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Obscure sports trivia

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Chef2, Jan 3, 2019.

  1. cyclingwriter2

    cyclingwriter2 Well-Known Member

    I have to feel it was a very, very intentional joke because of the team.
     
  2. CD Boogie

    CD Boogie Well-Known Member

    Rocky Balboa was known as the Italian Stallion. What was Apollo Creed's ring nickname, at least in the first Rocky movie (which I re-watched last night)?

    Sidenote: The freaking cinematography in that movie is horrendous. Even my 11-year-old daughter made note of how many times a boxer's head snapped back when a punch clearly didn't land.
     
  3. Mr. Sluggo

    Mr. Sluggo Active Member

    Master of Disaster?
     
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  4. CD Boogie

    CD Boogie Well-Known Member

    Yup.
     
  5. cyclingwriter2

    cyclingwriter2 Well-Known Member

    Stallone apparently wrote out the fight blow-by-blow in the script. Video apparently exists of him and weathers speaking the parts as they film as in “I’m going to punch with a left hook, you dodge and come back with a body blow.”
     
  6. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    By Rocky IV, Creed apparently picked up a half-dozen other nicknames.
    Love "The Count of Monte Fisto."

     
  7. cyclingwriter2

    cyclingwriter2 Well-Known Member

    At the time of Rocky’s first fight with Apollo, what was his fighting record?
     
  8. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    44-16?
     
  9. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Oh God, I used to know this. I think it was something like 42-20 with 38 knockouts or something like that.
     
  10. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Here’s another Rocky question: What did he weigh at the time of his exhibition match with Thunderlips?
     
  11. Webster

    Webster Well-Known Member

    203?
     
  12. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Close.
     
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