Creed III is right around the corner, so here is every important detail from Rocky and Creed you need to remember before seeing Creed III.
Creed III is right around the corner, and with it being the ninth film in the franchise, there is lots to remember from the previous Rocky and Creed movies. For a series about boxing, the Rocky franchise has an incredibly dense story, with each character being fully fleshed out. So, here are the 10 key details from the story of Rocky and Creed that viewers need to remember before seeing Creed III.
9 Apollo Creed Died Fighting Ivan Drago After Rocky beat Apollo Creed in Rocky II, Creed stuck around, eventually becoming the trainer of Rocky in Rocky III. However, the super patriotic boxer got back into the ring one final time in Rocky IV, and it tragically cost him his life. In his pursuit to defend the honor of his country, Apollo Creed was killed by Soviet boxer Ivan Drago.
7 Mary Anne Creed Adopted Adonis Creed Jumping to the Creed timeline, the first Creed movie introduces Adonis Creed when he is a teenager incarcerated in a juvenile detention center. Adonis is the child of one of Apollo Creed's affairs, but due to Apollo's death, his wife Mary Anne Creed decides to track Adonis down. Mary Anne Creed finds Adonis in 1998, adopting him and telling him who his father was.
5 Rocky Is Diagnosed With Lymphoma Rocky's story is tragic, with him having lost friends and family members like Adrian, Paulie, Apollo, Mickey, and more. Things get even sadder when Rocky is diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in the first Creed, with the former boxer initially deciding not to get treatment due to it not working on Adrian. However, Adonis eventually convinces Rocky, causing Rocky to undergo chemotherapy.
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