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Article: 'Rocky Balboa' Wins This Round
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- December 20, 2006
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Who asked for this? Another "Rocky" sequel in which we learn,
once again, that the Italian Stallion has too much heart to ever
give up?
But in "Rocky Balboa," the sixth and latest installment, there's
Sylvester Stallone again, sucking down raw eggs and pounding sides
of beef to train for another prime-time bout. His opponent this
time: heavyweight champ and insufferable braggart Mason "The Line"
Dixon (real-life boxer Antonio Tarver), who's got something to
prove. Sportswriters call him a chump who never really fought a
tough contender. No one like that old warhorse, Rocky Balboa.
Old is right.
Stallone, creator and perennial star of what has become a 30-
year franchise, is 60. He ought ...