Apollo Creed vs Ivan Drago full fight | Rocky IV |

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[@toddw14]

Apollo is the prime example of the saying "ego is what gets you into trouble & pride keeps you there."

[@teanmace]

Vegeta in a nutshell.

[@moondawwg]

Jesus I was just about to comment that@@teanmace

[@THEREALLORDJ]

🥱

[@latinadavis3691]

It's funny cause I am very much like Apollo, so I understand where the character is coming from 100 percent

[@vincentlion9337]

⁸uiþŵþrôîblàñþ 3:17 ​@@teanmace

[@ihatefacebook31184]

Mr. Weathers... the world without you will NEVER be the same. Thanks for the iconic memories. You may be gone, but will NOT be forgotten and your legacy in our hearts will live on. Rest easy, brother 🥊💪💜🙏🇺🇲

[@ISP012]

Totally agree.

[@THEREALLORDJ]

👏🏾

[@kevinobrien9626]

I wish Stallone had tapped into some of this during the funeral: "He gave me my career ... when I lost it, he got it back for me ..." all sentiments he could have expressed about the character of Creed that would have really enhanced that scene. A decent director might have coaxed the performance out of him. Kidding.

[@CharlieBitMyNose]

"You will lose" is so mecanical. Adds to the machine like appearence of Drago. Stone cold. Nothing will ever compete with movies of the 80's ❤

[@diegomo1413]

80s movies suck compared to movies of today

[@bifftannen1598]

right on. If Arnold wasn't used as the Terminator, then Dolph would've been a great 2nd choice. He was taller than Arnold too

[@sholdrodcrit]

​@@diegomo1413movies of today are cashgrabs

[@Jeff-sp7bg]

There are movies of today lol. Cartoons? Superheroes confused about what's between their legs? Lol

[@Dennis_Reynolds]

Except the movies of the 90’s

[@bond1_mjblosser]

Duke screaming "What's the matter with you guys, what are you guys doing?! This is supposed to be an exhibition, an EXHIBITION!" It comes across so raw and emotional, that part always stuck with me.

[@J_Rossi]

To me that reinforces Duke's want to protect Apollo the way a father would look after his son. ("Apollo was like my son. I raised him.")

[@ped_]

@@J_Rossi εάν ψάχνεις για τον σωσία του, υπάρχει και είναι στην Αθήνα. θα ήταν ωραίο να τον ξαναδούμε σε κάποια ταινία ως δίδυμο αδελφό του, εκτός κιαν έχει δίδυμο αδελφό........

[@kevinobrien9626]

Yeah, he should have punched less hard and gone easier. Oh, wait, they were there to exhibit his ability.

[@bond1_mjblosser]

@@kevinobrien9626 That's EXACTLY what he should have done. Obviously it's just a movie, but there would be no reason to be that agressive in an exhibition fight. There are no judges, and usually no declared winner. He would reserve that kind of punching for a professional bout.

[@kevinobrien9626]

@@bond1_mjblosser A guy who dissed him and said he'd flatten him with ease? I don't blame the other side for bringing it. Again, you 'exhibit' how hard you can hit by 'exhibiting' it.

[@Aetlaify]

Rest in peace Mr. Weathers. That clip alone brought so many memories which are full of your majesty and glory. God bless your gentle soul good ser.

[@bighand1530]

He will be missed

[@Aetlaify]

@@bighand1530 dearly indeed pal

[@ChilesRussellTaylor]

R.I.P. Carl Weathers, Sylvia Meals, And Tony Burton!

[@jrviade85]

Sylvia Lunches, I mean Meals

[@joscar062]

RIP Burt Young

[@latinadavis3691]

And Burt Young

[@ghostrdr]

This is the first time I heard Apollo say “no” twice when Rocky was about to throw the towel.

[@YChromosome99]

I didn't catch it at first neither.

[@certinho76]

My GOD!!! This hits so differently now!! 😢 Even more now than when I was a kid in the 80s. We loved Apollo Creed and we loved the man who played him even more, Mr. Carl Weathers! We all will miss you and you will never be forgotten.

[@richsuga]

I don't think Stallone should have had Apollo Creed easily destroyed like this. The plot would have worked just as well if it were a later-round uppercut to the honker that finished him off after he had inflicted at least minor damage on Drago. It's too lopsided, and doesn't really make any sense, since Apollo and Rocky are supposedly equal as boxers. I think it disrespects the character.

