The first movie in the Creed series follows Adonis "Donnie" Creed, the son of Rocky's late enemy-turned-friend Apollo Creed. Donnie resigns from his job in finance to pursue a professional boxing career but struggles to build his skills and get out from under the shadow (and tragedy) of his late father. To prepare for his upcoming fights, he turns to the one man he knows he can trust: Rocky Balboa.