Every Fight In The Rocky Series Ranked From Worst To Best

A dignified contest which saw the series embrace realism for the first time, an aged Balboa versus Mason Dixon was the showpiece Rocky's comeback warranted.

Keeping us invested right up to the final bell, authentic choreography complemented Rocky Balboa's emotive backstory of a man recapturing his former glory.

Of course, we had to suspend our disbelief when faced with the prospect of a pensioner taking on a world champion in his prime, but at least the movie didn't descent into fantasy by having Rocky win... except in that deleted scene.