[@Longlostpuss]

Black dudes always get humiliated and disrespected in Hollywood movies, they always have to try and make them look weak. As Eddie Murphy suggested in Raw, people in real life are probably smarter than to think everyone can be Rocky and take out an Apollo the way he did in the movie and illustrated it in spectacularly hilarious fashion how the real life fight would go.

[@mohamedabdelfatah9120]

Apollo was not well prepared for this fight, he was not in shape.

[@adamtajyar]

@@mohamedabdelfatah9120he was in fantastic shape. Just didn’t train properly for this fight, didn’t take it seriously and was much older and not in his prime.

[@franciscopuentes6049]

Yeah baby

[@sidtay8083]

u only care about apollo because of the up to date movies, during that time pollo was jus another character

[@popp7223]

This was not a Fight, this was an execution

[@AlesMicik]

Oh so that's what they understood when he said it's an exhibition

[@recieve.believe3344]

No sh*t!!!

[@popp7223]

@@recieve.believe3344 the "vs" in the title supposes this is a battle. But this is definitely not.

[@THEREALLORDJ]

🙄

[@MikeyAdzy]

1:47 ... That sound effect when Drago nails his first punch and the commentators reaction is 👌👌👌

[@THEREALLORDJ]

🙄

[@user-ww3rb6el7z]

@DRAGO😊😊😊

[@THEREALLORDJ]

@@user-ww3rb6el7z 🤡

[@millsshumps1968]

Remember seeing this at the theater and thinking how genuinely scared I was for Apollo after the 1st round, especially seeing how his wife reacted to him. You just felt that something bad was gonna happen. RIP Carl Weathers

[@woollywoolwoolz]

Apollo’s body twitching always gets me… 😢

[@davidalonzojr8617]

That part used to give me chills.

[@kevinobrien9626]

It 'got' the crew as well. Carl Weathers improvised the move, and had people checking up on him: "Mr Weathers... you ARE ok, right ...?" He winked at 'em.

[@hectorlopez1069]

Thank god, carl weathers was picked to do Apollo Creed. He did very good to do the role. Rest in peace Carl weathers.

[@mc988ft.myersislands5]

I would have danced my behind right out of that ring after he said "You will lose"

[@user-bw2px1ml6g]

The look he gave his wife after the first round! He knew 😢

[@TheMichiganFisherman]

Yup. He knew when he told Rocky, “No matter what.”…twice.

[@trapdagoat8669]

She knew

[@verticom56]

el queria morir, era una fomra de suicidarse, se sentia vacio, tipico caso de deportista que no sabe que hacer con su vida cuando todo acaba

[@dibilizm2]

Наш красавчик🥰 В детстве когда смотрел болел за нашего Ивана💪

[@carlitos4007]

But in the real life. Drago is not russian.

[@user-sx2xk6tr1u]

Да, он швед

[@Robbayernm]

@@carlitos4007Dulph Lundren, swedish

[@369284ab]

I'm pretty sure just throwing in the towel wasn't going to stop Drago. Rocky kept beating himself up because of that, even to this day

[@Soviet_Soldier45]

Ага, даже несмотря на то, что фильм пытался преподнести нам его как бесчестного бойца

[@kasA430]

By the way…At the expo event in Chicago. I’ve met Carl Weathers before he passed… I have a picture of him and Rocky next to each other. I haven’t framed it yet. I shook his hand and asked him; “when are they having the ‘Rocky’ anniversary party? He responded; “young brother, they never tell me anything” I’ve responded; “well , thank you for all of the memories. You’ll do great in ‘star wars’. Take care.” RIP Carl Weathers Now all I gotta do, is meet Rocky, Ivan and Adrian. It’s sad that most of the cast, are gone. Be grateful for life. “There is no tomorrow” - A.C.

[@bighand1530]

This is quite the story. And James 4:13-14 comes to mind reading your last comment

[@kalimstar]

The most emotional part for me is when he looked back at his wife , and the tears was welling in her eyes. It was like he wanted to look at her one last time and she knew it was about to get bad for him

[@Camel-from-Arabia]

That's the Apollo biggest problem - his pride. He cant be live with such shaming loose against Drago.

[@Jeff-sp7bg]

Yep they both knew that was the last time they would see each other.

[@michaelborden363]

God, I forgot how traumatizing this was to me when I was a kid. Rest in Peace Carl Weathers, we are all missing you.

