AT THE END OF THE DRAGO FIGHT ROCKY FEELS ILL AND HE AND ADRIAN GO AND SEE A DOCTOR, HE COFIRMS THEIR DEEPEST FEAR, ROCKY HAS BRAIN DAMAGE, AND THIS FORCES HIM TO RETIRE NOW FOR DEFINATE.HIS ACCOUNTANT HAS BEEN STEALING MONEY FROM HIM AND THEY NOW HAVE NO MONEY AND SO ARE FORCED TO MOVE BACK TO PHILADELPHIA. ADRAIN GETS HER JOB BACK AT THE PET SHOP TO SUPPORT THEM AS ROCKY CAN'T FIND ANYMORE JOBS. HIS SON ROCKY JR GETS BULLIED AT SCHOOL AND ASKS HIS DAD FOR HELP. ROCKY GOES BACK TO MICKEY'S GYM AND WORKS TRAINING UP POTENTIAL BOXERS WHEN ONE NIGHT HE MEETS A YOUNG ENTHUSISTIC BOXER LIKE HIM, WANTING A SHOT AT THE BIG TIME HE ASKS ROCKY TO TRAIN HIM AND AFTER MUCH PUERSUASION ROCKY FINALLY AGREES AND SPENDS THE NEXT FEW MONTHS TRAINING TOMMY AND DOING EVERYTHING WITH HIM, ALMOST FORGETTING HE HAD A SON WHO IS FORCED TO BE TRAINED TO BOX BY PAULIE. HIS SON AND ADRIAN FEEL PUSHED OUT AND DON'T REALLY TRUST TOMMY.
TOMMY JUST WANTS TO STEEM ON IN AND TRY TO BEAT THE LATEST CHAMPION BUT ROCKY EXPLAINS HE NEEDS MORE PRACTICE OR HE WILL LOOSE AND NOT HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE. ANNOYED BY BEING CALLED ROCKY'S PUPPET HE LEAVES ROCKY ON CHRISTMAS EVE AND GOES TO BE MANAGED BY WASHINGTON DUKE A SPORTS REPRESENTATIVE WHO HAS BEEN TRYING TO CATCH OUT ROCKY SINCE HE BECAME FAMOUS.
ROCKY THEN FALLS BACK TO EARTHWITH A BIG THUMP AND REALISES HIS PRIORITYS AND THAT HE HAD A SON WHO NEEDS A FATHER AND A WIFE WHO NEEDS A HUSBAND. WHEN TOMMY DOES GET A SHOT AT THE TITLE AND WINS HE FEELS ANNOYED AS THE CROWD ARE CHEERING FOR ROCKY NOT HIM AND CRITICS SAY HE IS NOT THE RIGHTFUL CHAMPION AS HE DID NOT WIN THE TITLE OFF ROCKY BALBOA SO DUKE PUERSUADES HIM THAT HE HAS TO CHALLENGE ROCKY TO A MATCH BUT THAT COULD KILL ROCKY AS OF HIS BRAIN DAMAGE. HE GOES TO SEE ROCKY WITH THE PRESS AND TELLS HIM HE WANTS TO FIGHT HIM ANYTIME ANYWHERE BUT DUKE INSISTS 'TOMMY GUNN ONLY FIGHTS IN THE RING' ROCKY FOLLOWS THIS WITH 'MY RINGS OUTSIDE' WITH THE TV CAMERAS THERE THEY START FIGHTING AND IT COMES LIVE ON TELEVISION AND ADRIAN SEES IT AND RUSHES OUT TO SEE A BEATEN UP ROCKY, BUT THEN HE COMES BACK AND BEATS UP TOMMY, THIS GOES ON FOR A WHILE BUT FINALLY ROCKY WINS AND DUKE DISOWNS TOMMY AND CALLS HIM A FAILURE. ROCKY IS STILL AKNOWLEDGED AS THE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD!
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