Creed: The Legacy of Rocky or Creed - Born to Fight is a 2015 American sports drama film directed by Ryan Coogler, written by Coogler and Aaron Covington and produced by Sylvester Stallone. The film stars Michael B. Jordan and Sylvester Stallone and also features Tessa Thompson, Tony Bellew and Graham McTavish. It is the seventh Rocky film and a spin-off of the Rocky film series.
Adonis Johnson (Michael B. Jordan) never met his illustrious father, the former world heavyweight boxing champion, Apollo Creed, who before his birth, died in the ring, facing Soviet Ivan Drago. Adonis goes to Philadelphia to look for the legendary Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone), who besides beating Apollo in the ring, also later became his best friend.