Post by Midi-Chlorian_Count on Jan 15, 2019 19:43:14 GMT
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?
That would have been extra harsh on Rocky given that we must remember that he had already been cheated out of victory in the first fight.
Watch the end of Rocky - the bell at the end of final round rings a full minute early saving Apollo as he collapses back into the ropes!