Welterweight champion Terence Crawford is the latest athlete to react to the stunning death of Carl Weathers on Feb. 2.
Weathers, 76, had success as an athlete but rose to prominence amongst sports fans as the actor portraying ‘Apollo Creed’ in Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky franchise. According to multiple sources — including Weathers’ manager, Matt Luber — the actor died ‘peacefully’ in his sleep on Thursday, Feb. 1. No cause of death has been publicly released.
Of the many combat sports stars and celebrities worldwide paying tribute to Weathers and Creed, his synonymous character, Crawford posted a message to the late icon on his Instagram story.
Countless other fighters and members of the boxing community have expressed similar heartbreak in response to the news. Weathers was undeniably instrumental to the influence Rocky had on the sport as a whole.
In addition to his role as Apollo Creed, Weathers notably played Colonel Al Dillon in Predator and Combat Carl in Toy Story 4. Most recently, Weathers played the role of Greef Karga in the popular Dixney+ series The Mandalorian.
