The Marvel villain who will be Michael B. Jordan's rival in "Creed 3"

One of the things that has made Rocky’s movies great is the rivals he faced. The better the rival was, the more we suffered and therefore the more we wanted the protagonist to endure all the blows, finally emerging victorious. Apollo Creed, Clubber Lang, Ivan Drago … names and rivals that every fan of the Philadelphia boxer remembers with love and hatred in equal measure. Creed is the son of Rocky’s first rival and a pupil who will not have the mythical coach who gave him the wings to carry his last name with pride in the world of boxing, since the character of Balboa will not appear in the film Creed 3. However, perhaps it is the fight in which Creed needs the most help, as it will be Jonathan Majors who will put him on the ropes in their next confrontation. Jonathan Majors on “Lovecraft Territory” (HBO) Typically, this franchise’s rivals have never been high-profile actors on an acting level. Jonathan Majors, on the other hand, is beginning to be one of those emerging actors that appear in the great sagas and franchises and break all the molds. Relatively recently, we learned that the actor will step into the shoes of the villain Kang the conqueror in Antman and the Wasp: Quantumania. The actor who shone in the HBO series Lovecraft Territory seems that he does not stop making enemies on the big screen and it is now when it seems almost signed that he will be Michael B. Jordan’s rival in Creed 3. The third part of the son’s story Apollo’s Creed will be directed by Jordan himself, with a script by Zach Baylin and Keenan Coogler (brother of Creed’s director) .In the film, in addition to Michael B. Jordan’s rival, both Tessa will be in the cast. Thompson as Phylicia Rashad.The one we won’t see will be Creed’s character, mentor, and teacher, Rocky Balboa. This absence might seem like a mistake at first, since it is the icon of the franchise, but on the contrary it can also be a great opportunity in which to see the new protagonist alone, without the help of his inexhaustible teacher. Jonathan Majors will have to train very hard to stand up to Creed in the ring and out of it and, surely, he will build one of the best antagonists of the saga based on talent and effort.