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450:, set almost five years after Rocky won the championship, Mickey has trained Rocky to a series of ten successful title defenses, before both men decide that it is time for them to retire (Mickey, now living with the Balboas in a mansion outside of Philadelphia, is suffering heart problems by this time, though he keeps this hidden from Rocky). As the announcement of Rocky's retirement is made, the brutal challenger
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Clubber's entourages erupt into a pandemonium
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