The one-time champ, Rocky Balboa, returns home from his latest triumph to find that all his money has been lost by an unscrupulous financial advisor. He winds up in his old Philadelphia neighborhood broke and ostracized. He trains a young boxer, Tommy Gunn, who rises to national prominence only to turn on Rocky, publicly taunting him. In spite of brain damage from his last fight with super-Soviet Ivan Drago, Rocky is willing to risk everything on another bout, and regain his son’s respect.