Delphi Punches Above Its Weight Class in Rocky and Creed Spin-Off Series
Rocky once stepped into a run-down gym and changed movie history forever. Now that same world is punching its way onto the small screen with a brand new television series. Prime Video just ordered a drama called Delphi, which takes place inside that famous fictional Los Angeles boxing gym where both Apollo and Adonis Creed learned to throw hands. Have you ever watched a boxing movie and wished you could live inside that sweaty, chalky, hopeful gym for an entire season? Well, someone at Amazon clearly had the same wish.
Rocky’s Old Gym Gets New Gloves
The streamer made the announcement during its big upfront presentation in May 2025, with Variety reporting the show will follow young boxers training at the Delphi Boxing Academy. No premiere date exists yet, and Prime Video has not named a main cast. That leaves plenty of room for speculation, which is half the fun anyway. Delphi does not have a release window, so fans will need to practice patience along with their jabs. Does waiting for a show about boxing feel like training for a title fight? Sort of, except with less sweating.
The creative team behind this project brings serious muscle. Michael B. Jordan, the actor who played Adonis Creed across all three feature films, steps in as executive producer through his Outlier Society banner. He brings Liz Raposo along for the ride. Marco Ramírez, a television veteran known for Netflix’s “Daredevil” and “The Defenders,” takes on the role of showrunner and executive producer.
That choice suggests Delphi will understand how to balance action, drama, and characters who bleed both literally and emotionally. The Winkler family also joins the party, with Irwin, David, and Charles Winkler executive producing through Winkler Films, the longtime producing entity behind the Rocky and Creed movies. No one understands this world better than they do
Two Years Of Executive Shadowboxing
Delphi did not appear out of thin air. According to Deadline, conversations between Jordan’s Outlier Society and Amazon about building a Creed television universe started roughly two years before the series order. That is a long time to shadowbox with studio executives. Outlier Society already holds a first-look film deal and an overall television deal with Amazon MGM Studios. A potential Creed-related anime project has also floated around in discussions, but that one remains separate from Delphi. Two different shows for one boxing universe sounds greedy in the best possible way.
Now for the actual premise. Delphi takes place at the Delphi Boxing Academy, which the franchise canon has already established as a Los Angeles gym founded by Tony Evers, better known as Duke. His son, Tony Little Duke Evers, later runs the place. The gym has appeared in both the Rocky films and the Creed trilogy, making it a holy site for fans of the franchise. Plot specifics beyond the gym setting remain a secret for now. What kind of fighters walk through those doors? What personal demons do they bring with them? Does the show follow one champion or an ensemble of hopefuls? No one knows yet, and that mystery keeps things interesting.
Amazon Mines Its MGM Catalog
Speaking at the upfront presentation, Jordan said the series stays true to what the Rocky and Creed franchise is all about. Hard work, determination, and fighting for something bigger than yourself form the core of the mission. He added that the show would introduce new fighters that will walk into the Delphi. Think about movies like “The Fighter” or “Million Dollar Baby” but stretched across multiple episodes with a deeper dive into each character’s life outside the ring. There is a lot of potential there.
Delphi fits into a bigger strategy for Amazon MGM. After acquiring MGM in 2022, the studio started mining its catalog for streaming series. This show becomes part of that plan, giving Prime Video subscribers something fresh while still feeling familiar. The Creed films themselves have already grossed more than six hundred sixty million dollars worldwide across three releases in 2015, 2018, and 2023. A fourth Creed feature is in development right now. That means the franchise shows no signs of slowing down, and Delphi arrives as a companion piece rather than a replacement.
Keep Your Hands Up, Eyes Open
The folks behind Delphi understand that a boxing gym is more than four walls and a ring. It is a pressure cooker for human drama, a place where egos clash, friendships form, and bodies break. Every fighter carries a story, and every story deserves screen time. A television series can explore those narratives in ways a two-hour movie never could.
What happens during the months between big fights? Who sweeps the floors and tapes the gloves? Those details build a world worth visiting again and again. So here is the final picture. Delphi lands at Prime Video as the first live-action series extension of the Creed universe. Michael B. Jordan executive produces alongside Marco Ramírez as showrunner, with the Winkler family holding down the legacy end.
No cast, no release date, and no plot specifics yet, but the gym itself serves as the main character. The series will stream globally on Prime Video whenever it finally debuts. Until then, fans can rewatch the Rocky and Creed movies, study those training montages, and imagine which fresh faces might walk into the Delphi gym next. Keep your hands up and your eyes open. Something good is coming.
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