Hogan died Thursday, July 24, at age 71 after suffering cardiac arrest at his home in Clearwater, Florida.

Sylvester Stallone is remembering his friend and Rocky III costar Hulk Hogan. He and Stallone met while filming the 1982 boxing hit at a time when Hogan was still making a name for himself. But Stallone’s relationship with the wrestling icon went beyond the Rocky movies. Stallone said he saw Hogan just days prior, and he was able to meet the actor’s daughters. Stallone shares Sophia, 28, Sistine, 27, and Scarlet, 23, with wife Jennifer Flavin, whom he married in 1997. (He also has two sons with ex-wife Sasha Czack: Sage, who died in 2012 at age 36, and Seargeoh, 46).