Creed

Boys, let's go.

Come on, tighten up.

Single file, gentlemen.

Center of the hall.

- Come on, tighten it up. - Condition unit one!

Condition unit one, copy that.

On the ground. Show me hands, let's go.

Hands!

Code blue! Fight in progress!

Come on, let's fight, man! Let him go!

At least let me get my shoes.

Mary Anne.

Hello.

Thank you.

Adonis got into a fight today,

and he's in holding.

If you wanna see him, we're gonna have to go up there.

He's a good kid, he just--

Fights.

All the time.

- Johnson? - Yeah.

- Right this way. - Thanks.

Johnson, got a visitor.

Adonis.

Come on in.

I'd like you to meet Mrs--

Uh...

Could we have a moment, please?

Sure.

I'll be right outside.

Why were you fighting?

I'm not going to another group home.

I'm not from a group home.

You a social worker?

No.

I am not a social worker.

Nigga said something about my ma so I beat his ass.

I'm sorry about your mother.

I know what it's like to lose someone.

When your father died, I was angry for so long.

I hurt myself, pushed family away.

I don't have no father.

What did you say?

I said I don't have no father.

That's not true.

He passed before you were born, but you had a father.

You knew him?

He was my husband.

Adonis, I would like it very much if you would come and stay with me.

Do you think you'd wanna do that?

What was his name?

Hey, James.

Don, sit down.

What you got there?

You're joking, right?

You get a promotion and you're quitting?

Look, this career just ain't for me.

What are you gonna do?

Hey, man, thanks for everything.

Just wanna talk to you about my job.

- You see your new office? - Hmm.

Yeah. But, um...

Well, what's it like?

This is a big deal, this promotion.

Did they hire your assistant?

Thank you.

Very proud of you.

Superfight Two with Rocky Balboa, the challenger

and, of course, Apollo Creed, the world champion.

And there's the bell.

Comes over in a hurry now.

He throws a couple of rights and lefts out there.

He starts to take command early here

and now he kinda moves his feet along the side of the ring.

A good right hand thrown at him.

Another right and another right thrown by the champion.

Creed is going for the knockout.

Just holding that right hand and he's just waiting for that

precise moment that he wants--

There it is! He unloaded that. But here comes Balboa!

Got him in that corner, and there's lefts and rights.

Here comes Balboa coming back out.

A left and a right to the head.

But now it is Creed coming back.

Creed with the left hand.

Balboa appears to be getting hit often.

Take it to him. Take it to the body.

There you go!

Make your time count, baby.

You know what's coming up. There you go.

Check it out.

What you doing here, man?

15 and 0, 15 knockouts.

In Tijuana? No, bro.

That's barroom brawling.

Well, I'm all in anyway.

So I figure we start out local, just to get our momentum going,

then we can move wherever we wanna move.

- "We"? - I was figuring...

Adonis, these boys come in here, this how they survive.

They gotta fight for life.

Kill or be killed. People die in there.

Your daddy died in the ring. This ain't no joke.

I don't know him.

Ain't got nothing to do with me.

- Okay, you real tough now. - Yup.

Nah, I ain't training you.

You know I ain't training you. Nobody training you.

I'm gonna make sure about that.

We making champs in the Delphi Gym!

We not dancing! We not singing! We fighting!

You struggle every day, you fight for something.

You damn right!

Hey, listen up!

Adonis.

These the keys to my 'Stang right here.

Adonis, get out the ring!

All you gotta do is land one clean head shot.

What I gotta put up for it?

Put up your hands. You a pro, right?

No, no, no.

You gonna get the shit knocked out of you.

You ain't gotta prove nothing to me.

Better listen to your family, boy.

Oh, my God.

At least put on your head gear.

- No head gear? - Mmm-hmm.

It's on you.

Killer, right?

He a killer, right, Lil Duke?

Where were you at when I was in group homes, huh?

You miss a meal?

Nah!

Which one of your killers in here next?

You pick him! You pick who's next!

I'm next.

Hey, I just need one round, bro.

All right, you wanna warm up?

I don't need no warm-up. Get my stuff.

I see you got your head gear on. Good job.

Nah.

Don't run.

Told you I'd win, man.

I told you.

I tried to tell you something, bro.

You don't wanna listen.

You don't wanna listen.

You wanna learn things the hard way, huh?

- Hey. - Hey.

How you doing?

Doing good.

I just came home, I wanted to talk to you.

Yeah?

I quit my job.

Yeah. No...

Where did you get this? Mexico?

It's not that bad.

"It's not that bad."

I ought to knock you out myself.

You know how many times I had to carry your father up these stairs

- because he couldn't walk? - Yes.

How many times I had to wipe his ass because he couldn't use his hands?

Is that what you want? No.

You want brain damage. Yeah, you do.

You want to be so brain-damaged, you can't form a sentence.

I can get hurt doing anything.

Apollo didn't get hurt, he got killed!

People get killed!

I didn't take you in for you to go backwards.

You're better than this.

I'm leaving soon.

I'm gonna be fighting full-time now.

So I wanted to tell you face-to-face.

You are your father's son

and you're part of him.

But it doesn't mean you have to be him.

I'm gonna call you.

Listen, you want to be in somebody's ring...

You don't have to call me.

All right, smile!

How you doing?

This was taken from the 10th round of the first fight, right?

Good call.

How'd you know that?

I heard about a third fight between you and Apollo,

behind closed doors.

That true?

How'd you hear about that?

Who won?

It's kind of a secret. What'd you say your name was?

Donnie.

The girl said you wanted to talk about something.

Yeah, I want to talk to you about training me.

Training you.

I don't do that stuff no more. Sorry about that.

Listen, it's getting kind of late, kid.

So I'm gonna close up.

How good was he?

Who? Apollo? Yeah, he was great.

He's a perfect fighter. Ain't nobody ever better.