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Rocky Balboa

Index Rocky Balboa

Robert "Rocky" Balboa is the title character of the ''Rocky'' series. [1]

97 relations: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Academy Awards, Adonis Creed, AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains, American Film Institute, Apollo Creed, Balboa, León, Boxing, Brain damage, Brockton, Massachusetts, Cardiac arrest, Catholic Church, Cave of septum pellucidum, Chin (combat sports), Christmas, Chuck Wepner, Clubber Lang, Cold War, Creed (film), Dolph Lundgren, Empire (film magazine), ESPN, Everyman, Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Gabriel Rosado, Golden Globe Award, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, Graham McTavish, Handedness, Hasbro, Hulk Hogan, Internal Revenue Service, International Boxing Hall of Fame, Italian Americans, Italy, Ivan Drago, Jake LaMotta, Jakks Pacific, Joe Frazier, John Rambo, Kensington, Philadelphia, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Las Vegas, Little Mac (Punch-Out!!), Liverpool, Los Angeles, Male, Marvel Comics, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, ..., Michael B. Jordan, Mickey Goldmill, Moscow, Mr. T, Muhammad Ali, Myocardial infarction, National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Orthodox stance, Ovarian cancer, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Premiere (magazine), Retinal detachment, Ritchie Coster, Roberto Durán, Rocky, Rocky (film series), Rocky Balboa (film), Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV, Rocky Marciano, Rocky Steps, Rocky V, Sage Stallone, Sgt. Slaughter, Siberia, Southpaw stance, Soviet Union, Spectrum (arena), Split decision, Statue, Steroid, Street fighting, Sugar Ray Robinson, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Thanksgiving (United States), The distance (boxing), Title role, Tony "Duke" Evers, Tony Bellew, Trade paperback (comics), United States Bicentennial, Vancouver. Expand index (47 more) »

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (often referred to as the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor) is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

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Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, are a set of 24 awards for artistic and technical merit in the American film industry, given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership.

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Adonis Creed

Adonis "Donnie" Creed, born Adonis Johnson, is the main protagonist and title character from the ''Rocky'' spin-off and sequel Creed.

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AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains

AFI's 100 Years...

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American Film Institute

The American Film Institute (AFI) is an American film organization that educates filmmakers and honors the heritage of the motion picture arts in the United States.

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Apollo Creed

Apollo Creed was a fictional character from the ''Rocky'' films.

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Balboa, León

Balboa (Valboa in Galician language) is a village and municipality located in the region of El Bierzo (province of León, Castile and León, Spain).

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Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves, throw punches at each other for a predetermined set of time in a boxing ring.

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Brain damage

Brain damage or brain injury (BI) is the destruction or degeneration of brain cells.

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Brockton, Massachusetts

Brockton is a city in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States; the population was 95,314 in the 2015 Census.

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Cardiac arrest

Cardiac arrest is a sudden loss of blood flow resulting from the failure of the heart to effectively pump.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Cave of septum pellucidum

The cave of septum pellucidum (CSP), or cavum septi pellucidi, describes a slit-like space in the septum pellucidum.

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Chin (combat sports)

In combat sports such as boxing, kickboxing and mixed martial arts, a fighter's chin is a figurative term that refers to an ability to tolerate physical trauma to the chin or jaw without being knocked unconscious.

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Christmas

Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ,Martindale, Cyril Charles.

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Chuck Wepner

Charles Wepner (born February 26, 1939) is an American former professional boxer who fought as heavyweight.

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Clubber Lang

James "Clubber" Lang is a fictional character created by Sylvester Stallone for the film Rocky III, which was released in 1982.

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Cold War

The Cold War was a state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its satellite states) and powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others).

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Creed (film)

Creed is a 2015 American sports drama film directed by Ryan Coogler and written by Coogler and Aaron Covington.

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Dolph Lundgren

Hans Lundgren (born 3 November 1957) known professionally as Dolph Lundgren, is a Swedish actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and martial artist.

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Empire (film magazine)

Empire is a British film magazine published monthly by Bauer Consumer Media of Hamburg based Bauer Media Group.

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ESPN

ESPN (originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is a U.S.-based global cable and satellite sports television channel owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture owned by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%).

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Everyman

In literature and drama, the term everyman has come to mean an ordinary individual with whom the audience or reader is supposed to be able to identify easily and who is often placed in extraordinary circumstances.

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Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame

The Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame began in 2013.

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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (also known as Action Force in the UK) is a military-themed line of action figures and toys in Hasbro's G.I. Joe franchise.

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Gabriel Rosado

Gabriel "Gabe" Rosado (born January 14, 1986) is an American professional boxer who has challenged twice for a middleweight world title in 2013.

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Golden Globe Award

Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association beginning in January 1944, recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign.

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Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture

The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in 1944 for a performance in a motion picture released in the previous year.

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Graham McTavish

Graham McTavish (born 4 January 1961) is a Scottish film, television and voice actor.

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Handedness

In human biology, handedness is a better, faster, or more precise performance or individual preference for use of a hand, known as the dominant hand; the less capable or less preferred hand is called the non-dominant hand.

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Hasbro

Hasbro, Inc. (an abbreviation of its original name, Hassenfeld Brothers) is an American multinational toy and board game company, It is the largest toy maker in the world in terms of stock market value, and third largest with revenues of approximately $5.12 billion.

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Hulk Hogan

Terry Gene Bollea (born August 11, 1953), better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan, is an American retired professional wrestler, actor, television personality, entrepreneur and musician.

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Internal Revenue Service

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the revenue service of the United States federal government.

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International Boxing Hall of Fame

The modern International Boxing Hall of Fame, located in Canastota, New York, United States, honors boxers, trainers and other contributors to the sport worldwide.

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Italian Americans

Italian Americans (italoamericani or italo-americani) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans who have ancestry from Italy.

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Italy

Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Ivan Drago

Ivan Drago (Иван Драго) is a fictional character in the 1985 film Rocky IV, in which he is Rocky Balboa's rival and the main antagonist.

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Jake LaMotta

Giacobbe "Jake" LaMotta (July 10, 1922 – September 19, 2017) was an American professional boxer, former world middleweight champion, and stand-up comedian.

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Jakks Pacific

Jakks Pacific, Inc. is an American company that designs and markets toys and consumer products, with a range of products that feature numerous children's toy licenses.

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Joe Frazier

Joseph William Frazier (January 12, 1944 – November 7, 2011), nicknamed "Smokin' Joe", was an American professional boxer who competed from 1965 to 1981.

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John Rambo

John James Rambo (born July 6, 1947) is a fictional character in the Rambo saga.

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Kensington, Philadelphia

Kensington is a neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Krasnoyarsk Krai

Krasnoyarsk Krai (p) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), with its administrative center in the city of Krasnoyarsk—the third-largest city in Siberia (after Novosibirsk and Omsk).

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Las Vegas

Las Vegas (Spanish for "The Meadows"), officially the City of Las Vegas and often known simply as Vegas, is the 28th-most populated city in the United States, the most populated city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County.

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Little Mac (Punch-Out!!)

is the main protagonist in Nintendo's series of Punch-Out!! video games.

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Liverpool

Liverpool is a city in North West England, with an estimated population of 491,500 in 2017.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Male

A male (♂) organism is the physiological sex that produces sperm.

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Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics is the common name and primary imprint of Marvel Worldwide Inc., formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, a publisher of American comic books and related media.

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Marvelous Marvin Hagler

Marvelous Marvin Hagler (born Marvin Nathaniel Hagler; May 23, 1954) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1973 to 1987.

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Michael B. Jordan

Michael Bakari Jordan (born February 9, 1987) is an American actor.

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Mickey Goldmill

Michael "Mickey" Goldmill was a fictional character created by Sylvester Stallone and portrayed by Burgess Meredith in the ''Rocky'' film series.

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Moscow

Moscow (a) is the capital and most populous city of Russia, with 13.2 million residents within the city limits and 17.1 million within the urban area.

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Mr. T

Laurence Tureaud (born May 21, 1952), known professionally as Mr.

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Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer, activist, and philanthropist.

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Myocardial infarction

Myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops to a part of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle.

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National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor

The National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor is one of the annual film awards given (since 1954) by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.

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Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) is a group of blood cancers that includes all types of lymphoma except Hodgkin's lymphomas.

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Orthodox stance

In combat sports such as boxing, an orthodox stance is one in which the boxer places his left foot farther in front of the right foot, thus having his weaker side closer to the opponent.

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Ovarian cancer

Ovarian cancer is a cancer that forms in or on an ovary.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania German: Pennsylvaani or Pennsilfaani), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.

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Philadelphia Museum of Art

The Philadelphia Museum of Art is an art museum originally chartered in 1876 for the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia.

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Premiere (magazine)

Premiere was an American and New York City-based film magazine published by Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., between 1987 and 2010.

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Retinal detachment

Retinal detachment is a disorder of the eye in which the retina separates from the layer underneath.

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Ritchie Coster

Ritchie Coster (born 1 July 1967) is an English film, television, and theatre actor.

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Roberto Durán

Roberto Durán Samaniego (born June 16, 1951) is a Panamanian former professional boxer who competed from 1968 to 2001.

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Rocky

Rocky is a 1976 American sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and both written by and starring Sylvester Stallone.

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Rocky (film series)

Rocky is a series of American boxing sports-drama films.

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Rocky Balboa (film)

Rocky Balboa is a 2006 American sports drama film written, directed by, and starring Sylvester Stallone.

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Rocky II

Rocky II is a 1979 American sports drama film written, directed by, and starring Sylvester Stallone.

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Rocky III

Rocky III is a 1982 American sports drama film written, directed by, and starring Sylvester Stallone.

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Rocky IV

Rocky IV is a 1985 American sports drama film written, directed by, and starring Sylvester Stallone.

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Rocky Marciano

Rocco Francis Marchegiano (September 1, 1923 – August 31, 1969), best known as Rocky Marciano, was an American professional boxer who competed from 1947 to 1955.

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Rocky Steps

The 72 stone steps before the entrance of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have become known as the "Rocky Steps" as a result of the scene from the film Rocky.

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Rocky V

Rocky V is a 1990 American sports drama film.

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Sage Stallone

Sage Moonblood Stallone (May 5, 1976 – July 13, 2012) was an American actor, film director, film producer, and film distributor.

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Sgt. Slaughter

Robert Remus (born August 27, 1948) better known by his ring name Sgt.

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Siberia

Siberia (a) is an extensive geographical region, and by the broadest definition is also known as North Asia.

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Southpaw stance

In boxing, a southpaw stance is where the boxer has his right hand and right foot forward, leading with right jabs, and following with a left cross right hook.

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Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.

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Spectrum (arena)

The Spectrum (later known as CoreStates Spectrum, First Union Spectrum and Wachovia Spectrum) was an indoor arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Split decision

A split decision (SD) is a winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports (such as boxing, kickboxing, Kun Khmer, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts and other sports involving striking) in which two of the three judges score one fighter as the winner, while the third judge scores for the other fighter.

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Statue

A statue is a sculpture, representing one or more people or animals (including abstract concepts allegorically represented as people or animals), free-standing (as opposed to a relief) and normally full-length (as opposed to a bust) and at least close to life-size, or larger.

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Steroid

A steroid is a biologically active organic compound with four rings arranged in a specific molecular configuration.

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Street fighting

Street fighting is hand-to-hand combat in public places, between individuals or groups of people.

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Sugar Ray Robinson

Sugar Ray Robinson (born Walker Smith Jr.; May 3, 1921 – April 12, 1989) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1940 to 1965.

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Sylvester Stallone

Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone (born July 6, 1946) is an American actor, producer and filmmaker.

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Tessa Thompson

Tessa Lynn Thompson (born October 3, 1983) is an American actress.

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Thanksgiving (United States)

Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is a public holiday celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States.

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The distance (boxing)

The distance, in boxing, refers to the full number of rounds in a match.

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Title role

The title role in the performing arts is the performance part that gives the title to the piece, as in Aida, Giselle, Michael Collins, or Othello.

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Tony "Duke" Evers

Tony "Duke" Evers is a fictional character from the Rocky films, initially portrayed as the manager/trainer to Apollo Creed before eventually becoming the manager to Rocky Balboa.

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Tony Bellew

Anthony Lewis Bellew (born 30 November 1982) is a British professional boxer.

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Trade paperback (comics)

In comics, a trade paperback (often shortened to trade) is a collection of stories originally published in comic books, reprinted in book format, usually capturing one story arc from a single title or a series of stories with a connected story arc or common theme.

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United States Bicentennial

The United States Bicentennial was a series of celebrations and observances during the mid-1970s that paid tribute to historical events leading up to the creation of the United States of America as an independent republic.

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Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Balboa

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