Research Paper On Balboa

logos and pathos to illustrate the strength of each fighter and the fierce competition of boxing.

In that part, brief information about the Rocky Balboa will be mentioned to help you to access life history of Rocky Balboa who is the main character of the Rocky film series. Rocky Balboa who was born in 1945 at Philadelphia, he grew up in the Italian family and he do not have any brother or sister. Moreover, he lost his family too early and he did not finish his school due to he lived in a poor family. Therefore, he wanted to find a women who really loves the rocky and he dreamed that his son will be better person than his because he did not have a chance to go to good school. Hence, he chose the box to provide his son a good future. Additionally, his wife’s brother is the best friend of Rocky who is Paulie

In the movie, Drago punches his American opponent, a friend of Rocky’s, to the brink of death. As the boxer dies in Rocky 's arms, Drago mutters, “If he dies, he dies” (Stallone). Stallone 's decision to make the Russian boxer unremorseful after killing a man shows his intent on portraying Russians as ruthless killers. In the end, our hero Rocky knocks out Drago in retaliation. Some critics have even gone so far as to suggest that Rocky and Drago’s fight is symbolic of democracy’s superiority over communism (Vereykina). Nevertheless, Stallone sought to change Russia 's image in the eyes of Americans through Drago’s lack of compassion in Rocky IV, just as American writers use media to influence their audiences by demonizing Russia.

The ultimate goal of a boxing match is a knock out. The knockout punch brings satisfaction to the winner of the boxing math and the crowd. This one punch can make a fight exciting. However, if there is not a knockout punch, the fight is often times dull. After a knockout punch, one man loses consciousness while the other man dances around the ring raising his hands in victory and is swarmed by his coaches and the press. Oates continues to argue that boxing is the cruelest sport by comparing a boxing match to a tragedy. If a fight has no knock out by the end, it seems like the fight is missing something. The knockout punch is a cruel but key aspect to boxing which makes people love

  The first aspect of an epic story that the movie demonstrates is with the other characters that Rocky interacts with. One of the first characters we see is Apollo Creed, Rocky’s training partner and one his best friends. Apollo is a retired boxer who still fights with Rocky but he comes out of retirement when a Russain announces his entrance in American boxing. An important characteristic worth noting here is how Apollo died. Apollo’s last name is Creed which is strikingly similar to the word greed. It’s apparent that Apollo has died because of how greedy he was, in wanted to prove to himself that he was still a good boxer even though he hadn’t fought in years. A different character that

     When we finally got to the fight, they weighed me in and my coach told me to start putting on my boxing gear.  I wore black trunks with a red flame going down the right leg and an black tank top.  After I put on my gear I started to wait till it was my turn to fight. I started to eat some cashews, but I was too nervous to eat. After a while, it was finally my turn to fight my coach wrapped my hands up and warmed me up.  My coach and I started heading towards the ring so I could fight.  When the bell rung, I rushed towards my opponent and started throwing all the combinations I knew.  By the time that I knew, the fight was over in the first 55 second in the first round. I shook my opponent’s hand and his coach’s hand. I was so happy I won and got a trophy my dad was so proud of me.

Creed, is a movie that performances by Michael B. Jordan as Adonis Johnson, Apollo Creed’s son, Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa, and Tessa Thompson as Bianca was directed by Ryan Coogler. Adonis Johnson, who is the son of former heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, was living in the youth facility when Mary Anne, Creed’s widow visited him and decided to adopt him. Adonis work as a professional, but he was not satisfied with his current life. Mary Anne was so disappointed with him because Adonis’s father passed away in the ring, and she did not want Adonis to follow his dad’s step. Despite the fact that he wanted to pursue his dream to work as a professional fighter, he gave up his current job and went to Philadelphia. He found Rocky Balboa there and he requested Balboa to become his mentor and trained him. In the process of becoming a professional fighter, Adonis went through challenges. Even though Adonis faces challenges in life, he overcomes them because he never gives up.

In the novel, The Contender by Robert Lipsyte, Alfred Brooks is training to be a Contender and will learn a very important lesson in his life that is necessarily just about boxing. At one point in the novel, Alfred is training hard to be a contender. Alfred learns that in order to be a Contender he must put in the hard

Evander Holyfield was a professional boxer who was nearly unbeatable. After getting disqualified in the Olympics, for knocking out his opponent after the referee said stop, Holyfield beat Buster Douglas in 1984. In 1888 he won in the Cruiserweight championship. Two years later in 1990 he beat Buster Douglas in the heavyweight title. He took a five year break after that fight. In 1995 Mike Tyson challenged him and he accepted. Evander Holyfield won in a judge's decision to regain the title. Once again in 1997 Mike called for a rematch. This time was a lot more interesting because Holyfield was winning and Tyson got frustrated and bit off Holyfield's ear. Of course Evander won

Rocky changed the film industry through its success. The movie won a Golden Globe award in 1977 for Best Motion Picture (Drama). This showed the Rocky really was the best movie in its genre at that time. It is also believed by critics to be

directs, and stars in this war between nations in which the only battle is fought in a boxing ring. Rocky must defend his honor,

In cinema, there are many memorable scenes, but few are as iconic as a Rocky training montage. The horns from the montage’s music blast a feeling of triumph as you watch the fictional character, Rocky Balboa, train. The emotions from this scene can make the laziest person feel like they can run ten miles without the feeling of fatigue. Rocky is a series of six movies about a fictional boxer named Rocky Balboa, played by Sylvester Stallone, and the triumphs of his boxing career. Rocky has an exhilarating boxing match as an underdog in each one of his movies. Also, in all the movies, there is often a singular theme of perseverance despite any of the hardships Rocky must face. The same theme can be found in the spin-off of the Rocky series, Creed. Creed takes place after Rocky’s retirement from boxing. The new protagonist, Adonis Creed, is the illegitimate child of the late former heavyweight champion, Apollo Creed. Adonis receives help from Rocky to pursue his career boxing professionally. Along his journey, Adonis comes into contact with many characters that portray the same characteristic of being able to persevere through their challenges and afflictions. Although there seems to be a singular message, Creed’s recurring theme of perseverance can be expressed in many ways because of the various adversities each character had to overcome.

     “Raging Bull” (1980) is not a so much a film about boxing but more of a story about a psychotically jealous, sexually insecure borderline homosexual, caged animal of a man, who encourages pain and suffering in his life as almost a form of reparation. Martin Scorsese’s masterpiece of a film drags you down into the seedy filth stenched world of former middleweight boxing champion Jake “The Bronx Bull” LaMotta. Masterfully he paints the picture of a beast whose sole drive is not boxing but an insatiable obsessive jealously over his wife and his fear of his own underling sexuality. The movie broke new ground with its brutal unadulterated no-holds-bard look at the vicious sport of boxing by bringing the camera

With Ali’s interest in boxing beginning at a young age he set off to not only prove himself to those that doubted his abilities but challenged properly opinion. Throughout out his career Ali would sting the unsuspected with his foot work and speed making a

Pacquiao won the fight on a technical knockout and gained Ledwaba’s title. The boxing bout was held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.