[@elian8466]

Sylvia Meals was such a great actress. RIP angel...

[@ChilesRussellTaylor]

Let’s not forget Carl Weathers and Tony Burton!

[@jrviade85]

Sylvia Lunches! I mean Meals

[@joscar062]

Burt Young as well

[@user-pe9kj4sm5k]

The ref was supposed to stop the fight after apolo creed fail to fight back with so many punches on the face,thats is the rule in boxing

[@jacks0n1991]

In the Rocky universe, boxers block punches with their heads.

[@user-pe9kj4sm5k]

@@jacks0n1991 I get it now

[@F5_cena]

UFC rules lol not boxing

[@Whoopdido777]

Have you ever seen a Rocky movie before? He would have gone 0-81

[@TheThreeScoots]

He actually attempted to separate Drago and Apollo but Drago threw him out of the way

[@rileyowen7245]

Appolo trained like a boxer Drago trained like a monster 💀

[@jhutfre4855]

Had no idea as a kid that this fight lasted only !!!5 MIN!!!

[@markprescott6477]

I think this cut is from the Rocky IV that Stallone re-released a few years ago, that made this fight a little longer and had Apollo do better. Still wish the character had never been killed off though.

[@shschesschamp]

Rocky kept that promise just like Apollo asked. He really wanted to stop that fight too!

[@Batman-yp3tb]

I love the Rocky movies but I mean cmon. How does it go from the Ref trying to stop the fight to being shoved by Drago and then he just sits there watching Appollo getting murdered LOL.

[@Despond]

0:08 When I am about to have a game in Street Fighter with my friend.

[@GiannisAmanatidis-gg3pb]

😢😢RIP APOLLO

[@RuiLuz]

RIP The Count of Montefisto.

[@ejlgamer6154]

creeds last words: “dont stop this fight.” creeds last sounds “HU AH OH FIGHT MY UH AH”

[@Snowman1TTVSlasherGod]

Dat first punch 🥺🥺🥺🥺😢🫣

[@usergoo350]

Love the fighting 😅

[@deadpoolgaming8161]

*Moral of the story : If you know that you are going to lose, just jump too much and dance in the ring 😂😂😂😂😂😂 it will make you look like that you are not a novice* 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂to 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@staxmantim]

It actually totally respected the character (former fighter & also friend and the new Micky for Rocky) by raising the stakes for the rest of the film

[@pauljackson9716]

This is pretty silly. Appollo's original trainer screaming, "throw in the towel!" He would have thrown Rocky in the ring with the towel or jumped in the ring to protect his fighter.😅

[@lucasdamotta2931]

Its silly even to think there would be 2nd round.

[@Jeff-sp7bg]

It's a movie cmon guys

[@KlausMikaelson-zj5mt]

This fight would have been over the minute ivan drago did not stop after the bell😂😂 its a clean DQ in real life

[@mithunyou]

I am in my mid-40's now , still get emotional

[@clutchsolo]

"YOU WILL LOSE" 😂😂😂

[@declangaming24]

If Rocky throwed the towel in that would of saved creed

[@joydipsaha727]

The final eye contact between duo's like- you r next & from Rocky 'end get ready for the payback Drago. 🤜💥🤛

[@Nicosshalagalanis]

Haha the way Drago stretching the nack and just waiting to kill him 😂

[@THEREALLORDJ]

🙄

[@sinerntous6433]

Michael B Jordan must hate watching this scene.

[@gentlemanJames777]

Carl weathers did the best imatation of ali put on film 100000000x better than will smith

[@rodrigoalexander1975]

Classic scene! Apollo the best!

[@Zurround]

The most intimidating moment in the entire franchise from 1976 to the very disappointing Creed 3 was when Ivan's arms did not move at all when Apollo hit his fists. In real life that is almost impossible as the person going DOWN on the fists has gravity, leverage, and momentum all on their side so the ONLY way that could happen is if you absolutely TOTALED them in strength. In real life Mike Tyson's hands would go down some (maybe not all the way though) if I was the one hitting them. If Apollo had had any brains, and his brain was destroyed by round 2 so at the start of round 1 he still had a brain, at least technically he would have surrendered the fight RIGHT THEN.

[@THEREALLORDJ]

🙄

[@moondawwg]

Apollo camouflages on the background and he still lost.

