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Due to the public's belief that it was very possible that Rocky could have won, he gets a second shot at the title in this film.

Sylvester Stallone as Robert 'Rocky' Balboa, 'The Italian Stallion': the underdog who was given one chance at winning the heavyweight championship from Apollo Creed in the first film.

Rocky then gives an impassioned speech to the crowd and holds the belt over his head with a message for his wife, who is watching the fight on TV: 'Yo, Adrian, I did it!' As both men struggle to regain their feet, Rocky is able to will himself up at the count of 9 while Apollo collapses from exhaustion, giving Rocky the win by knockout and making him the new heavyweight champion. The blow causes Rocky to also lose his balance and fall at the same time. Both men, exhausted, trade punches until Rocky is able to gain the upper hand and knocks Creed down.

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In the final round Rocky switches back to his natural stance and, in dramatic fashion, unleashes a series of counter punches on Creed, and begins to turn the tide. However Creed wants to win by knock-out in order to erase any doubts about his superiority and ignores his trainer's pleas to stay back. Going into the fifteenth and final round Creed is well ahead on points and only needs to stay away from Balboa to win the fight by decision. The change leaves him at a major disadvantage, and as a result he is knocked down twice by Creed and outclassed for much of the fight. In order to protect his vulnerable eye Rocky opts to fight right-handed rather than his natural southpaw. On Thanksgiving, the night of the match, Apollo makes a public goal of beating Rocky in no more than two rounds to prove the first match going the distance was a fluke. Adrian gives her blessing to the rematch and Rocky quickly gets into shape for the fight. When Adrian comes out of her coma she finds Rocky by her bedside, and the couple are soon shown their new baby, a boy, which they name Robert 'Rocky Jr'. Rocky blames himself for what happened and refuses to leave her bedside until she wakes up, and will not go to see his new baby until the baby can be together with his mother. Despite being born premature the baby is healthy, but Adrian falls into a coma. Adrian faints during the confrontation and is rushed to the hospital where she goes into labor. Adrian's brother, Paulie, confronts his sister about not supporting her husband. Rocky and Mickey begin training but Rocky is unfocused due to Adrian's disapproval. Adrian, disappointed at the fact that Rocky broke his promise, refuses to support him. Rocky insists that he knows nothing else so this is the only way he can provide for them. Adrian confronts Rocky about the danger of returning to boxing and reminds him of the risk to his eyesight. Mickey declines out of concern for Rocky's health, but he changes his mind after Apollo publicly insults Rocky. After several unsuccessful attempts to find employment, Rocky visits Mickey Goldmill, his trainer and manager, at his gym to talk about the possibility of fighting again. Rocky at first seems unaffected by Apollo's smear campaign, but his inexperience with money causes him to run into financial problems.

Determined to rectify his boxing career's only blemish Apollo demands his team do whatever necessary to goad Rocky out of retirement, despite the pleas of his friends and family that Rocky's ability to absorb punishment is too dangerous for his chances to successfully defend the title a second time. Meanwhile, fuelled by hate mail claiming he fixed the fight in order to protect his reign as champ, Apollo becomes obsessed with the idea that a rematch is the only way to prove that Rocky's performance was simply a fluke. Soon after Adrian reveals that she is pregnant. She happily accepts and they marry in a small ceremony. An agent sees Rocky as a potential endorsement and sponsorship goldmine and his sudden wealth encourages him to propose to Adrian. After Rocky is released from the hospital he enjoys the benefits of his new found celebrity status. In a private moment, Rocky goes to see a recuperating Apollo, and wants a truthful response to his question of whether Apollo gave his all in the fight Creed confirms that he did. Balboa's girlfriend, Adrian, supports his choice as do his doctors who go on to reveal that Rocky will require surgery for a detached retina, a condition that could lead to permanent blindness.

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Despite their mutual agreement not to seek a rematch, Apollo challenges Rocky again to prove that the fight was no fluke, but Rocky declines and retires from professional boxing. He and Rocky are taken to the same hospital. On New Year's Day in 1976, world heavyweight boxing champion Apollo Creed has successfully defended his title in a split decision against challenger Rocky Balboa.