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Ivan Drago

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Real name Ivan Drago
Nickname(s) The Siberian Bull,
Death from Above,
The Siberian Express
Rated at Heavyweight
Nationality Russian
Birth date January 8, 1963(1963-01-08)
Birth place Moscow
Stance {{{style}}}
Boxing record
Total fights Amateur – 100


Professional – 2
Wins Amateur – 100


Professional – 1
Wins by KO {{{KO}}}
Losses Amateur – 0


Professional – 1
Draws Amateur – 0


Professional – 0
No contests 0

Ivan Drago (Russian: Иван Драго; portrayed by Dolph Lundgren, from Sweden) is a fictional character in the movie Rocky IV (1985). Heavyweight is a division or weight class, in Boxing. Fighters who weigh over 200 pounds (14 st 4 lb/91 kg are considered heavyweights by the major professional The Russian people (Русские— Russkie) are an East Slavic Ethnic group, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Dolph Lundgren (born Hans Lundgren on November 3, 1957 in Stockholm, Sweden is a Swedish Actor, director "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Rocky IV is a 1985 Boxing film the fourth and most financially successful movie of the Rocky franchise

Fictional biography

Drago is characterized as a tall (215 cm, as the real-life man) and powerful amateur boxing champion from the Soviet Union, as well as a former Olympic gold medalist, in the 1980 Moscow Olympics. Gigantism or giantism, (from Greek gigas, gigantas " giant " is a condition characterized by excessive growth and height Boxing (sometimes also known as English boxing or pugilism) is a Combat sport in which two participants generally of similar weight, The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 He is billed as weighing 261 pounds (118 kg, over 18 ½ stone). Drago's reputation is literally that of a superman; he wields an average punch of 1850 psi and is seen receiving injections throughout during the movie (presumably anabolic steroids, though this is never explicitly stated; Lundgren would state during an episode of VH1's I Love the '80s that Drago was "definitely a juicer"). The Übermensch ( German; English: Overman, Superman) is a Concept in the Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. The pound per square inch or more accurately pound-force per square inch (symbol psi or lbf/in² or lbf/in²) is a unit of Anabolic steroids, or anabolic-androgenic steroids ( AAS) are a class of Steroid hormones related to the hormone Testosterone. VH1 (known as VH-1 Video Hits One from 1985 to 1994 and VH1 Music First until 2003) is an American Cable television I Love the '80s is a Decade nostalgia Television program that was produced by VH1. He is merciless, speaks little, and is a fearsome opponent.

Drago is carefully fitted and trained to be a true killing machine, with his heart rate and bodily strength being measured via computers during his workouts. This futuristic and highly-artificial form of training is shown to contrast with Rocky's rugged, old-fashioned style of lifting stones and chopping wood in the bitter cold mountains.

Drago's trainers are convinced that he can beat any boxer. Former champion Apollo Creed, now 39 years old (he was 34 when he was defeated by Rocky), comes out of retirement to challenge Drago to an exhibition match, promoted by Rocky Balboa. Robert "Rocky" Balboa Sr (born July 6 1945 was a fictional boxer portrayed by Sylvester Stallone who has appeared in the ''Rocky'' series from Creed arrives in the ring wearing his signature "colors," his Stars & Stripes boxing shorts to the song "Living in America" upon a huge stage that is lowered into the ring. " Living in America " is a 1985 Song composed by Dan Hartman and Charlie Midnight and performed by James Brown (Hartman also provided backing vocals The entrance is very typical of Apollo's confident attitude to life. Before the match begins, Drago ominously mutters, "You will lose. " In this fight, Drago (22 years old) overpowers Creed to such an extent that he kills him after landing a savage barrage of punches in the second round, as Drago put it in an interview following the match as Creed was knocked out; "If he dies. . . he dies. " (Drago versus Creed match was an exhibition and thus did not count toward either fighter's professional record).

To avenge Creed's death, Balboa travels to the Soviet Union to fight Drago on his home turf in Moscow. Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of Rocky wears Apollo's colors to honor him during the fight. At the beginning of the fight in Moscow, the announcer uses the Russian pronunciation of Drago's name: IPA: [ɪˈvan ˈdraɡə]. In fact the surname Drago is not characteristic for Russian onomastics, if attested ever at all. The rare Russian surnames in -ago are perhaps known in the West after Pasternak's Doctor Zhivago, but they are formed from adjective stems (e. Doctor Zhivago ( Russian: Доктор Живаго, Doktor Zhivago) is a 20th century Novel by Boris Pasternak. g. Zhiv-ago from zhiv-oy 'alive')[1], and from dragoy (Church Slavonic for 'dear') such a form is impossible. Church Slavonic (also Church Slavic, Old Bulgarian) is the Liturgical language of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Macedonian Orthodox

Unlike Balboa's self-promoting nemesis from the previous movie, Clubber Lang, Drago is a man of few words. James 'Clubber' Lang (born May 21, 1957) is a fictional character that appeared as Rocky Balboa 's rival in the 1982 movie Rocky III Ludmilla, his wife as well as another sportsman (she has a gold medal in swimming), always speaks for him during interviews. He is portrayed as very cold-hearted when he comments on Apollo Creed's death: "If he dies, he dies. " He speaks directly to Rocky on only two occasions, both on the night of their fight: he says "I must break you," before the match begins, and "to the end," right before the final round.

Because his training is sponsored by the Soviet government and his arrival in America is heavily promoted by the Soviets, Drago seemingly fights for the glory of his country. However, near the end of his fight with Rocky, Drago's promoter - a Soviet official- insults him, saying he is disgracing the Soviet Union by allowing an American to fight so admirably against one of the Soviet Union's national heroes on Soviet soil. The enraged Drago grabs him by the throat, throws him out of the ring and proclaims he only fights for himself. In the end, Drago is knocked out by Balboa in the dying moments of the fifteenth and final round.

In popular culture

References

  1. ^ B. O. Unbegaun, "Russian Surnames", Oxford, 1972, Part II, chapter VII, section II a) - Surnames in genitive singular
Preceded by
Clubber Lang		 Rocky Balboa's Main Opponent Succeeded by
Tommy Gunn
James 'Clubber' Lang (born May 21, 1957) is a fictional character that appeared as Rocky Balboa 's rival in the 1982 movie Rocky III Robert "Rocky" Balboa Sr (born July 6 1945 was a fictional boxer portrayed by Sylvester Stallone who has appeared in the ''Rocky'' series from This article is about the Rocky character For the pornographic actor of the same name see Tommy Gunn (porn actor.
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