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30 November 2006 10:49

Sylvester Stallone Bernard Hopkins and Joe Calzaghe weigh in at Planet Hollywood before their fight for the Ring Magazine Lt

Picture: Sylvester Stallone Bernard Hopkins and Joe Calzaghe weigh in at Planet Hollywood before their fight for the Ring Magazine Lt. Heavyweight championship belt. The fight will take place on the 19th of April 2008 at the Thomas Mack Center in Las Vegas and will be televised on HBO Las Vegas, Nev....

Stallone: 'Rocky Was Based On Jesus'

Hollywood filmmaker SYLVESTER STALLONE created the character of boxer ROCKY BALBOA to reflect JESUS CHRIST. Stallone was an unknown actor when he wrote and starred in the Oscar-winning 1976 movie ROCKY. And he has now revealed the reasoning behind the film's opening shot of a painting of Jesus Christ looking down at Rocky fighting in a gym. The 60-year-old says, "It's like he was being chosen. "If you look to God, you can overcome your past."

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