Ivan Drago

Ivan Drago
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Born	Ivan Drago 1950 Soviet Union
Nationality	Russian
Other names	The Siberian Express
Statistics
Weight(s)	Heavyweight
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	81
Wins	55
Wins by KO	52
Losses	15
Draws	2
No contests	0

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Rocky Balboa facing Ivan Drago in Rocky IV.

Ivan Drago (Russian: Иван Драго) is a fictional boxer played by Dolph Lundgren who was featured in Rocky IV in the Rocky series. He measures 213 cm (7 feet 1 inches) tall and weighing 120 kg (262 pounds).

Template:Spoiler Ivan Drago is an amateur boxer from the Soviet Union armed with a punch over 2000 psi

The Soviet officials were convinced that he would beat any boxer. Apollo Creed came out of retirement to challenge him to an exhibition match, and was helped train by Rocky Balboa. But Drago was resistant to Creed's punches, and his own powerful blows killed Creed in the ring. To avenge Creed's death, Balboa gave up his heavyweight title and travelled to Moscow to fight the Russian. Drago was given hi-tech equipment and injected with an unknown substance, presumably performance enhanching drugs, to build up his strength, but ultimately lost to a determined Balboa. Even though Drago punched harder and more often, his inhuman strength was not enough to defeat Rocky's heart to avenge Apollo. Dolph Lundgren has said during an interview on VH1's I Love the '80s that Drago was definitely a "juicer."

Unlike the opponent from the previous movie, Clubber Lang, Drago is a man of few words. In the movie his wife always speaks for him during interviews. He seems to be a very cold hearted person as shown when he comments on Apollo's death: "If he dies, he dies". Drago appears to be fighting for his country but near the end of his fight with Rocky his promoter, a Soviet official insults him, prompting Drago to throw him off the ring and proclaim that he fights for himself. He is also an Olympic Gold Medalist as portrayed in the film Rocky IV. In Rocky V, we find out that even though Rocky won, he suffered severe cranial trauma at the punishing hands of Drago. As a result, in the battle against Tommy Gunn, Rocky had what can be considered demonic visions of Drago.

Quotes

• "You will lose." -To Apollo Creed before the fatal match.
• "I must break you." -To Rocky in the ring before the match starts.
• "If he dies, he dies." To a reporter after critically injuring Apollo Creed.
• "I cannot be defeated!, I defeat all man!" After defeating Apollo.
• "To the end."- Before the final round against Rocky
• "He is not human. He's like a piece of Iron! " To his trainers about Rocky.
• "Я одержу победу! Для себя! Для себя!" Transliteration: "Ya oderzhu pobedu! Dlya sebya! Dlya sebya!" - Literally: "I will win! For myself! For myself!" Subtitled as "I fight for myself." Russian native speakers find this phrase tough to be pronounced with a non-Russian accent.

Trivia

• An abandoned scene in the sixth Rocky film, would have had Rocky visiting Drago (again played by Dolph Lundgren) in hospital where he is dying of AIDS due to his use of steroids. Had it made it into the film, this scene would have put to rest the theories that Drago was shot and killed by a sniper at the end of his fight with Rocky.