Apollo Creed vs Ivan Drago full fight | Rocky IV |

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@viefcheesecake]

​@@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

[@shawncosmos5431]

It may be a movie but Carl Weathers can move like a boxer. He was a true athlete. RIP Thanks for the memories

[@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

[@kranix9166]

and Stu Nahan (commentator) and Marty Denkin (referee)....

[@garyoak-q7m]

Sad that we’re all have to say leave one day. always enjoy life.

[@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]

🙄

[@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

[@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.

[@mc988ft.myersislands5]

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

[@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.

[@Sikorsky1111]

brain damage

[@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.

[@RaffArmenio]

Yep his very last word. Clearly his brain was scrambled by that point and was not thinking rationally hanging on for dear life literally. You throw in the towel regardless of what he says in normal life as we know the situation had become too dangerous to his health.

[@rileyowen7245]

Appolo trained like a boxer Drago trained like a monster 💀

[@bemsters5586]

steroidsssss

[@___XY____________0]

You mean the other way around 😂

[@abdelmalekbelahcene7815]

Apollo était condamné d’avance il as gesticulé puis il s’est fait détruire

[@ИванВан-б1п]

Апполо плохой боксер)) как слизняка его размазали😂😂

[@Coincollector81]

The communists wanted a destroyer.

[@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

[@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

[@RaffArmenio]

He's only hope was Drago easing off on him and it looked like early in the 2nd that was going to happen but in his eagerness to put some damage on him he opened himself right up to be smashed and that was the end of that.

[@hectorlopez1069]

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

[@MikeyAdzy]

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

[@THEREALLORDJ]

🙄

[@AndreLeman]

@DRAGO😊😊😊

[@THEREALLORDJ]

@@AndreLeman 🤡

[@JIMBEAMM]

That’s coz he felt it himself 😂 Hard not to feel it myself.

[@THEREALLORDJ]

@@JIMBEAMM 🙄

[@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.

[@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.

[@marcusmoore8189]

EXACTLY 😂😂😂 so dumb 🤦🏾 in reality Drago would have never fought again and no doubt been thrown in prison 🤣

[@AhmedMohammed-n1p]

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.

[@AhmedMohammed-n1p]

@@jacks0n1991 I get it now

[@Truth72500]

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

[@Just_Lo]

The look on Apollo's face when dragos hands dont move He knew it was over before it even started 0:06

[@scottleighrobinson2412]

Rocky 4 is the best of them all by far, hands down!! including the 3 creed movies.

[@Coincollector81]

Rocky 4 is my favorite. Rocky trained like a beast in Soviet Russia.

[@davidm4566]

Best sound track, too

[@mithunyou]

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

[@Neethan3247]

This was Apollo's fault. I feel like the movie tries to convince you that Apollo did the right thing and made Drago the villain but it inadvertently made him into a sympathetic monster who only knows how to inflict pain. Apollo literally asked for this to happen.

[@PeteHorrocks-z9m]

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 forma de suicidarse, se sentia vacio, tipico caso de deportista que no sabe que hacer con su vida cuando todo acaba

[@infinitintaligence-fy3hn]

Ego kills

[@StacyAnderson-eg2gf]

I love all the rocky movies I love boxing RIP APOLLO

[@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.

[@Kwaj]

3:12 - That look Mary Anne gives Apollo just breaks me. After all the fights she's seen Apollo in, this one is very different. Her husband is not only undeniably outclassed, but also utterly broken and badly wounded after just a single round. Mary Anne knows how prideful Apollo is, and deep down she's got a sliver of faith in him, but she's also terrified that he won't make it out alive.

[@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 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@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

[@Despond]

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

[@RockyLaRosa]

Its such a dumb face let him face us if the true dragon existed here

[@Snowman1TTVSlasherGod]

Dat first punch 🥺🥺🥺🥺😢🫣

[@W3LLcoOL]

Laughable how drago wasn't charged with murder, bro literally pushes the ref away so he can continue the beat down lol.

[@nike80nl]

I saw this movie a hundred times when i was young. In the vhs era!

[@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

[@BrandonCarelle]

this scene set the tone for the entire movie, was perfectly done. An all time great film

[@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"

[@shschesschamp]

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

[@jhutfre4855]

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

[@michaelb-n8q]

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

[@dibilizm2]

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

[@carlitos4007]

But in the real life. Drago is not russian.

