Originally posted by FistOfThe North
Rocky 1-5's gonna play all day today on channel 819 MGMHD. Rocky 5 starts @ 12.35 am but ill skip that one maybe. I haven't seen it in years but stiill may catch it to see how bad it was through my grown eyes.I just started watching R.1 now..Can't wait for R.4. @ 10.35 pm.
Originally posted by Davehead
While you're at it, can you check to see how badly Rocky was beaten by Lang at the end of their second fight?
Nah, don't worry, the answer is "a bit".
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=uQG5iQmQM3g
The answer might also be "not even comparable to the fight with Drago"
Originally posted by Davehead
While you're at it, can you check to see how badly Rocky was beaten by Lang at the end of their second fight?
yea, lang got owned by Rock @ the end of the 2nd bout. I don't know what you saw..
in fact rocky was kinda goading or daring lang to hit him in the face real hard over and over.
rocky got him angry, then crazy tired and took him and his jive talk out.
rocky 4's on now. drago just angrily but with a blanck face tore down apollo's life size poster just after that conference
Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
If he is a "machine", then how did Rocky KO him?Remember when Rocky cut Drago? Tony yelled "He's not a machine, he's a man!"
Drago gave it all he had, he couldn't KO Rocky. Lang did so with relative ease.
Rocky's work out routine had become a mockery of what it once was. He hardly took it seriously. He slacked...,a lot. It would be easy for any professional fighter to knock out a champ who is ill-conditioned. Once Rocky trained properly, he dominated Lang. Rocky trained with everything he had to Fight Drago and just barely beat him. Yeah, he also sustained Brain damage dude. It's much easier to knock someone out than it is to cause brain damage. I think that feat overshadows Langs knock out display...,dont you?
Originally posted by Bardock42
I watched both fights again. I think it's really no question. Drago takes it, easily.
Drago was Rocky's hardest fight, when Rocky was still in peak-shape.
It's pretty obvious Lang would go down in 3 or less rounds when facing Drago as he was in part 4.
Edit: From Wiki
Drago:
"Drago's reputation is literally that of a superman; he wields a super punch from 1850 to 2150 psi (the average psi for a boxer is 800psi-1,000psi.) And is seen receiving injections throughout during the movie (presumably anabolic steroids, though this is never explicitly stated; Lundgren would state during an episode of VH1's I Love the '80s that Drago was "definitely a juicer"😉. He is merciless, speaks little, and is a fearsome opponent."
Lang:
"Because Rocky was distracted by Mickey, who has had a heart attack during the match, and was given hand picked competition previously, he was unprepared for Lang, who defeats him in a second round knockout. After, Rocky unable to admit to Mickey that he lost, instead telling his manager that he won. Mickey dies shortly afterward. Apollo Creed then trains Rocky Balboa. In the rematch, Rocky defeats Lang by knockout in round three."
Yeah Clubber was a great boxer but he beat rocky while he was distracted by Mickey, while he was to caught up in the world of a celebrity and before he'd been trained by Apollo. Drago had to contend with a ticked off Rocky in prime condition with Apollo's training and with the 'eye of the tiger'. And he lasted way longer than Clubber and did more damage.