Goofs

Right before the main event, the channel that is presenting the fight between Balboa and Dixon throws up some stats for the two fighters on the screen. The headshot they use for Rocky is taken from the upcoming fight that Rocky has not yet fought in.

In the fight between Rocky Balboa and Mason "The Line" Dixon, the bleeding cut under Rocky Balboa's right eye disappears and reappears several times.

When Rocky gives little Marie a ride home, it shows him getting in the van and the van automatically starts, his hand never goes to the ignition to put the key in. Then when he gets out to go talk to the drunk, it shows him turning van off.

When you compare the opening scene in the cemetery and the closing scene in the cemetery Adrian's tombstone has moved to a different location.

A gold chain around Marie's neck appears and disappears several times during a long exchange between herself and Rocky outside of her row house.

When Rocky applied for a boxing license in Rocky V (1990), he was denied, as the doctors stated he had irreversible brain damage. In this movie, according to the licensing board, Rocky passed all of his medical exams with "flying colors." They cannot both be correct at the same time. However, Sylvester Stallone has addressed this in interviews, stating that the standards of acceptable health for boxing could have changed over time - and Rocky IS completely fit by modern standards. Additionally, he never got a second opinion and yielded to Adrian's advice to quit to protect his health.

After the pre-fight prayer with Spider Rico, Rocky calls Spider Rico 'Pedro'. Spider Rico is played by Pedro Lovell. "Spider" is clearly a nickname, so it is possible the character's name is Pedro "Spider" Rico. As Tony Burton plays a character named Tony "Duke" Evers, and many other actors in the Rocky movies use their given names as their character names, this is not outside the realm of possibility.

During the scene when Steps is looking over Rocky's collection of championships and photos, it has title belts on the wall that Rocky never actually won in his career. However, 16 years have passed between Rocky V (1990) and this film (in which we don't see the events), and it is entirely possible that, in the time between films, Rocky managed additional fighters and THEY won the awards in question.

In the montage for Mason before the fight, you can see "Tarver" on his trunks in at least one of the clips. Antonio Tarver is the name of the boxer who played Mason.

Paulie and Rocky watch a story about the 'computer fight' at Rocky's restaurant. The show is ESPN's 'COLD PIZZA', a morning show. Yet the scene takes place at night, when the show wouldn't be on.

When Rocky, Jr.'s boss meets Rocky, his mouth doesn't match what he's saying in one shot.

The shadow of a microphone is visible on Rocky's red T-shirt when goes outside from restaurant talk to Rocky Jr.

When Rocky Fights Dixon it shows his record as 57-23-1. He was 44-20 going into his first match with Apollo. He lost to Apollo, then beat him, then had 10 title defense victories. His record at that point was 55-21. After splitting with Clubber Lang he was 56-22. One more fight against Drago makes 57-22. The draw could have been the fight with Thunderlips in Rocky III, but where did the additional defeat come from?

In the back of Rocky's restaurant (Adrian's) is the painting shown of the image shown of Rocky and Apollo fighting that was shown at the end of Rocky III. However that, according to the story was just between the two of them, so there would've been no one there to take that picture and turn it into a painting.

When Rocky is training at the end and is punching the air with his fists, you can hear someone say 'Go Rambo'.

At the conclusion, in the first round of the main event, the announcer states Rocky lands 9 of 13 punches, but he clearly throws more, roughly 30 punches thrown and he lands roughly 25.

At the press conference Paulie's last name is shown as Panina. Paulie's last name is Pennino not Panina.

When Rocky is reminiscing to Paulie about his first date with Adrian at the ice skating rink, Rocky commented that he wasn't too good on the blades, but on that date, Rocky wasn't wearing ice skating blades.

Paulie refers to the watch that Rocky gave him, which was the watch that Paulie threw down and kicked away in Rocky III and never picked back up.