Tony "Little Duke" Evers is the son of Tony "Duke" Evers, the former trainer of Apollo Creed and Rocky Balboa. He was portrayed by Wood Harris. Tony Jr. appeared in the 2015 film Creed as the owner of the gym Apollo Creed once trained in. He trains Danny Wheeler, and numerous other big names in the sport. Adonis Creed wanted Evers to train him, but he refused.
By 2018 (Creed II) Creed has reached the top of the boxing world, claiming the Heavyweight Championship. He is then challenged by the son of Ivan Drago, Viktor Drago. Creed's trainer, Balboa opts not to train Creed for the fight, causing Creed to return to the Delphi Boxing Academy, the place his father trained. Creed sought training from Little Duke and he agreed to train Adonis. Creed was brutalised in his first encounter with Drago, suffering a broken orbital bone, broken ribs, ruptured lung, and a concussion.
Creed almost shared the same fate as his father. Despite the dominance, Creed won the fight by DQ due to Drago hitting him when he was down, meaning that he kept his title. Balboa returned for the rematch and joined forces with Little Duke. Both of them took Adonis to the desert in order to strengthen his body, so that he could absorb substantial impact repeatedly and be able to withstand Viktor's deadly punches. It worked and the fight went into the tenth round, Viktor had never gone past the fourth and began to fatigue. Viktor was winning on the scorecard but was unable to defend himself due to fatigue and after Creed knocked him down twice, his father, Ivan Drago decided to throw in the towel for his son, giving Adonis the victory.