Was Paulie from Rocky a boxer?

Young served a tour of duty in the United States Marine Corps from 1957 to 1959. While in the Marine Corps, he won 32 of 34 boxing bouts. He later became a professional boxer and compiled a 17–0 record under three aliases.
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How did Paulie make money in Rocky?

Paulie is known for owning a robot in Rocky IV. Up until 2006, he worked as a Meat packer in Philadelphia.
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What happened to Paulie in creed?

Paulie is shown as having died on February 22, 2012. He was buried next to Adrian. Rocky visits his grave on his birthday and leaves a bottle of his favorite liquor on his headstone after which he sits and reads the newspaper. When Donnie Creed moves in with Rocky, he stays in Paulie's old bedroom.
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Who was Rocky's boxing coach?

Oliver Burgess Meredith, known professionally as Burgess Meredith, was an American actor. He was best-known for portraying Rocky Balboa's trainer Mickey Goldmill in the Rocky films and the Penguin in the television series Batman.
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What did Paulie do in Rocky 5?

After returning home, Rocky and Adrian discover they are bankrupt after Paulie was fooled into signing a "power of attorney" over to Rocky's accountant, who squandered all of his money on real estate deals gone sour and failed to pay Rocky's taxes over the previous six years.
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Was Sylvester Stallone a boxer?

Stallone was not a professional boxer. He never trained anybody. His association with boxing has been through the movies.
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Why is Rocky not rich in creed?

A misstep in the franchise, this entry sees Rocky lose all of his money due to poor investments and retire from boxing because of brain damage suffered at the hands of Drago in Rocky IV.
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What does Mickey say to Rocky before he died?

Soon after the fight Rocky reunites with Mickey for one last time for he could barely talk, his last words were, "I love you, kid. I love you," followed by, "Your instinct..." before Goldmill finally succumbed to a heart attack.
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Is the Rocky Statue real?

Rocky the statue is the work of A. Thomas Schomberg, whose sculptures of athletes have been installed at the Astrodome, Superdome, and Yankee Stadium. The controversy was rekindled in 1990, when the film producers relocated the sculpture for the filming of Rocky V, but, in the end, Rocky was returned to the Spectrum.
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What happened to Rocky's son?

Life as an adult (Rocky Balboa and Creed)

We later learn in Creed that he no longer lives in Philly. Adonis Johnson Creed asks Rocky about his son. Rocky explains that he moved to Vancouver with his girlfriend and got a good job there.
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What happened to Rocky's wife?

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In autumn of 2001, Adrian discovered that she was dying from ovarian cancer. She underwent chemotherapy, but it was not enough to save her life. Adrian died peacefully in her sleep on January 11, 2002, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with her family along her side, aged 51.
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What is Rocky's son's name?

Sage Stallone played Rocky's son, Robert Balboa, in "Rocky 5." He also appeared in the film "Daylight" with his father Sylvester Stallone.
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Why is Rocky's son older in Rocky 5?

The plot begins soon after Rocky IV (1985) ends. Rocky Krakoff, who played Rocky's son in that film, and Sage Stallone were both born in 1976, meaning they would have been 14 when this film came out. That means Rocky's son would've aged five years from the time Rocky went to Russia and came back.
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Why was Adrian not in Rocky Balboa?

In an exclusive interview, Shire explained to "Access Hollywood" that her character, Adrian, is not in the latest Rocky film because she and Sylvester Stallone decided that it would be best if Rocky had a longing and loss as a widower.
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How much is Rocky Balboa worth?

In 2019, Stallone's estimated net worth is $400 million.
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Who trained Rocky in Rocky 4?

Tony Burton as Tony "Duke" Evers: Apollo's father-figure, friend, trainer and manager, who becomes Rocky's trainer for his match against Drago.
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How old is the Rocky?

Rocky is now 73 years old.
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Who was originally supposed to play Rocky?

And the words Stallone is mouthing on screen are the words he wrote in 3 1/2 days and sold to producers Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff on the condition that he would play ''Rocky,'' and not Burt Reynolds, or James Caan, or Ryan O'Neal, who were being mentioned for the part.
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Did Elvis See Rocky?

Stallone told the interviewer that he was too afraid to meet Elvis, and he didn't go, but he did send a copy of the film. Apparently, Elvis did indeed watch the film with some friends.
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What boxer was Rocky based on?

Like many fans of Sylvester Stallone's Oscar-nominated role as Rocky Balboa in 1976's Rocky, actor Liev Schreiber wasn't aware of a key film fact. The unknown boxer character who gets the chance of a lifetime to fight the world's heavyweight champion was inspired by an actual fighter named Chuck Wepner.
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Why does Drago throw in the towel?

Creed shows up to the next fight in better shape and wins a grueling duel, where both opponents were knocked down multiple times. The fight ends with Ivan Drago throwing in the towel for his son after Viktor could not endure much more.
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Is Drago in Creed 2 a real boxer?

Making his memorable film debut in Warner Bros. Pictures' action-drama “Creed II” is real-life amateur fighter Florian “Big Nasty” Munteanu as Viktor Drago, the son of Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren), the Russian boxer who killed Apollo Creed in the ring three decades earlier.
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Was Ivan Drago a real fighter?

Ivan Drago is an Olympic gold medalist and an amateur boxing champion from the Soviet Union, who had an amateur record of 100–0–0 wins (100 KO). He is billed at 6 ft 6 in (198 cm) and 261 pounds (118 kg). Drago is carefully fitted and trained to be the consummate fighter.
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