Afghanistan have been, to borrow the reference Morocco coach Walid Regrarui used to describe his team, the Rocky Balboa of this World Cup.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket-world-cup/cricket-world-cup-their-semifinal-hopes-all-but-over-revelations-afghanistan-aim-to-bow-out-on-a-high-against-south-africa-9020826/

If that smacks of confidence, so does the fact that Creed III doesn’t even feature Sylvester Stallone as the iconic Italian Stallion, aka Rocky Balboa, despite appearing in the previous two Jordan-starring films.

Source: https://metro.co.uk/2023/03/01/we-go-ringside-with-michael-b-jordan-and-cast-to-talk-about-creed-iii-18362136/

The film is about a blue-collar man, Rocky Balboa, who tries to gain self-respect and love by going the distance with the heavyweight champion of the world, Spider Rico.

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The Rocky Balboa actor has been tapped to return as mountain climber Gabe Walker in an upcoming revamped story of 1993's Renny Harlin-directed action thriller.

Source: https://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00204760.html

This 1976 classic follows the story of Rocky Balboa, a small-time boxer from Philadelphia who gets a shot at the big time when he’s chosen to fight the reigning heavyweight champion, Apollo Creed.

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