Hey H2O man---you betting the Rocky fight?

[trumad]

I gotta say, this Rocky movie has got to go down as one of the stupidest sports flicks ever.

A 60 year old winning the Heavyweight Title... That would be like Arnold Palmer winning the Masters Tournament at 80.

[H2O Man]

1. The Rocky movies

were, in my humble opinion, trash. I do not care for Mr. Stallone, and thought his fantasies about what would have happened if he were really tough, were pretty cheesy. (I did like two of the songs for background music in the gym.)

[Ekirh]

2. I still like the first Rocky . .

I can't help it . . and III is a guilty pleasure for me (DEAD MEAT--- Clubber Lang) . . . but I've always preferred Raging Bull as my fav Boxing Movie.


And yes the background music in the gym is always good.

[H2O Man]

3. People do.

I know a lot of the public liked those movies. I've never watched the whole thing -- the first one -- and probably haven't seen a total of 10 minutes of the other one hundred. I do remember when the guy first came to a boxing gym to research his first boxing movie. Boxing historians still get a giggle out of what took place that day.

Raging Bull was good. I favor The Hurricane. "When We Were Kings" is very good, too.

[Ekirh]

4. Have yet to see the Hurricane. .

But it is on my long ass to see list. . . . you know that list you're never going to get all the way through.

When We Were Kings I've heard about also but I must admit I'm ignorant about.


Back to the Rocky Movies.. I have no interest in the new one . .. like I said I only really like the first one . . . and three is a guilty pleasure (For Clubber Lang and because I am a wrestling fan Hulk Hogan's little role in it . . . what can I say heh)

But yah . . I'm going to have to get a steppin on finally watching the Hurricane.

[H2O Man]

5. When We Were Kings

is about the Rumble in the Jungle.

[Ekirh]

6. Ahhh

I'll try to give that look eventually as well then.

[PDittie]

7. Tell, please.

Or link to where you have told before.

[H2O Man]

8. At the time

he was not particularly well known, and people at the gym he first went to were not impressed by him. He confused muscles with boxing ability, and an old-time trainer, well-known to boxing fans, verbally humiliated him.

A lot of boxing people like Stallone, and I'm sure that they aren't wrong about him being a nice guy. I'm just not a fan of fiction, at least not when it gets in the way of reality. Many years ago, I went to a friend's house to watch a good boxing match. The guys there were not familiar with the fighters on the undercard. They opted to watch part of "Rocky" rather than watch real boxing.

I'm not big on seeing Stallone on the cover of the new Boxing Digest. I'm not offended that there is a brief article on his new movie (page 7), because Antonio Tarver plays a role. A silly role, but a role. I'm amused that there is a blurb (pages 8-9) that notes two "new" re-releases of Rocky's 1-? are being sold. But when there is a four-page article on the social implications of his new fantasy, and when Everlast/Title sells Rocky boxing equipment, I think it belongs in People magazine, or some other source for nonsense.

I should mention that my sons bought a Rocky t-shirt to annoy me with, and will from time to time tell me that some channel or another is replaying one of his films. I am sure that when the younger one gets back from college, and sees the new Boxing Digest, he will get a kick out of it.

[frylock]

9. requiem for a heavyweight..

my personal fav.