Apollo Creed

Rocky Balboa's black friend.

=The Early Years= Apollo was adopted at birth by NASA and was trained to be the ultimate astronaut. He excelled beyond all expectations. It became clear that a space shuttle would not be able to contain his might, so he was unleashed upon the world of professional boxing.

=Professional Career= His professional career was ended after losing his championship to Rocky Balboa.

=Post Career= After Rocky's trainer was killed watching Rocky get beat up, Apollo put aside his anger and became Rocky's black friend and trainer.

After training Rocky, Apollo was killed by a russian boxer / alien hunter. Apollo's death marked both the end of the space program, and the beginning of Rocky's one man war against communism.