[@АлександрИванов-х4с4ъ]

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

[@Nicosshalagalanis]

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

[@THEREALLORDJ]

🙄

[@KlausM81]

Apollo took more damage in half a round than Rocky did over 12 rounds. Today every referee would have stopped the fight after the first round. 4:12 I think it was the first day in my life when I spread contempt, revenge and hatred. Rest in peace Carl W.

[@sinerntous6433]

Michael B Jordan must hate watching this scene.

[@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

[@rollextrigger777]

Thats pretty epic especialy after his passing you dont stop this fight no matter what

[@Jurian2004]

I give Apollo this: Even if he was losing, he wanted to fight losing. He was no quiter, but its ashame he left those behind.

[@georgeferreirasantos]

Não tem outra igual melhor filme de boxing da história.

[@Airforce4Ever79]

Dolph Lundgren who's a Martial Artist said he had so much being a boxer but he felt kinda intimidated meeting Stallone to get the part of Drago 😊

[@KHAOE1]

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

[@THEREALLORDJ]

🙄

[@marcioschiavelli9685]

The franchise's saddest moment.

[@IntelligentGooner007]

The best of the series

[@christiancalle8049]

When Rocky watch you with that face, his eyes are telling you that you are going down.

[@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]

🙄

[@kevinobrien9626]

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

[@inokiichiban]

Immortal saga, Apollo is an icon but underestimates his opponent just like Tyson Fury against the champion Usyk

[@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.😅

[@lucasdamotta]

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

[@Jeff-sp7bg]

It's a movie cmon guys

[@rghall57]

Never underestimate your opponent.

[@MJfanforlife-777]

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

[@mattmatt7305]

If you grew up in the 80s then this STILL hurts.

[@Fugitive685]

It’s literally just a movie old man. Stop being so emotional

[@rolandecoupard175]

​@Fugitive685 but it fiction it supposed to take you out of reality

[@marcdewey1242]

Drago probably would have taken it easier on Apollo if only he wouldn't have been so cocky and treated him with respect,plus Creed hadn't fought in the ring since Losing the title to Rocky and was out of shape.

[@davidm4566]

Drago was psycho. Once he started he couldn't stop. Like a rabid dog or something.

[@pictureofmyjunk2279]

I always thought why did the ref not stop the fight. I just realized he did. Still a good movie.

[@timothysowers685]

That Last Hit On Creed By Drago Was EPIC

[@THEREALLORDJ]

🙄

[@marcomarco460]

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

[@kactusJacko]

Good catch

[@keevanwilliams4499]

As a kid I always thought Apollo lost because his gloves were softer than drago’s. 😂 the noise dragos gloves made when the touched in the center of the ring. 😂 sounded like a trunk of a car being shut.

[@joydipsaha727]

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

[@germangranda6480]

Great example of f around and find out

[@TheAbsoluteHarry819]

Apollo didn't look himself as a boxer, but a warrior. And he ended like one.

[@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.

[@RaffArmenio]

I reckon the moment the barrage started in the second is when you officially call it, wave your arms and say that's it. Grab Creed pull him away from Drago etc. he gets out of there still walking at least.

[@manolios]

it was a cold war propaganda movie! do you really expected realism?

[@davidm4566]

@@RaffArmenioI would say when Drago ignored the bell after the first he should have been disqualified.

[@maricedixion3357]

In exhibition bout turns tragic when Apollo Creed got destroyed by Ivan drago this exhibition bout should never happen but it was Apollo wanted to fight him Russia against USA Apollo Creed didn't even train or anything he got older and he still thinks he could win but it didn't happen against Drago this guy was huge and he was strong he was 6 6 inches tall and he hits hard Apollo wasn't really ready he didn't no how hard this guy hit

[@GiannisAmanatidis-gg3pb]

😢😢RIP APOLLO

[@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.

[@isaac_malkie27]

This is what happens when you have bad refs.

[@maskofvulcan7491]

Im not blaming Apollo but the way he came to the ring with the whole song and dance, I dont think it would fair to expect Drago to show restraint.

[@recieve.believe3344]

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

[@declangaming24]

Lol gonna do that fight thanks for the idea.

