrian and they have a son by the second movie.
 * 5) He has an impressive array of enemies: Apollo Creed, Spider Rico, Clubber Lang, Ivan Drago, Tommy Gunn and Mason “The Line” Dixon.
 * 6) In the first two Creed movies, he tutors Adonis Creed.
 * 7) “Yo Adrian!”

The Only Bad Quality

 * 1) He was at his lowest point in Rocky V. He did get much better in Rocky Balboa.

Trivia

 * He is inspired by famed boxer Rocky Marciano.