Rocky 1 was pretty good IMO.
I have always wondered about the fghts in the “Rocky” series. One would think any one of them would have been stopped for the safety of the fighters. There have been a lot of real fights that should have been stopped because one of the contestants couldn’t see out of one or both eyes. The refs let them continue though.
My guess is that they were special event fights and the rules were thrown out the window. Let them fight until they either couldn’t continue or were killed. Still, the fights staged in the series were great. Hard hitting from the get go. Even in real pro bouts, there’s never the amount of violent blows as depicted in Rocky. Raging Bull came close, though.