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  Ivan Drago - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rocky facing Ivan Drago in Rocky IV Ivan Drago is a fictional boxer played by Dolph Lundgren who was featured in Rocky IV in the Rocky series.
Ivan Drago is an amateur boxer from the Soviet Union, armed with a punch over 2000 psi.
Drago was given hi-tech equipment and energy-increments (not necessary drugs) to build up his strength, but ultimately lost to a determined Balboa even thou Drago punched harder and more often his powerful unhuman like strength was not enough to defeat Rocky's heart to revenge Apollo.
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 Rocky IV - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Although Drago has never had a professional boxing fight and all his achievements came as an amateur, he comes to the United States with an entourage of Soviet government officials and his wife (played by Brigitte Nielsen), convinced that he can beat any American world boxing champion.
Drago's entrance is simple; he is raised to the ring via a lift.
Drago, meanwhile, is in a high-tech sports center using every type of machinery imaginable for his training.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rocky_IV   (955 words)

  
 IVAN DRAGO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren) showed up on the scene of Rocky in the fourth movie.
After the cold war tensions between Russia and the United States lessened and an "exhibitional" bout between Apollo Creed and Ivan Drago became possible.
Ivan proved to be a formidable foe of Rocky's.
www.angelfire.com /pa/finalbell/Ivan.html   (101 words)

  
 View // News // Lambgoat
We are proud to announce the addition of Ivan Drago and Elision to our roster for the release of a split CD album featuring three songs by each band totally clocking around half an hour.
Ivan Drago - Founded in late fall 2003 and a first show in October 2004 Ivan Drago quickly became Berlin's best kept secret.
Ivan Drago's three songs have been recorded together with Alex Hornbach who was already responsible for The Ocean's wall of sound.
www.lambgoat.com /news/view.aspx?id=6498   (442 words)

  
 Badass of the Week: Ivan Drago   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
Ivan Drago is a former Soviet olympic gold medalist in boxing and is the ultimate badass in Rocky IV.
Drago lives to turn American capitalist pig dogs into bloody smears on the canvas, as evidenced by the fact that he so totally boxed the shit out of Apollo Creed that he killed him.
Drago's arm is the freaking length of Balboa's entire body.
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 Ivan III on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
Ivan the Terrible; The infamous mad czar and the horrors he wrought.(BOOKS)
IVAN III [Ivan III] or Ivan the Great, 1440-1505, grand duke of Moscow (1462-1505), creator of the consolidated Muscovite (Russian) state.
Ivan was succeeded by his son, Vasily III.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/I/Ivan3.asp   (387 words)

  
 SHAFT #2 Page 7
Russian boxer Ivan Drago first traveled to America in 1985 to fight in an exhibition match as part of an effort to cultivate goodwill between the Soviet Union and the United States.
The Gamma radiation interacted badly with Drago’s steroid-saturated metabolism, mutating him into a hideous green creature that Taliban officials later referred to as “the ultimate abomination” when he went on a rampage through Kabul.
Drago was used as a secret weapon by the KGB for the duration of the Cold War and was then discarded after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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 ROCKY 4
However, from the frozen tundra of Russia comes former USSR Olympian boxer, Ivan Drago(played by Dolph Lundgren).
Drago, however, in a high tech lab, is given steriods to increase his strength.
In an arena filled with Russians, Rocky is given no respect, something he is definetly not familiar with, Drago however, is cheered as a hero.
www.angelfire.com /pa/finalbell/rocky4.html   (422 words)

  
 Rocky Balboa - Hero site
Ivan Drago is largely considered to be the most feared of all Rocky's opponents.
Drago not only beat, but KILLED Creed inside of 2 rounds.
Rocky beat Drago at the cost of retirement to due minor brain damage.
homepage.ntlworld.com /codmunkz/rocky/drago.htm   (95 words)

  
 K-1 Forum - Final Elimination 2006   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
Drago, I think he will take Paris next year.
Ivan Drago also goes by the handle of Ionut Iftimoaie.
I used the name Drago because if you go to subfighter and look at his highlight it is under the name Ivan Drago.
www.k-1usa.net /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2446   (1107 words)

