Yo Adrian 2
by Nicholas Pappagallo Jr
Title
Yo Adrian 2
Artist
Nicholas Pappagallo Jr
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Photograph - Photograph
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Rocky Statue in Philly with motivational quote. Robert "Rocky" Balboa born July 7, 1946,[1] (one day after Sylvester Stallone's actual birth date.[2]) was the only child to a Roman Catholic Italian-American family. During the scene in which Rocky takes Adrianna "Adrian" Pennino skating on Thanksgiving, he tells her, "Yeah – My ol' man who was never the sharpest told me – I weren't born with much brain so I better use my body." This encouraged him to take up boxing. He trained very hard so he could grow up to be like his idol Rocky Marciano. Unable to live on the small pay of club fights, and being unable to find work anywhere else, Rocky got a job as a collector for Tony Gazzo, the local loan shark, just to make ends meet. By late 1975, Rocky had fought in 64 fights, winning 44 (38 KO'S) and losing 20. Rocky was proud that he never had his nose broken in a professional fight (but eventually broke his nose in his first fight against Apollo Creed). His nickname is "The Italian Stallion", spawning from his Italian-American heritage.
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December 26th, 2013
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