A planned Bicentennial fight against number one contender Mac Lee Green was scheduled for January 1, 1976, which Apollo gladly hypes whenever someone places a microphone in front of him. In 1975, Apollo Creed first appears as a charismatic, intelligent, and undefeated 32-year-old World Heavyweight Champion. She would have to carry up the stairs of their house because he could not walk, or had to aid him as he went to the bathroom because he could not use his hands. Apollo and Mary Anne did have a good relationship however Mary Anne had tolerate being married to a boxer, having needed to assist him after a bout. They eventually had two children together, an unnamed daughter and unnamed son. In the coming years Creed met and married Mary Anne. Overtime Apollo Creed rose to stardom as a legend of the boxing sport By the age of 32, he amassed an impressive record of 46 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, with all his wins by knockout, and had become the Heavyweight boxing Champion of the world. At the end of the fight, Creed approached Duke and mentioned how it would be good to have an experienced fighter managing his career and training him, Happy to be able to continue in boxing, Duke accepted the offer as manager and began training him at the Delphi Boxing Academy. In 1960, he graduated from highschool, and went to play on college football team for sometime.Ĭreed began boxing in the mid to late-1960s around the age of 26, and it is revealed in the video game Rocky Legends that Creed's first fight was against Tony "Duke" Evers, who at this time was an aging boxer. Creed was a natural athlete since his childhood, playing jr league baseball, wrestling, and football.
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