Clubber Lane runs the gauntlet

Originally posted by Psychotron
So Rocky dominates Lang 2 out of 3 rounds and this is a good feat for Lang. Lol.

Unlike Drago, Lang obviously has a good professional record and beat fellow professionals to become the NO. 1 contender and then champion. Drago on the other hand is 0-1 as a professional which is pretty darn God awful. One beat other professional fighter.. the others great feat was beating a has been who had been retired for 7 years and didn't train for the fight. Wow how impressive.

He has another great feat, and it's lasting 5 times more against Rocky and giving him brain damage.

He didn't give him brain damage alone.. why do you keep saying that? I could easily say Lang gave him brain damage. His fights with LANG AND APOLLO were shown as the doctor was discussing his symptoms and issues. Why do you insist of saying it was Drago when so such thing was ever stated.

Originally posted by Star428
Yep.

Nope

Originally posted by KuRuPT Thanosi
He didn't give him brain damage alone.. why do you keep saying that? I could easily say Lang gave him brain damage. His fights with LANG AND APOLLO were shown as the doctor was discussing his symptoms and issues. Why do you insist of saying it was Drago when so such thing was ever stated.

Because it happened after the Drago fight, the only guy with confirmed on screen super strength. Apollo and Lang played a part, but Drago was the main factor.

Originally posted by Psychotron
Drago was the main factor.

Never stated

Originally posted by juggerman
Never stated

But heavily implied.

Originally posted by Psychotron
But heavily implied.

It was only implied that he got brain damage during the Drago fight, not that the Drago fight was the sole or main cause.

Originally posted by KuRuPT Thanosi
Look guys I don't know what is so hard to grasp about this concept. Rocky went toe to toe with Drago and didn't think twice about it. He had learned the benefit of using speed and quickness to avoid an opponent to strong and powerful for you. If Drago truly was that, he would've employed that strategy. He didn't. Instead he met him head on and took everything Drago had and dished it back. Beating him at a slugfest essentially. He couldn't do the same with Lang and knew it. Thus he changed his whole approach and strategy to fight Lang. This is further proven by Lang seeing to hurt Rocky more with his punches. The simply reality is this... we can talk about a PSI till we're blue in the face.. all that really matters is Lang seemingly hit Rokcy harder and was seemingly too much for Rocky to meet head on, unlike Drago.

Anyway, Lang doesn't clear in either scenario.

The movie clearly shows that the Brian damage is from the accumulation of hits taken from his fights with Apollo, Lang, and Drago.

Anyone saying that it was Drago is being biased towards Drago and supporting one of the many incorrect statements made concerning Drago within this thread.

Let's get back on topic like SM did. Does he clear in either situation?

Here is my comment from the 1st page of this thread "I say with rest he clears without rest he definitely loses somewhere between 4 and 5."

Originally posted by juggerman
It was only implied that he got brain damage during the Drago fight, not that the Drago fight was the sole or main cause.

I don't see Apollo or Lang giving him brain damage tbh.

Originally posted by Psychotron
I don't see Apollo or Lang giving him brain damage tbh.

Why not? Rocky took pretty much all of Apollo's punches to his face and head for 15 rounds. Twice. Probably more considering they sparred. That's enough to give anyone brain damage

Originally posted by Psychotron
I don't see Apollo or Lang giving him brain damage tbh.

Mickey said that the beating he took from Apollo should've killed him.. he didn't even want him fighting again after the first fight because it practically blinded him in one eye. The fact is, he took a much worse beating from Apollo than he did anybody else he fought. The second fight was a horrific one sided beating.

Originally posted by KuRuPT Thanosi
Mickey said that the beating he took from Apollo should've killed him.. he didn't even want him fighting again after the first fight because it practically blinded him in one eye. The fact is, he took a much worse beating from Apollo than he did anybody else he fought. The second fight was a horrific one sided beating.

Stop wanking Apollo so much, he lost to the weakest version of Rocky.

Originally posted by juggerman
Why not? Rocky took pretty much all of Apollo's punches to his face and head for 15 rounds. Twice. Probably more considering they sparred. That's enough to give anyone brain damage

Sure, a normal guy, not Rocky.

Originally posted by Psychotron
Stop wanking Apollo so much, he lost to the weakest version of Rocky.

Sure, a normal guy, not Rocky.

Nobody's wanking anything.. I'm given what the movies give me. Mickey in the Rocky universe is exponentially more of an expert than you or I. He also knows Rocky exponentially better than you or I. HE SAID " The beating you took from Apollo should've killed you" Period end of story. If you watch Rocky 2.. He takes a far far worse beating than he does against Drago or Clubber. Stop being obtuse and admit when you're wrong. Apollo gave Rocky a worse beating than anybody else ever did.

Originally posted by Psychotron
Sure, a normal guy, not Rocky.

Except Apollo was clearly considered when the brain damage was being discussed

Not only that, but in the Rockyverse Apollo is considered the greatest fighter ever and was supposed to be Ali. Yeah, I'd say he's far from normal himself