What is the name of the boxing promoter in Creed II?

Buddy Marcelle is the boxing promoter in Creed II. Played by Russell Hornsby, Marcelle helps arrange the professional match between Adonis Creed and Viktor Drago, turning the Drago family’s challenge into a major boxing event.

Marcelle operates on the business side of the sport, connecting fighters, publicity, and the financial machinery surrounding a high-profile bout. His role helps move the story from a personal confrontation—Viktor is the son of the man who killed Apollo Creed—to an officially promoted championship contest.

The character is easy to confuse with figures from earlier Rocky films. Duke Evers, played by Tony Burton, was Apollo Creed’s trainer and later Rocky Balboa’s trainer; he is not the promoter in Creed II. George Washington Duke is a manipulative promoter from Rocky V, while Tony Evers is not the name of a principal promoter in Creed II.

Marcelle’s appearance also reflects the Creed films’ broader emphasis on modern professional boxing, where a fighter’s career depends not only on training but also on negotiations, matchmaking, promotion, and public attention.