Porn parodies eventually caught on and made plenry of moolah as stolen intellectual property in subsequent decades. This very early example is poor in all categories, more an ego trip for Buck Adams, who won a ridiculous "Best Actor" industry award in the process.
Yes, Buck makes faces, chews the scenery and provides a scene of lousy fight choreography in this chintzy, poorly photographed knock-off of the Stallone franchise. Title role goes to Jerry Butler playing the champ, goaded into a big fight with Buck, result of which is one big snore.
John Holmes, late in his career, has a hairdo that looks like a comical curly wig, as if going after Harpo Marx, and the main plotline that he is callously exploiting as manager his boy Buck by having doctor Karen Summer shoot him up with steroids is very hard to watch given Holmes' real-life issues.
Patti Rhodes directed and co-wrote (with Buck) the screenplay, using a pseudonym "Pat Roggins" to hide her tracks.
