Originally posted by Robtard
While Lang had shit stamina (gassed by the 3rd, as noted), you think he was KO'd due to his stamina not being able to take punches, instead of his chin (durability in the MVF)? Odd, that
Yes. This was clear from the movie.
First round – Rocky hits did nothing but piss Lang off.
Round Two – Lang simply takes Rocky hits and traps him in a corner.
Round Three – Instead of tiring himself out Rocky decides to do the rope a dope and bait Lang into tiring himself out.
Quotes from Rocky – “I know what I am doing.” “He’s getting tired”.
Quotes from Lang’s Manager – “Stop trying to take him out with one punch.” “Use your head, you’re the champ and let him come to you”. “Wear him out he’s all yours”.
As we know Rocky baited Lang into wearing himself out. Then Rocky punches took effect on a wore out Lang.
This is straight from Ali and Foreman fight. If you ever seem commentary on the fight. Ali was wearing himself out in the heat by throwing so many punches. At this point Foreman also seem impenetrable since Ali hits were not having any effect on him. So Ali decided to let Foreman tire himself out and get weak instead of himself. Note - Ali baited Foreman into tiring himself out by constantly talking to him during the fight telling him "is that all you got" as Rocky did with Lang.