Creed

Creed is Ryan Coogler's, the director of Black Panther second film ever directed. This film entails the uprising of Adonis Creed, the son of the Rocky Films series side character, Apollo Creed. Adonis is trying to become a professional boxer like his father Apollo was, but does not want to use the Creed name as a way to get famous and have his career circle around that. Creed shows that he is a legitimate threat to the Professional Boxing League, however can never really land a fight against a good opponent. After meeting a woman who lives in the same apartment complex and having thoughtful and dramatic discussions, Adonis is convinced he should ask his dad's old friend, Rocky, to be his trainer.

Rocky takes him to all of the same old gyms in Philly that he trained in. The owner of the gym claimed that Adonis could find a worthy opponent right there in his gym, the owner's son. The owner is a bit jealous that Rocky decided to train Adonis, since Rocky has been refusing to train the owner's son for years. The owner comes to find out that Adonis is the son of Apollo, and spills it to the entire world that another Creed is entering the boxing world. The event becomes televised, and gathers more attention from the boxing world. Adonis ends up winning the fight, and the current Light Heavyweight Champion challenges him to fight six months from then in order to have a chance at the title belt. 

A couple months before the fight, Rocky finds out he has cancer, the same cancer that killed his wife Adrian many years before. Rocky tries to hide it from Adonis, but Adonis eventually ends up finding out. Rocky does not elect to start treatment at first, but Adonis convinces him to get the life-saving help he needs. The two become like family and Rocky plays the father figure that Adonis never had. Adonis finally gets to fight the champion, and the first few rounds are him getting absolutely crushed. Rocky wants to stop the fight at one point, but Adonis convinces him not to. Adonis ends up landing a huge punch on the champion and knocks him down, though he is able to stand back up and the fight ends. Adonis ends up losing the split decision, but makes a name for himself in the boxing world and establishes himself as a very good boxer, just like his dad was.