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Adonis Creed had a rematch with the heavyweight champion Danny Wheeler. While this was their first official fight in their careers, there was an early sparring match back in 2015 when Adonis was then an unknown fighter and his family tree was still unanimous. The battle was for the Heavyweight title and Adonis knocked Wheeler out and won the Championship becoming the second to do so in the Creed household.

Background[]

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Rocky preps Adonis for his fight

By 2017, Adonis won a knockout victory at light-heavyweight before moving up to cruiserweight where he won four consecutive knockouts. He then moved up to heavyweight where he won a title eliminator by knockout, earning himself a shot against the heavyweight champion, Wheeler.

The Fight[]

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Creed knocks out Wheeler and becomes the Heavyweight Champion

The fight seemed to be quite even up until the fourth round where the commentators mention that Creed's youth seems to be outweighing Wheeler. Wheeler lands a huge right hook that stuns Creed but doesn't knock him down. Commentator, Max Kellerman mentions that three years ago that hook would have resulted in a knockout, but Wheeler's power just isn't the same as it used to be. Adonis would land a combination of uppercuts, followed by a right hook, knocking Wheeler down, Wheeler was unable to make the count of 10 and suffered the first loss of his career, losing his WBC Heavyweight Championship. At the end of the fight, Adonis can be seen yelling to Wheeler's trainer, Little Duke and telling him to "Get my keys" referring to the keys for the Mustang.

Aftermath[]

Boxing promoter Buddy Marcelle was dismissive Creed's victory over Wheeler, saying the fight had taken place three years too late, and pressuring him to fight Viktor Drago instead. When a fan urged Creed to take the fight and "shut that dude up", Creed initially assumed it was Wheeler talking trash and calling for a rematch.

Trivia[]

This is the third fight that's held in Las Vegas after The Master of Disaster vs The Siberian Express and The Italian Stallion vs The Line.

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