[@THEREALLORDJ]

🙄

[@georgeferreirasantos]

Não tem outra igual melhor filme de boxing da história.

[@KHAOE1]

0:10 it was at this moment Apollo knew...he ****** up.

[@THEREALLORDJ]

🙄

[@FallouFitness_NattyEdition]

I always find it funny that everyone makes Apollo out to be like he's out of shape. Creed looked like he could still be champion with his physique.

[@user-sx9ke4vp3v]

R.I.P

[@paulharper4196]

"Well done drago, you just killed a golf legend. You know what I'm gonna do, I'm gonna dedicate my victory to chubbs' memory"

[@timothysowers685]

That Last Hit On Creed By Drago Was EPIC

[@THEREALLORDJ]

🙄

[@bighand1530]

R.I.P. Carl Weathers

[@niceguy1774]

It's great and I 100% understand why they cut it this way, and had Drago be so dominant. It works. The pacing is perfect. The violence is perfect. It's sudden and confusing, but ends with definitive tragedy. No need for more jabs or rounds. This made Drago the threat.

[@user-md4sc6lw3n]

Светлая память Карлу!

[@MrJerkkeri]

And they never talked about why he didn't threw the damn towel.

[@lilPopper]

😢Mary-Anne

[@rayngryphon6793]

There is no way that of a referee. Whatever allow a fighter to be. Just punched in the face over and over again in the first round. The fight would have been stopped right away

[@TheVic18t]

And yet people have died in boxing and I've seen worse non-stoppages in real life.

[@Jeff-sp7bg]

It was the 80s.

[@kevinobrien9626]

Then Rocky would have out in the first film:

[@rghall57]

Never underestimate your opponent.

[@xesr8469]

War began. Rip Carl

[@marcomarco460]

After Apollo fell, he changed position of the arms 3 times

[@kactusJacko]

Good catch

[@patrickorourke41]

I tell you one thing. There is no way in hell Creed would have kept fighting in real life. If that was a real boxing match, the referee would’ve consulted with a ringside physician, and the physician would’ve deemed that Creed had suffered too much damage, and the fight would’ve been called at that point.

[@ks_1762]

For sure but I guess given it's Hollywood everything needs to be overly exaggerated at the cost of being realistic lol. If there was any way to try and justify it though, then maybe the rules for stopping fights were not as strict back when this film was made. I mean even the real fights throughout history would have been stopped way earlier in modern times. The last Ali vs Frasier fight for example (Thrilla in Manilla). That was a brutal and barbaric fight and became rather unpleasant to watch towards the end (despite the legendary fight status it has). Nowadays, that fight would have been stopped way earlier.

[@PatrickTete01]

Les légendes bravos

[@TB-ew6br]

Rest In Peace....

[@teanmace]

Kiss it where the sun don't shine.

[@JaimeGirl]

Apollo Creed deserved a better send off than this. Always thought so, even when this first came out. It should have been a longer fight, maybe a little more even of a fight here. To just destroy him? It’s a disservice . Always thought so

[@tomasuriel4209]

Right here the wrong was the referee cause he should have stoped the fight when Drago was using Apollo's head like a boxing bag

[@ingleringlet-snipps3rd449]

Drago should have been disqualified and the fight stopped after round one.

[@shermanmcclesky6882]

The general rule is that if a boxer can land ten or more consecutive punches, with his/her's opponent not punching back, the ref can rule the opponent as DEFENSELESS and stop the fight. So, this scene is totally fictional. No ref has ever witnessed that level of brutality and still allowed the fight to continue.

[@markprescott6477]

@@shermanmcclesky6882 You never watched Tommy Morrison vs Ray Mercer then. It's just as bad as this except that Tommy (RIP) didn't die in the ring, but he was completely out cold, caught in the ropes going down and Ray Mercer hit him something like 8 more times with Morrison absolutely out cold. Absolutely brutal and I still can't believe that Tommy was OK after that fight. That was Tony Perez who is widely credited as being the most incompetent referee in boxing history. He did just as bad of a job with Gerry Cooney vs. Ken Norton, Norton ate like 6 uppercuts laying against the ropes totally defenseless. And Cooney was a monster puncher too just like Ray Mercer.

[@derikkelm1397]

“ if he dies , he dies “ RIP creed

[@kevinobrien9626]

2:04. Well, Duke did request that Apollo move.

