![]() However, the surname Balboa ( Italian pronunciation: roughly meaning "beautiful valley") originates from a Galician-speaking town in northwestern Spain. He was the only child in a Roman Catholic Italian-American or Italian immigrant family. Robert "Rocky" Balboa was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 6, 1945. When Stallone reprised his role once again in 2015 for Creed, his performance received universal acclaim and he received his first Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, along with his third Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor, the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor and several other accolades. He received critical acclaim for his performance in the first movie, earning Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations. The character is widely considered to be Stallone's most iconic role and is often considered the role that started his film career. While the story of his first film is loosely inspired by Chuck Wepner, a boxer who fought Muhammad Ali and lost on a TKO in the 15th round, the inspiration for the name, iconography and fighting style came from boxing legend Rocco Francis "Rocky Marciano" Marchegiano, though his surname coincidentally also resembles that of Middleweight Boxing Champion Thomas Rocco "Rocky Graziano" Barbella. He is portrayed as overcoming the obstacles that had occurred in his life and in his career as a professional boxer. He is depicted as a working class or poor Italian-American from the slums of Philadelphia who started out as a club fighter and "enforcer" for a local Mafia loan shark. The character was created by Sylvester Stallone, who has also portrayed him in all eight films in the franchise. Robert "Rocky" Balboa (also known by his ring name The Italian Stallion), is a fictional title character and the protagonist of the Rocky film series. Mickey: Go after him kid, go after him.Paulie Pennino (brother-in-law deceased) It's gonna say, ‘Get up you son of a bitch 'cause Mickey loves you'. Huh? And now I'm givin' it to you and it, it's gotta be like a, like an angel on your shoulder see? If you ever get hurt and you feel that you're goin' down this little angel is gonna whisper in your ear. Mickey: See that? This is the favorite thing that I have on this Earth. Mickey: No, wait a minute, now, wait a minute. Rocky Balboa: Ah, Mick you don't have to. ![]() ‘Cause when I leave you you'll not only know how to fight, you'll be able to take care of yourself outside the ring too, is that okay? Mickey: and I'll never leave you until that happens. And I'm gonna stay alive and I will watch you make good… ![]() We keep losin' and losin' till we say you know, ‘Oh what the hell am I livin' around here for? I got not reason to go on.' But with you kid, boy, I got a reason to go on. Little by little we lose our friends, we lose everything. Mickey: And nature is smarter than people think. Rocky Balboa: Nature's smarter than people think… The fact that you're here and doin' as well as you're doin' gives me-what do you call it-motivization? Huh? To stay alive, 'cause I think that people die sometimes when they don't wanna live no more. ![]() Well, if you wasn't here I probably wouldn't be alive today. You know kid, I know how you feel about this fight that's comin' up. You're gonna roll over him like a bulldozer, an Italian bulldozer. My God, you're ready ain't ya? That Apollo won't know what hit him. ![]()
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