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They tried to say a big reason he was an underdog was because Creed was washed up (Stephen A. Smith said as much on his show). Of course Damien was older than him by a year or two I think, though he wouldn't have the years of fight injuries that Adonis had.
Frankly going 12 rounds with Adonis and knocking him down was more impressive than beating Felix since he got away with all those dirty moves in the Felix fight.
still tho. No one would have a boxer with creeds resume and pedigree as an underdog vs an older fighter with one fight under his belt. I know they tried but that was a reach imo. I also thought Creed’s convo with Vanessa after Ma Dukes died was a reach too in terms of how they were speaking on Damien. They were like “he said he’s coming for everything and I’m the only one who can stop him”. To me, I’m thinking uhh wtf is Damien gonna do or capable of doing that’s gonna effect creed in any way right now other than just shyt talk? I didn’t see what Creed was stopping Damien from doing that would’ve hurt him or his enterprises. That’s probably my biggest issue with this movie