Rocky Author:Julia Sorel He's a has-been battler with one dream left - and one chance. — Here's your ringside seat for the bloodiest bicentennial in history. The place? Philadelphia. The stakes? The 1976 World Heavyweight Crown. The contenders? Black champ Apollo Creed who sprouts poetry at the press and throws dynamite at his opponents... and challenger Rocky Balboa--t... more »he "Italian Stallion"--a small-time guy with big time guts who yearns to be a hero--just once.« less