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I do. Without a ranked contender,what this fight needs is a novelty. This is the land of opportunity, right? So, Apollo Creed, on January 1st, gives a local underdog fighteran opportunity. A snow-white underdog, and I'm gonnaput his face on this poster with me. And I'll tell you why. Because I'm sentimental. A lot of other people in this countryare just as sentimental and there's nothing they'd like betterthan to see Apollo Creed give a local Philadelphia boya shot at the greatest title in the world on this country's biggest birthday. Now that's the way I see it and that's the way it's gonna be. Apollo, I like it. It's very American. No, Jergens. It's very smart
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I do
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Without a ranked contender what this fight needs is a novelty
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This is the land of opportunity right
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So Apollo Creed on January 1st
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gives a local underdog fighter an opportunity
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A snow white underdog and I'm gonna put his face on this poster with me
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And I'll tell you why
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Because I'm sentimental
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A lot of other people in this country are just as sentimental
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and there's nothing they'd like better than to see Apollo Creed
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give a local Philadelphia boy a shot at the greatest title in the world
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on this country's biggest birthday
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Now that's the way I see it
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and that's the way it's gonna be
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Apollo I like it
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It's very American
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No Jergens It's very smart
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Movie Summary
A small-time Philadelphia boxer gets a supremely rare chance to fight the world heavyweight champion in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.
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Apollo Creed
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