It would be cool to win like Rocky with swollen eyes and blood all over my face from big cuts

LEO ATANG wants to live his very own Rocky story - complete with a Hollywood ending.

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The teenage heavyweight has been earmarked as a champion-in-waiting after just two professional fights.

He and Moses Itauma are tipped to be Gen Zs answer to Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury. But Atang, 18, would rather the pair morph into real-life versions of Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed.

Those rivals-turned-friends had two brutal battles in the movie franchise, with a bruised and battered Balboa winning their rematch by virtue of being the first to climb off the canvas.

And York's Atang has no interest in waltzing his way to a world title - he would rather stick to the script.