Professor Chaos
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Post by Professor Chaos on Jan 3, 2009 14:48:38 GMT -5
Tough one between Apollo and Drago, but I went with Apollo. I think Apollo in his prime if he had trained hard enough could've beaten Drago with skill. Apollo was the greatest world champion of all de times.
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Post by FrankGotch on Jan 3, 2009 15:44:25 GMT -5
Irony is the two weakest, "Tommy Gunn" and "Mason Dixon" would beat the stuffing outta the lot of em in real life.
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Post by Bravo Echo November on Jan 3, 2009 21:15:50 GMT -5
Personally... Drago
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Post by taylorandborland on Jan 3, 2009 23:45:11 GMT -5
Good reads so far.
Mason Dixon is pretty underrated as far as they go.
Remember the only reason Balboa got the advantage over him was because Dixon broke his hand in the 2nd round and Rocky went all out while it was going numb.
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Strotha
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Post by Strotha on Jan 3, 2009 23:52:05 GMT -5
Ivan Drago.
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Post by Cela on Jan 4, 2009 4:03:21 GMT -5
Creed was killed by Drago, therefore Drago > Creed.
Allow me to elaborate. Creed was incredible, and he taught a superior style to Rocky in order to beat the highly overated Lang, but despite having those innate skills, he suffered the worst beatdown of the series. His boxing style was obsolete compared to Drago, so Rocky had to completely revamp his training in order to beat him. The ocean frolicking style would not have worked.
Plus, Drago gave Rocky Brain Damage that was career ending until the retcon. Drago was more than a man, he was a machine.
Meawhile, for the others. Lang was like a pint sized less talented version of Drago with better mic skills that gassed way too easily. He couldn't handle a real challenge and couldn't take mind games as well as he gave them.
Gunn... meh
Dixon: Trained about as hard for the fight as most people do to get into their prom dress, yet he still went to a decision against a guy whos entire style was beat the living shit out of opponent. He could have beaten Lang easily.
Drago Creed Dixon Lang Gunn
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Jan 4, 2009 5:21:14 GMT -5
My rankings (only the main opponents), earlier I mentioned I'd vote Drago number 1.
1. Drago - He had the power, reach, and stamina. It's like his trainer said, "What he hits, he destroys". 2. Apollo - Probably the best boxer. But still in his prime wouldn't be able to hold up against Drago. 3. Mason "The Line" Dixon - He may not have had the power that Clubber had, but he had more stamina, fought a war with Rocky, and was a better boxer. 4. Clubber Lang - He did have power, but fighting someone who knew how to cover up, he'd go down. Clubber would get gassed against Drago, Apollo and Mason. 5. Tommy "The Machine" Gunn - He was World Champion, but he got dominated by an old Rocky, that hadn't trained and had brain damage. Everyone else got beat by a Rocky that had trained for the fight.
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Post by tmc1982 on Jan 4, 2009 20:49:17 GMT -5
My rankings (only the main opponents), earlier I mentioned I'd vote Drago number 1. 1. Drago - He had the power, reach, and stamina. It's like his trainer said, "What he hits, he destroys". 2. Apollo - Probably the best boxer. But still in his prime wouldn't be able to hold up against Drago. 3. Mason "The Line" Dixon - He may not have had the power that Clubber had, but he had more stamina, fought a war with Rocky, and was a better boxer. 4. Clubber Lang - He did have power, but fighting someone who knew how to cover up, he'd go down. Clubber would get gassed against Drago, Apollo and Mason. 5. Tommy "The Machine" Gunn - He was World Champion, but he got dominated by an old Rocky, that hadn't trained and had brain damage. Everyone else got beat by a Rocky that had trained for the fight. The one setback I would say against Drago was that he needed to use 'roids, whereas Rocky did it "the hard way".
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algertman
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Post by algertman on Jan 4, 2009 20:55:34 GMT -5
spider
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Post by the threadkiller on Jan 4, 2009 21:17:52 GMT -5
Lang is kind of like Kimbo Slice, powerful but very vulnerable. Drago is more of a genetic freak, he wasn't the best, but he was the most fit. Creed however was the best all around package. Speed, strength, technique, etc.
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