Strangely enough, maybe the least compelling element of director-star Michael B. Jordan’s well-paced and sure-to-be crowd-pleasing “Creed III” is the boxing.
Granted, the major fight sequences are well-staged, suitably brutal and creatively filmed bouts. But this is the third “Creed” movie and the ninth overall in the franchise, and we’ve seen more than 20 major fights altogether, making it nearly impossible for the boxing sequences to deliver anything new. (Though director Jordan certainly tries to do something different in the final bout, and we’ll touch more on that in a bit.)
