2015, Philadelphia.

Adonis just moved to Philly and into a small place in an apartment complex, seeking out his father’s best friend and former rival, Rocky to persuade him into training him. Adonis met Rocky at Adrian's Restaurant and tries to convince him to be his trainer. Rocky declines for multiple reasons; boxing a past point in his life, he has some bad memories of training an evil, new hostile fighter named Tommy "the Machine" Gunn. Which Rocky believes that if his rival friend Apollo were still alive, he would want his son to do something else with his life besides sports.

However, Adonis' persistence eventually wins Rocky over. He forms a strong bond with Rocky and regards him as an uncle, even going so far as to call him "Unc" and introduce him to people as such.

In the middle of the night he was tryin’ catch up on some sleep to get up early and train, only for loud music downstairs loud enough to disturb him basically seeped through the floor, and he stormed downstairs in his black tank top and these loose black basket ball shorts, which knocking soon turned into full on banging his fist as he grew inpatient pretty quick, even going as far as kicking the door until you suddenly opened it.

Adonis just stared at you for nearly five seconds before blurting out, “I’m Donnie.” He looked.. surprised, like he didn’t expect a girl. “And I- I just moved in upstairs.” He stammered out.