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“That Pic Certainly Doesn’t Look 2.8%”: Fans in Disbelief of Sylvester Stallone’s Staggering Body Fat for Rocky 3

Published 08/28/2023, 9:21 AM EDT

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Nobody can deny that Sylvester Stallone always gave his 100 percent to all of his roles, be it his iconic characters like Rocky Balboa, John Rambo or Freddy Heflin. But for Rocky 3, even Stallone went too far to attain the best shape of his life for this film. For that reason, he followed a strict diet as he told in his interview with Wall Street Journal. During the shooting of the 1982 movie, Stallone stated that throughout the entire day, he used to consume at least 25 cups of coffee.

Moreover, he added, “My entire breakfast would be maybe two [small] oatmeal cookies made with brown rice and 10 cups of coffee because I wanted to keep my body fat down to 2.8 percent.” He even talked about how his restrictive diet started having an impact on his memory as well. Recently, BoxingKingdom posted about Stallone’s diet on X, and many fans were in disbelief.

Fans cannot believe the 2.8% body fat claim made by Sylvester Stallone

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The majority of the fans questioned the body fat percentage claims made on the post, which was based on Sylvester Stallone’s interview. So mostly, every comment highlighted how dangerous that much low body fat actually is for the human body.

One of the fans stated that it’s not at all possible to achieve this low body fat, and in the picture Stallone hardly looks at 10%.

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Another fan wrote that if his body fat was around 2.8%, then he wouldn’t be alive. Even bodybuilders cannot achieve such a low percentage.

One fan claimed that Stallone is definitely lying. They even stated that he’s quite good at that.

A fan was able to find a middle ground by mentioning that maybe at one point, during filming he reached up to 5% body fat for some time.

But it’s not possible, for anybody, to retain it for a long time.

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An Instagram user went a bit off-topic but wrote about how they feel his best physique truly came out in the next installment, Rocky 4.

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The fans didn’t believe the claims made by ‘Sly’ Stallone about the third film of his ‘Rocky’ franchise. It’s important to note that no fan tried to tone down the hard work Stallone put in to throw more life into Balboa’s character. But the ‘2.8%’ claim was too much to digest for a lot of fans. What are your thoughts about this? Let us know in the comments section.

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Chirag Radhyan

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Chirag Radhyan is a Boxing Writer at EssentiallySports. He has authored over 300 articles and loves to talk about the animosity between athletes, leading up to a fight. His coverage of the off-court drama between Jake Paul and Tommy Fury received widespread appreciation from readers.
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Arijit Saha