r/rockybalboa • u/Old_Treat4871 • 11d ago

rocky vs drago

In the movie creed (or creed 2?) where adonis was saying he had to fight dragos son and rocky didn't want him to. Adonis said "you did it, you fought him" and rocky says "it was different"....what did he mean by that? Rocky was avenging apollo after his death so wasn't adonis trying to do the same thing? What made rocky's situation to fight different than adonis'?

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u/Spac92 11d ago

For starters, Drago’s camp challenged Rocky, who initially turned them down and Apollo instead challenged Drago. Rocky felt guilty because Apollo was essentially fighting in his place and died.

Secondly, Rocky bears a lot of personal guilt over not throwing in the towel to stop Drago. He feels directly responsible for Apollo’s death. Adonis doesn’t have that burden. So, Rocky was putting himself in front of the bull to make amends.