[@jordantreyofficial]

Clubber Lang supposed to appear in a small cameo but then they've didn't make it. Pity, but I don't think they could fight with each other, at least Drago is too much for Clubber as well.

[@moondawwg]

Apollo camouflages on the background and he still lost.

[@THEREALLORDJ]

🙄

[@hyperraidsaerofrights5649]

The joke stopped being funny long ago, just like you.

[@SE7ENTODDCOOK]

One more fight Carl i have faith in you can do it.......praise Jesus Christ

[@teanmace]

Kiss it where the sun don't shine.

[@MgWtime]

If he dies, he dies

[@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:

[@CJCrump]

(Apollo's voice) "Alright, it's time to go to school, son. Come on, get your hands up, man! You need an interpreter?! It's time to go to school!" (Drago's voice) "You will lose." (Apollo's voice) "Alright."

[@actuary33]

Apollo never knew when to keep his big mouth shut. Everybody paints drago as the villian. Drago wanted a friendly bout to improve his skills w an expert. But Apollo kept insulting him until it tipped drago over the edge. Apollo caused his own death.

[@canaldodorn839]

Broh...

[@kemalsaban8926]

.

[@gemmaraine]

Also Apollo was too cocky. He severely underestimated his opponent.

[@stephenallsman8913]

You’re right except there was nothing friendly about Drago.

[@actuary33]

@@stephenallsman8913 friendly meaning no intentional injury

[@declangaming24]

If Rocky throwed the towel in that would of saved creed

[@222JohnRambo]

yeah we all know that, but its a movie so.....

[@davidm4566]

No, Drago kept beating on him after the bell rang and again after the ref tried to stop the fight. Drago literally pushed the ref out of the way and went back to beating on Apollo. Rocky would have felt better but it wouldn't have helped.

[@jackiescanlon]

Such a shame that the best actor in the movie has to die 30 minutes into it.

[@tadeozaragoza1134]

Drago was killing him damn

[@jlau9268]

His gloves didn't move an inch when he pounded on 'em, that should've already been scary 😖 sad that he also passed away irl, R.I.P Carl Weathers!

[@LuizPauloRodriguezdaSilva]

E pra cima deles Silvestre Stallone com força total galera ❤❤❤❤❤

[@aspiringvoiceactor645]

Twister's beatdown of Master Hung was inspired by this scene, but was surprisingly more brutal.

[@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.

[@justina9137]

If Rocky threw the towel then there would be no Rocky Vs Drago or Rocky 5.

[@adamb89]

This is what UFC is all about--not the fights, the fatalities. Same deal with NASCAR, nobody cares about a bunch of cars turning left for 3 hours, they just wanna watch cars and people blow up.

[@usergoo350]

Love the fighting 😅

[@dennislunin3290]

This scene is so satisfying to watch every time!

[@JonathanHebrews]

I bet troglodyte.

[@Kuromi-q5n]

…..

[@TheThreeScoots]

…..

[@Sikorsky1111]

Never should have been showboating like this

[@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.

[@___XY____________0]

He wasn’t in his prime is pretty much what they’re indicating. Everyone’s going to be biased and say “he would’ve won if he was in his prime”, but he literally got killed, not just lost, but killed. Rocky won and wasn’t in his prime either. Apollo kept talking trash all day, before Rocky 3, people thought Apollo was the bad guy.

[@davidm4566]

He was retired for years, apparently over the hill, rusty, and didn't train at all. He looked good but had 0 chance of winning under those conditions. In his prime he would have still lost, but maybe in a much later round and maybe not died.

[@FallouFitness_NattyEdition]

@@davidm4566 I disagree. Creed is regarded as the best fighter in the Rocky lore in his prime. If Rocky could beat Drago then Creed could definitely take Drago.

[@rodrigoalexander1975]

Classic scene! Apollo the best!

[@JacobLeiszler-xo6dp]

Dad you don't stop this fight no matter what!!!! Everyone knows no matter what means even if it kills me!!!! 💓😭😭😭😭!!!!

[@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

[@maarkoviicc07]

Dog that barks doesn't bite (Apollo)

[@bighand1530]

R.I.P. Carl Weathers

[@АрнольдВраницкий]

Светлая память Карлу!