SKILL vs WILL

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Mason Dixon (ANTONIO TARVER) looks on as Rocky Balboa (SYLVESTER STALLONE) steps out of retirement for one last battle! Written and directed by SYLVESTER STALLONE, the final round of the Academy Award ®-winning Rocky franchise hits theatres Friday, December 22, 2006.
– Craig Zablo

Photo by: John Bramley

2006 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc., Columbia Pictures Industries Inc., and Revolution Studios Distribution Company, LLC

120 Replies to “SKILL vs WILL”

  7. Yet another cool photo. Sly is freakish looking in that photo. Not too many 60 year olds have a sculpted body like that.

    I can’t wait til December 22nd. We still have a ways to go but it is getting closer.

  9. Yea, he does look good, but who is this no name guy with him. Does this movie even sound real. I mean I guess I am just worried that it is gonna be low budget and then in the end I am gonna have this idea of Rocky in my mind not Rocky IV or V. I mean those were great flicks. “Get up you sonofabitch because Micky loves you.” What a line.

  14. “I want to look like that when im 60, baby”

    I want to look like that now. lolz..inspiration the Sly one is!

  17. sorry i had to post again !

    rocky balboa is like a dream coming true

    Seeing these Pics, the Story etc. make me think that it will be a Huge Movie…

    Thank you sly !

    Slysystem

  18. “I’m glad to see the movement has started, if know one minds, I’d like to put my 2 pence worth in…
    I myself am in the UK and also unhappy that we have to wait until February for it’s release. Our brothers and sisters in Germany have got to wait until APRIL (according to IMDB.com)!!!! I dont want to be hearing who wins and all the other ins and outs of the story, then have to wait 2 whole months before seeing it! And I aint spoiling the experience by having some rip-off copy.

    Craig, maybe you can help with you’re web/blog design skills (and your contacts). Can we start an online petition to get Rocky Blaboa the same release date worldwide and then send it to the heads of MGM? The character of Rocky as we all know is a true underdog and by very definition the same is true of Rocky Blaboa (the movie). Maybe the good people at MGM aren’t even expecting much – but I think they will be surprised. There are obviously lots of die-hard fans who will see the film (several times), but I’ve come across a lot of people who’s first responce was to diss the thought of a new Rocky film (because it’s the easy option) – that said, they will be the people who go to see it out of curiousity.
    Lets get Rocky the same worldwide release date, December 22 2006. What a great Christmas present for the world!

    Help us Craig, you maybe our only hope…

    Win, Rocky, win.”

    This guy from the other posting is right, we cant wait until next year for this pic. It’s gonna be awesome! Who’s with me????????!!

  19. OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Sly is incredible!!!!!

    I can’t waaaaaaaaaaait!!!!!!! :@

    SLY!!!SLY!!!SLY!!!

  20. THIS PIC IS THE HEADLINER FOR BALBOA, POST ALL OVER THE NET

    COME ON, SPREAD THE PIC………

    COME ON, LETS DO THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    COME ON……..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    SLY, KEEP INSPIRING US!!!!!

    AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED, THIS IS THE NEAREST TO THE SECOND COMING!!!

  23. Is Adriane in this one? I heard they killed her off?!? I hope not. I was named Adriane after the first Rocky movie, and would feel like a little bit of me died!

  24. Awesome pic!!! Where’s the new trailer that was shown on last night’s The Contender Season Finale???

  29. So where’s this “new” Rocky trailer that was seen on the Contender Finale?

    Has anyone picked it up and put it online yet? YouTube has nothing as it stands.

    Anybody know anything about this?

    I’d love to see it.

  33. The Beefcake Bod!!!
    He’s ENORMOUS!!
    All I can say is WOW!!!
    GO FOR IT, ROCK!!

    (And Jennifer? I envy you!!!!!!)

  39. When Arnold Scharzenehger did Terminator 3 he didn’t use any “modifications” in the “naked scenes” when he comes from the future. And he looked great. It would surprise me if sly did use computers to look this fantastic.

    I just did quit smoking and has just begun to work out, and I wish I could look like that at the age of 22 🙂

  40. Estou aguardando ansioso pela estréia aquí no Brasil! Passei a minha infância e adolescência acompanhando os filmes do Sly e adoro o Rocky… Um grande abraço do Brasil

  42. This is awesome, I can’t wait to see the movie, afterwords you can read my review on my movie review blog.

  43. “Rocky Balboa movie buzz”
    by Brenda Terzian

    For those who wonder ’bout the buzz
    Magic’s revived from what was
    A hot new movie’s soon to be
    I’m talking ’bout the sixth Rocky

    The net’s got the trailer preview
    Has had web hits from most of you
    Because Stallone’s a special man
    He has got many fans

    For ones who don’t know history
    This saga’s quite a victory
    An underdog started it all
    When the bell rang, he didn’t fall

    First there came Rocky one
    Apollo regret what he’d done
    When he gave Rocky a chance
    A real champ took his stance

    It all continued Rocky two
    Balboa knew what to do
    This very special somebody
    Had inspired everybody

    Then there came Rocky three
    Mister T was mighty
    We’ve a champ the viewers sang
    But it wasn’t Clubber Lang

    Sadness came in Rocky four
    Apollo died on the floor
    Drago cause his last strife
    Rocky fought for his life

    Next was then Rocky five
    A newcomer had arrived
    Rocky trained him for his day
    But the end was betrayed

    Now long awaited Rocky six
    A Mason Dixon – Rocky mix
    Though Rocky’s been retired
    Once again he’s inspired

    Not just for a boxing season
    Inner strength is the reason
    The fighting gloves already on
    Sly’s guts pushes in dawn

    ‘Rocky Balboa’, go for it
    Conflict punches, Stallone hits
    Human spirit triumps all
    In obstacles, doesn’t fall

    A great film we know and trust
    A little Rocky’s in all of us
    Motivation the movie gives
    Sly’s Rocky story lives

    And just in case you didn’t know
    There’s also coming a new Rambo
    But that’s another movie time
    And coming soon in my next rhyme
    — by Brenda Terzian

  46. stallone is the man i cant believe how good he looks 4 a 60yr old guy! this guy must have sum determination, hes showin alot of guys up out there, keep up the trainin stallone!!!

  49. QUE GENETICA !! INCREIBLE COMO CONSERVA -Y DE PASO INCREMENTA-SU FISICO.MUY BUENA FOTO COMO SIEMPRE
    SALUDOS Y ABRAZOS,
    RICARDO,A FAN FROM URUGUAY

  50. Sly is in great shape and I can’t wait to see Rocky Balboa. Even the most beautiful super models have their photos touched up a bit. I went back and looked at the first pictures released of the weigh-in. Sly looks tighter, better defined in this one. I would not be suprised if a little tweaking was done. This isn’t critical of Stallone. It’s just a fact that movie making is all about illusion.

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