He's his father's son and wants to make it in the fight game, but on his own as Adonis Johnson. Jordan has an interesting dichotomy to deal with. Apollo's widow Phyllis Rashad took him out of foster care as his natural mother had died and raised him. Jordan, character name of Adonis Johnson. It all really comes together with Creed.īut as for the story it seems that back when Apollo Creed was killed in that fight with that Russian steroid machine Dolph Lundgren in Rocky IV he had a dalliance that resulted in a post mortem birth of an illegitimate son who grew up to be Michael B. Balboa of Philadelphia than I'm sure he even thought of when he debuted Rocky. It's also 39 years between the nominations that Stallone got for Best Actor for Rocky and Best Supporting Actor for Creed.īut between that there have been several Rocky films over the years as Sly has developed more facets to the fighting Mr. It's hard to believe that it has been 39 years since Stallone debuted Rocky Balboa. In the case of Sly and Newman both aged naturally into the parts of Rocky Balboa and Eddie Felson. Sly joins an exclusive club of players like Bing Crosby, Paul Newman, and Al Pacino who got two Oscar nominations for playing the same role. Jordan has the title role in Creed the film really belongs to Sylvester Stallone. Reviewed by bkoganbing 8 / 10 Gets better with ageĪlthough young Michael B. But whether he is a true fighter remains to be seen. With Rocky's help they hope to get a title job to face even deadlier opponents than his father. Rocky eventually agrees to mentor Adonis. He seeks a mentor who is the former heavyweight boxing champion and former friend of Apollo Creed, the retired Rocky Balboa. Adonis wasn't born until after his father's death and wants to follow his fathers footsteps in boxing.
Adonis Johnson is the son of the famous boxing champion Apollo Creed, who died in a boxing match in Rocky IV (1985).
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