Post by klawrencio79 on Jan 15, 2019 16:16:17 GMT
I was 9 years old watching it on the big screen. They knock each other to the canvas in the last round, and Rocky gets up right before the ref gets to ten, finally beating Apollo.
It was a thrilling moment.
But I have a question about the ending of Rocky II. I know virtually nothing about real boxing, never really followed it, but in that final round, Rocky clearly knocks Apollo down but then he himself falls down from his own momentum, Apollo never actually touches him on that final swing, but the ref seems to be counting them both as being "down" for the purposes of declaring the winner or it resulting in a double knockout/draw/victory for Apollo on points. I thought if you trip and fall it doesn't count as a knock down. In other words, if Rocky were still down when the ref got to 10, wouldn't he still be the victor over Apollo given that Apollo didn't knock him down?