Re: Clubber Lang vs. Apollo Creed
Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
I think this would be one fvck of a fight that Apollo would win. thoughts?
I agree as well.You got to remember that each time Creed and Rocky faught each other,the one who won, just barely beat the other both times.They took each other down to the wire,so that being the case,I gotta go with Creed as well.
Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
Apollo was older and didnt train, man. if Apollo had trained hard for the Drago fight, he'd have won.
come one now lets not bring that crapfest rocky 4 into the picture.even with all that training in the world neither appollo or rocky could have beaten him.it would take someone like spiderman or Ironman to beat that guy,he was a superhuman.Evander Holyfield himself confirmed what I knew for years that no human being could have taken that kind of punishment from Drago that Rocky took and have lived through it.Rocky would have died immediately as well like Creed did.watch Rocky 3 again sometime,watch the part where Creeds trainer says when watching the first fight between rocky and Clubber,where he says to Creed-we got to put him away early,i figure with Clubbers strength and punch he has,Rocky can last about 4 or 5 rounds with him,6 at the most.we got to put him away early.Which Rocky did.Remember he knew rocky couldnt last more than 6 rounds or so with Lang,no possible way in hell would either have them lasted more than that long with Drago either.so lets not bring that crapfest Rocky 4 into the picture here.Lets just stick with the first 3 films since its about Lang Vs Creed.
all the more reason why that movie is so horrible and stallone should be shot for making that film and why it shouldnt even be discussed on this thread.He was slower,older,and he obviously wasnt capable of lasting more than 6 rounds at the most with Clubber, yet were suppose to somehow believe that he could last "15" rounds with Drago who hit MUCH harder than Lang? what drugs was stallone on when making that movie?
the one other thing i want to say not only is is totally moronic for anyone to believe that rocky could have lasted 15 rounds in the ring with Drago when he was totally incapable of lasting more than 5 or 6 rounds with Lang in the ring especially since he had been in retirement for so long,Rocky for sure would have been killed in real life because during filming,Lungren accidently punched stallone in the shoulder and his shoulder was dislocated for several weeks after that.Stallone is obviously not a professional fighter but he had the build and body of one so if he couldnt even take a hit from Lungren who in REAL LIFE ISNT a superhuman unlike his character was who hit 10 times harder than an average man,thats just ignorant for anyone to think Rocky wouldnt have died early on as well in real life.plus again evander holyfied said the same thing that he would never have lived through that fight.
All THAT being said,I agree based on what happened in the movies.If MOVIE Rocky was able to last 15 rounds at an older age and stay alive in the ring with Drago,then in his prime,if Creed had fought Drago during the times he fought Rocky,he would have easily have been able to beat Drago.That being said,Creed would wipe the floor with Clubber Lang easily also.like you said,he taught rocky how to beat him.
so Creed would easily have beat Lang.
Both have a win over Rocky.. But Clubber is the only man to get a KO win on Rocky in the series of movies.. Yeah, there was a psychological plot device, but still..
Creed, on the other hand, should have won on points. He was more than fast enough to keep him at arms length, but was obsessed about knocking him out, so in a sense Creed beat Creed. He played up to Rocky's strengths, trying to outpunch him instead of outbox him.
The same applies to Clubber.. I'm not sure Apollo can knock him out, but he can certainly outbox him. I'd say Creed can land a KO like Rocky did once Clubber Lang tires, or failing that can certainly win on points.