Burton was a long-time friend of Sylvester Stallone and Carl Weathers, who played Apollo Creed in the franchise.
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Stars you may not know passed awayought his last round after a long battle with pneumonia. The world knew Tony Burton best as Duke, the hard-ass boxing trainer in the Rocky series. He had a supporting role in six total Rocky films, most recently the 2006 sequel, Rocky Balboa. <span>Burton was a long-time friend of Sylvester Stallone and Carl Weathers, who played Apollo Creed in the franchise.
It should come as no surprise that the man who trained both Creed and Rocky on film was a boxer himself in his early years. He was a two-time light-heavyweight champion before he reti Summary
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