The Inciting Incident of the Third Quadrant

The turning point, progressin complication bfor the third quadrant is when the fight promoter tells rocky, hey, man, it doesn't matter. We're going to put on the show. This is a show. And that completely shatters rockys belief system. At the beginning of this story he was such a bare mattress with a six pack of french beer in his bed. Now look at the climax of this story and you'll see him actually get genuine advice from another person who cares about him.