[@kevinkoperniak7062]

R.I.P. Carl Weathers ❤️🙏

[@DarthTrader707]

Big fan of Stallone, but....come on. Apparently that was the first boxing match in the history of boxing without a referee. The only chance to stop the fight was Rocky throwing in the towel? LOL.

[@williamstriumph9463]

Plot twist /alternate universe. Creed kills Ivan Drago in the ring.

[@dennislunin3290]

This scene is so satisfying to watch every time!

[@user-oz5vl2ho8v]

I bet troglodyte.

[@user-nb3zg9cz5p]

…..

[@TheThreeScoots]

…..

[@lucasdamotta2931]

2:47 thats not even his call, or Creed’s lol The board would never allow him to go to the 2nd round.

[@recieve.believe3344]

Drago vs. Clubber Lang......What a fight that would have been!

[@declangaming24]

Lol gonna do that fight thanks for the idea.

[@prakoso_wahyu]

I'm still sure that the film IP Man 2 adapts the Creed vs Drago match, where Drago is depicted as a big British boxer (Twister) who kills a kung fu master.

[@nilssonakerlund2852]

I'm on the Brute Squad.

[@jaimerodriguez5390]

Apollo couldn’t stand a chance fighting a universal soldier 😮😢😢

[@AdamMassacre1981]

4:01 Jeez! still 30+ years later that moment just...Woah!

[@micrasystems]

I watched this as a kid but now I just realized Drago would have been disqualified in the 2nd round for pushing the ref 😂 probably the first round too for punching after bell to end the round. We'll it's a movie with a story so what can I say.

[@stoytrivia1126]

Disqualified? He would have been put on trial for at least voluntary manslaughter. It's easily the dumbest thing in any of the Rocky movies.

[@johnsonlong8491]

Is he the "S.O.B" in predator movie ?

[@jameshawkins6619]

Yes he is.

[@johnsonlong8491]

I know that phrase by arnald sound board prank call. 😁

[@UNCJerry77]

DILLON!😁

[@joscar062]

​@@UNCJerry77 🤝

[@justinmercado5251]

That must be when his son adonis born while he’s fighting drago

[@ElviraJamandron-du4uv]

I like drago

[@ferrer985]

never watched any of the Rocky films, but I gotta ask. why are they so freaking drenched in water all the time? People don't sweat like that

[@TheMichiganFisherman]

Of course people sweat like that. Look at Patrick Ewing 😂 Plus they throw water onto them in between rounds.

[@kas8131]

Drago already threw off the ref, throwing the towel wouldn’t have magically stopped it

[@kevinobrien9626]

Stick ‘m Drago. That creep, insulting you.

[@DMJ-hb5em]

Who will explain to me the scratch in the corner of Ivan Drago was a dark-skinned coach? There were no such coaches in the USSR🤣🤣🤣🤣, What a movie blooper

[@deadpoolgaming8161]

*He is not a boxer, he is a punching bag* 😂😂😂😂😂 a living example of dancing punching bag,,,,😂😂😂😂😂😂(((RELAX GUYS, IT'S JUST A MOVIE))))))

[@dmitrijsvlasenkovs4381]

Лундгрен, конечно машина!

[@kuya4285]

After this he retired and joined the military then served in Guatemala with Major Dutch to eradicate militants, unfortunately predators killed him in jungle. 😅

[@bighand1530]

Then you had Happy Gilmore accidentally playing a part in his death showing him that alligator head.

[@jrobbin24]

Soviet fighters do this thing where they bounce back-and-forth in and out and looks nothing like the Way Drago is fighting

[@Faxa-rv7uz]

It was suppose to be an exhibition!

[@KHAOE1]

3:45 his wife's scream tho 😢

[@RonCunningham-mx2kk]

He would have went light but Creed made it personal!

[@censhu7068]

ultraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa combooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@jh230377]

‘You will lose’

[@billybeck9976]

Did you hear Apollo squeal the 1st time Drago hit him 😂

[@THEREALLORDJ]

🙄

[@CrazyAnimeGamer2]

Could prime Apollo beat Drago? If so, how?

[@simplyphenomenal695]

Apollos character is so stupid here 😂😂 from him saying to not stop the fight as if he’s even it, to his grunts of “NO!” Right before he dies, to his random butt twitches when he’s laying on the ground and supposed to be dead 😂😂😂😂 why would he be so suicidal when he had a family 😂