Comments Thread For: Drago fought wrong fight, is miles above Balboa's skill level

[BostonGuy]

I got Drago by decision in the rematch. Balboa lured into a dog fight and made him fight his fight and as a result got KTFO. Under Stewart's tutelage, I think the strategy would be to utilize Ivan's his tremendous height and reach advantage and also his great conditioning and workrate. Manny would also teach him to tie up Rocky everytime he got inside and in a position to mount his offensive....

[DrewWoodside]

Drago fought in typical European style: Straight up and down, no defense, no special effects. He was an easy target that night. Even the Klits would've clobbered him from pillar to post easily.



Word on the street is he dropped the gloves and picked up a ball and other nasty habits...

I actually have Kirilenko *cough* Drago on my fantasy basketball team. He's the highest paid player on the team and has an open marriage(one way) with his wife.. And he turns in a very modest stat line. Living pretty well.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

plus i heard rocky used loaded gloves

man, Rocky couldn't even afford wraps back then...they used pantyhose and old, faded socks to wrap his ****

[DrewWoodside]

i think that machine was rigged by the commies...rumor has it that without PEDs and special effects, Drago was Malinaggi-like




i hold Creed in the same light as Mason Dixon...cherrypicking hypejobs

What unit of measurement was that machine measuring punches in? Was it PSI? Arum needs to drop the couple thousand dollars and arrange that for Pacquiao, for the 360 cameras. You put a punch measuring machine on CBS Prime, and you've got yourself at least 1.3 million buys. At least.

[Larry the boss]

lmfao maks killing this thread...rotfl

[ИATAS]

well not only that, but it was his first pro fight! Who the hell fights the heavyweight champion of the world in their first fight? I mean the Creed fight was an exhibition match so that didn't count. Yeah Ivan had a great amateur career (100-0) and winning a gold medal, but he never fought as a pro. I feel Balboa took advantage of his inexperience.

If Ivan had a few more fights under his belt, maybe a fight with Clubber Lang and a couple other guys he could have beat, he would have been ready.

[DrewWoodside]

man, Rocky couldn't even afford wraps back then...they used pantyhose and old, faded socks to wrap his ****

Rock was on hard times for a while. You know the FDA raided that meat warehouse after they caught wind of him treating moo cows like heavy bags. That's why Paulie lost his job.. Sad ****-

[M.I.C.]

I always felt the Soviet Union put too much pressure on Drago to be perfect, he could of boxed his way to an easy UD but they wanted a knockout. And I heard his wife Bridget Nielsen was cheating on him with Rocky, sneaking in the snow. And oh yeah, Ivan Dragroid get off those Ariza milkshakes!

[BattlingNelson]

Creed kind of reminded me of Ali with his footwork, quickhands and versatility.. Fact is though in today's HW divison he's very undersized. Clubber was Tyson. It would have been interesting.

Ali took boxing to the mainstream. Creed took it to the next millenium. His entrances makes the klits entrances look like a funeral. The ringwalk to 'Living in America' has only been topped by Abraham in the Smurf costume.

[calihomie818661]

Tommy GUn would humiliate Drago since Balboa Trained him and i forgot the guys name but the Promoter for Tommy Gun wants a piece of Bob Arum since i heard Bob arum wants Tommy Gun on Top Rank true story.