Fictional Biography
Mickey Goldmill was born on 7 April 1905 to a Jewish family, as evidenced by his funeral in Rocky III, which took place in a synagogue. He boxed professionally from 1922 until 1947, but never gained any measure of fame. Goldmill recalled that he once knocked an opponent out of the ring the same day that Luis Firpo did the same to Jack Dempsey 14 September 1923. Goldmill claimed that the reason his victory didn't garner any media attention was that he didn't have a manager, while Dempsey did. He retired in 1947, with a record of 72 Wins, (70 K.O.'s), 1 Loss. Some time after his retirement (in 1948), he opened a boxing gym in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mighty Mick's Boxing, and began to train fighters. While the grave stone in Rocky III states Mickey's date of birth to be April 7, 1905, in the original movie Mickey clearly tells Rocky that he is 76 years old. That takes place at Thanksgiving (November 27, 1976) which would place Mickey's birth year to be 1900.
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