Rocky balboa real person

Character in the Rocky film series

This article is about the fictional character. For the film franchise, see Rocky (franchise). For the sixth film in the Rocky series, see Rocky Balboa (film).

For other uses, see Rocky Balboa (disambiguation).

Fictional character

Robert "Rocky" Balboa (also known by his ring name the Italian Stallion) is a fictional character and the titular protagonist of the Rocky franchise.

Rocky balboa age in rocky 1

The character was created by Sylvester Stallone, who has also portrayed him in eight of the nine films in the franchise. He is depicted as a working class or poor Italian-American from the slums of Philadelphia who started out as a club fighter and "enforcer" for a local Philly Mafialoan shark.

He is portrayed as overcoming the obstacles that had occurred in his life and in his career as a professional boxer.

While the story of his first film was partly inspired by a 1975 fight between underdog Chuck Wepner and heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali