The movie "Rocky" tells the story of Rocky Balboa (played by Sylvester Stallone), a struggling boxer who works as a debt collector and moonlights as a boxer at a local gym. When heavyweight champion Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) decides to fight a relatively unknown boxer as a publicity stunt, Rocky gets the chance to prove himself. Despite being a massive underdog, Rocky sees this as an opportunity to prove his worth and goes into intense training with the help of Mickey Goldmill (Burgess Meredith).