Real life Boxers in the Rocky Films - some surprises

[reggaereggae]

Sorry if in the wrong forum, but I find the Brit Forum the most knowledgeable...

OK - so there are the well known boxers in teh Rocky films that everyone knows, including guest showings:

Joe Frazier - rocky
Roberto Duran - 2
Tommy Morrison - 5
Antonio Tarver - 6
Mike Williams (Union Cane) - 5

But I also looked and found:

Henry D. Tillman
Stan Ward
Eddie 'the animal' Lopez
Alex Garcia
Kevin Rooney

Which I really didn't know. Are there any more?

[Jeff Thomas]

Wladimer kiltschko is in rocky 4

[bennie]

In the first and by far the best Rocky, the opening scenes have Rocky in a fight with Pedro Lovell, an Argentine heavyweight based in LA who went in (for real) with Kenny Norton, Mike Weaver and Leroy Jones.

[Britannian Stallion]

I've seen Rocky 2 roughly 783 times and had no idea Duran was in it. Who is he in the film and at which point does he appear?

[bennie]

I've seen Rocky 2 roughly 783 times and had no idea Duran was in it. Who is he in the film and at which point does he appear?

It's a short scene in the gym where Stallone is mugged in sparring by a smaller man who is repeatedly turning him. The smaller man is Duran.

[Wales]

[danconnollyeire]

Wladimer kiltschko is in rocky 4

[stujones]

I've seen Rocky 2 roughly 783 times and had no idea Duran was in it. Who is he in the film and at which point does he appear?

It's a short scene in the gym where Stallone is mugged in sparring by a smaller man who is repeatedly turning him. The smaller man is Duran.

I'm also sure, although not confirmed - that Duran is the fighter that Rocky teaches how to Snarl. You see the back of his head.

[stujones]

In the first and by far the best Rocky, the opening scenes have Rocky in a fight with Pedro Lovell, an Argentine heavyweight based in LA who went in (for real) with Kenny Norton, Mike Weaver and Leroy Jones.

He also has a fairly prominent role in the last installement playing the same character.

Kenny Norton was lined up to be the "Champion" in the first Rocky.... I cannot imagine how he would have done as Appollo Creed.

[keithmoonhangover]

I just found out recently that Frank Bruno was Stallone's first choice to play Union Cane in Rocky V

[Old bones Ian]

Ok, bit of a quiz, name the boxer who appeared in all 6 of the Rocky movies.

[tannervegas]

Tony Burton
http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_ ... &cat=boxer

[Old bones Ian]

Tony Burton
http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_ ... &cat=boxer

[orbtastic]

In the first and by far the best Rocky, the opening scenes have Rocky in a fight with Pedro Lovell, an Argentine heavyweight based in LA who went in (for real) with Kenny Norton, Mike Weaver and Leroy Jones.

He also has a fairly prominent role in the last installement playing the same character.

Kenny Norton was lined up to be the "Champion" in the first Rocky.... I cannot imagine how he would have done as Appollo Creed.

He was in a couple of Blaxploitation films called Drum and Mandingo...they were pretty poor, it's fair to say he looks the part but wasn't a great actor.

[fightscorecollector]

what commentator appeared in all 6 films

[forcefraser]

In the first and by far the best Rocky, the opening scenes have Rocky in a fight with Pedro Lovell, an Argentine heavyweight based in LA who went in (for real) with Kenny Norton, Mike Weaver and Leroy Jones.

He also has a fairly prominent role in the last installement playing the same character.

Kenny Norton was lined up to be the "Champion" in the first Rocky.... I cannot imagine how he would have done as Appollo Creed.

He was in a couple of Blaxploitation films called Drum and Mandingo...they were pretty poor, it's fair to say he looks the part but wasn't a great actor.

Mandingo is one of my favorite films and I cnnaot recall Ken Norton being in it.

Unless of course he is the guy who knocks on the door, enters wearing denim dungarees and then proceeds to utterly ruin all the holes of three white birds....... hang on a minute... which Mandingo are we talking about?

[mickey1975]

Tony Burton
http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_ ... &cat=boxer

He fought some good names. LaMar Clark must be a record holder for his KO% and i know Bobby Sands struggled with the weight....

[mfc_se15]

Tony Burton
http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_ ... &cat=boxer

He fought some good names. LaMar Clark must be a record holder for his KO% and i know Bobby Sands struggled with the weight....

[mickey1975]

Tony Burton
http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_ ... &cat=boxer

He fought some good names. LaMar Clark must be a record holder for his KO% and i know Bobby Sands struggled with the weight....

Oooh, bad joke that one. Made me cringe.

I know, i felt guilty writing it. I just couldn't resist it. Sorry.

[Darcy Delaney]

Tony Burton
http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_ ... &cat=boxer

He fought some good names. LaMar Clark must be a record holder for his KO% and i know Bobby Sands struggled with the weight....

his record says he boxed 6 times in one night ? if true that must be a record

[orbtastic]

Foreman boxed 5 men on the same day/afternoon but at least they were vaguely known. Clark fought a load of stiffs, wrestlers and novices. Pretty sure he faced the same guy more than once

[Wales]

Wladimer kiltschko is in rocky 4

Wlad did box lennox lewis in oceans 11 tho

[Old bones Ian]

Tony Burton
http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_ ... &cat=boxer

He fought some good names. LaMar Clark must be a record holder for his KO% and i know Bobby Sands struggled with the weight....

his record says he boxed 6 times in one night ? if true that must be a record

I think that is the record, and also when Clark fought Ali, it was the first fight that Ali would predict what round the fight would end in

[stujones]

what commentator appeared in all 6 films

Stu Nahan - sounded rough in the final film and sadly died (and I think it was throat cancer) shortly after.

Stallone, Burt Young, Tony Burton and Stu Nahan I believe are the only ones to be in all 6 films.

[orbtastic]

was he technically "in" it though? Been a while since I watched it.