Both fighters are in the ring, and we are about to begin. C: In the blue corner, weighing in at two hundred and twenty pounds, the former heavyweight cham- pion of the world, ”The Master of Disaster”, the one and only, Apollo Creed! In the red corner, weighing two hundred and eighteen pounds and with a record of forty-seven wins and thirty-seven knockouts, the undefeated, undisputed, heavy- weight champion of the world, the ”Italian Stal- lion”, Rocky Balboa!