I haven't seen any Rocky movie but even I know that he has the shit beat out of him in Act 1 making him the underdog,
The point is that ALL of act 1 is dedicated to making the audience think Rocky will lose because
A) he's gotten soft from years of fame and wealth
B) his manager was deliberately picking easier opponents and ducking his opponent
C) his manager also says he's gotten soft meaning this message is reinforced by both show the audience and tell the audience
D) his opponent also recognizes that Rocky is fighting bums and ducking him
E) he treats his training camp like a joke
I'm arguing it was obvious to the audience that Rocky was the underdog because of all of the above
His argument is that anyone inside the world of Rocky would think he was the favourite despite his opponent publicly accusing him of d)
It's in inarguable that it was made obvious to the audience that Rocky would lose. Which is why he's trying to cling to "I was just talking about everyone inside the movie" but D) being a public accusation destroys that claim which is why he has to straw man D)
D) = you're fighting bums and ducking me, but he phrased it as "the challenger saying he's better"
Besides, both d and e are surely obvious to anyone inside the movie with half a brain cell lmao which again destroys his argument
