Rocky: Every Final Fight Ranked Worst To Best

9. Rocky Vs. Tommy Gunn (Rocky V)

You know what Rocky didn't need? A gritty street fight fought between a lower-than-low Balboa (Sly Stallone) and his hot-headed former protégé Tommy Gunn (Tommy Robinson) after the latter's temper gets the better of him.

The fight itself is visceral and unruly, a bare-knuckle onslaught that allows Rocky to use to boxing skills to great effect against Gunn's undisciplined swings. But it's not exciting -- like the rest of Rocky V, it's more odd and miserable than anything, so far removed than what came before to be taken seriously.

Some credit should go to Stallone (who, it should be noted, famously hates this film, which has been wiped from the franchise's canon) for trying something new, but this doesn't work. Why anyone thought it would is a mystery to this day.