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Rocky's face at the end

posted 8 years ago by arkayenether
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He's fighting a guy who punches with the force of a Terminator, but at the end of the fight, his face isn't even close to being as damaged and swollen up as it was against Apollo, or Clubber (I think. It's been a while since I've seen III). His eyes were both swollen shut by the end of the first two movies, but here he's just got a couple swells, and some bleeding. Remember, Drago punches with about 2000+ pounds of force. We see his punching power go UP from what it was when he fights Apollo (averaging 1850 pounds at the Apollo fight, and averaging 2150 pounds by the Rocky fight).

Really, seriously, honestly...I'd think one punch from Drago would actually kill someone first hit.

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[–] acirluster 8 years ago

Yeah I also thought Rocky was in far too good of shape at the end of that fight to be believable. He just took 15 rounds worth of superhuman punches from Drago and he's not only barely scathed but is able to stand there and give a speech about two rival countries coming together? I seriously doubt it.

[–] arkayenether 8 years ago

It makes even less sense when you put V into account, and how horribly out of it he is. He's so completely beaten up that he thinks Adrian is Micky for a second.

Also, went back since posting this and watched the Clubber fight. He's in about the same shape as here, but the difference is that in the Clubber fight, Rocky puts up a hell of a lot more defense than he ever did in the other movies. I think he dodges and blocks more punches in that fight than he does in all five of the other final fights combined.

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[–] acirluster 8 years ago

Neither of the Rocky-Clubber fights went past the third round which is why Rocky didn't sustain as much damage in them. But considering how bad Rocky looked after his two fights with Apollo (each going the full 15 rounds) and the fact that Drago didn't throw a single punch that failed to connect in the entire fight, Rocky's face should have been hamburger when it was over.