Rocky was a movie for the 70s. I cannot say that got me into boxing. Hagler/Hearns/Leonard and Duran got me into boxing. Just a special time. A boxing movie is great but not real and I did like Million Dollar Baby if it were not for more ridiculous things how they skip from starting off to winning a title. But that movie was ok. . Rocky one was good and Rocky 3 I liked since he became buddies with Apollo Creed. As for real boxing, Those 4 legends of the 80s were real. Rocky came along at a good time and the screenplay for that first movie was great. It is hard to make a movie later after he is famous because the famous part makes the thing unrealistic. We cannot relate to famous since most of us are not famous. Now this movie here he is coming back after 30 years and fighting the champ who I suspect he beats since the movie wouldn't be that great if he lost. Stallone is a great actor no doubt but he is on the decline as happens to anyone, so reclaiming the Rocky role makes sense for him. I mean George Foreman and Thomas Hearns fought into their 40s.