yea I hear ya on that If he didn't do this we wouldn't have Rocky and Rambo
That would be a funny thought but actually not true,he got the part for Rocky because he was too damn stubborn to let anyone use it without him playing the main character,he refused to sell it...
He wrote the script after he saw a Muhammed Ali match against Chuck Wepner,a real bum in the ring but went the distance.This explains why Apollo Creed is so much alike Ali,the arrogance,the style.