if the rematch would have been done inmediatly who would have win?

Please. Balboa beat both into retirement. In any event the Soviets wouldn't have risked further humiliation by allowing Drago to carry on.

 

A third fight with Lang would have been even better than the rematch, and Rocky would have stopped him in the late rounds. Rocky would have a big Psychological advantage over Drago going into the rematch and would have won the rematch quicker and more easily than the 1st fight.

 

Does Rocky have time for a training montage?

If so then he wins both fights.

 

is this thread really happening...

 

yep, balboa was a true chin first fighter, wear their hands down with your face and when they mentally break-up....bam! lang and drago wouln't have a prayer in rematches.

 

There would have been a few points to consider regarding the Drago rematch. Could Drago recover mentally from his realization that Rocky is essentially like iron? Could he recover from the late, brutal stoppage he received? Drago, like Xerxes at the end of 300, realized that he is not a god-king, or a machine, and could bleed, and based on those factors, Rocky is a shoe-in. Or is he? If handled properly, and if Drago is taken into his own isolation to train and focus on the matter at hand, perhaps he could regain his confidence, while at the same time gaining experience from the humbling beating Rocky gave him. Employing a new strategy where he brawls less than Rocky and forces him more to sit on the end of his jab while dropping rock-hammer right hands, he could conceivably take it to a less dramatic, but satisfying unanimous decision. We also have to remember that Rocky learned of brain damage he had shortly after this fight and if you remember him sitting in the rain, the bout nearly cost him his life. That said, Rocky by knockout.

The rubber match with Clubber Lang in many ways boils down to whether Clubber could bounce back from being conclusively handled by Rocky, who put on a beautiful boxing exhibition. I believe that he loses an immediate rubber match, but could win if the fight occurred years later.

 

maybe if drago chose to train old-school (like rocky did) for the rematch. you know, less hi-tech machinery, more running through the snow and chopping wood. perhaps that would give drago the necessary toughness to gut it out against rocky.

 

Possibly. I just don't think he could ever win a war against Rocky again. If he was ever going to, it had to be the first time they met. He would need to stick the jab more and brawl less to have a chance in a rematch.