  
 History of Croatian Science
Ivan Jagsic (1886-1956), born as a Burgenland Croat in Austria, studied cartography, topography and geology in Zürich.
Professor Drago Perovic (1888-1968), a Serb born in Herzegovina in Trebinje, who completed his studies in Vienna sub auspiciis regis, was one of the founders of the medical study at the University of Zagreb in 1918.
Ivan von Vukasovic, Catholic parish priest in the town of Otocac in Croatia, on 3 January 1779, when following the end of the first campaign they returned home on leave and in their principal parish church raised a captured Prussian flag which had most graciously been presented to them.
www.croatianhistory.net /etf/et22.html   (12381 words)

  
 The CHUD.COM Message Boards - Clubber Lang vs Ivan Drago
Drago was a machine who turned into a sissy when he took a serious hit.
I mean come one Drago went into the final round with Rocky, where Lang got his ass knocked out in like the fifth or sixth round in the rematch.
Then there's Drago, pumped to the peak of human efficiency with the dark magic of technology such that he kills one of the best fighters in the ring.
www.chud.com /forums/printthread.php?t=79271   (980 words)

  
 Ivan Drago Challenges Rocky Balboa by Rob Bloom
Ivan Drago Challenges Rocky Balboa by Rob Bloom
Let’s just say there was many a cold night where I wanted to get some from Lud and little Drago wasn’t up for the task.
So I stuffed a few pairs of socks and undies into my duffel and made another startling decision: I was finished with boxing.
www.robbloom.com /creative/drago.htm   (1082 words)

  
 ROCKY 4   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
Before the fight begins Ivan Drago offers some words of encouragement to Apollo.
Ivan Drago is also in good shape but he uses steroids to get in good shape.
Before the start of the fight Ivan Drago offers some more words of encouragement.
www-personal.umd.umich.edu /~vklepad/rocky4.html   (310 words)

  
 Rocky opponents, Ivan Drago picture, Mr T, Apollo Creed
Rocky fights the fight of his life against the Russian Ivan Drago.
Ivan Drago kills Rocky's friend Apollo Creed in an "exhibition match." Rocky agrees to a rematch to try to honor Apollo Creed's death.
While Ivan Drago uses state of the art equipment and training facilities Rocky prefers to train with less sophisitcated methods.
www.movieprop.com /tvandmovie/Rocky/opponents.htm   (246 words)

  
 Rocky Balboa - Hero site
When Drago kills Apollo in the match, Rocky blames himself for Apollo's death, and promises to get revenge on Drago in the ring, in the name of Apollo and the United States.
Against the wishes of his wife Adrian, Rocky is off to the USSR to take on Drago, and hires Apollo's former manager Duke to help him prepare for the fight.
While Drago enhances his amazing punching power using high-tech equipment, Rocky toughens up under the guidance of Duke in a compound in the frozen Soviet countryside, with his mind set on destroying Drago.
homepage.ntlworld.com /peter.chrichard/Rocky/movie4.htm   (158 words)

  
 Dolph Lundgren - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1985, Lundgren made his feature-film debut in the James Bond film A View to a Kill.
Then he beat out 5000 other hopefuls to land the breakthrough role of Ivan Drago, Sylvester Stallone's opponent in Rocky IV (1985).
He received his first lead role as He-Man in Masters of the Universe (1987), based on the popular children's toy, but the film was not a success and was ridiculed by most audiences.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dolph_Lundgren   (548 words)

  
 Total Rocky : NEWS & UPDATES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
Players will begin their careers as one of four legendary fighters, Rocky Balboa, Apollo Creed, Clubber Lang, or Ivan Drago, as they fight their way to the top from unknown amateurs to legendary champions.
In Rocky Legends, players will relive boxing-cinema history, playing through the careers of Rocky Balboa, Clubber Lang, Apollo Creed or Ivan Drago from their raw beginning as unproven amateurs to their ultimate rise as boxing champions.
Ivan Drago’s wife is a playable fighter, and don’t let her stunning, tall, blond, German look fool you- she packs a mean right hook.
www.totalrocky.com /news/legends.html   (810 words)

  
 The Ruthless Guide To 80s Action: RUTHLESS REVIEWS
Ivan Drago (Lundgren) beats Apollo Creed to death twenty seconds into the second round.
Ivan Drago punches at two thousand, one hundred fifty pounds per square inch.
Creed dies, then we get treated to the worst music created during the 1980s (and that is saying a lot), while endless montages of the previous three Rockys, as well as flashbacks from Part IV (remember that we're forty minutes in at this point!) play over and over and over again.
www.ruthlessreviews.com /80saction/rocky4.html   (615 words)

  
 Ketlyn's Ivan Drago
Ivan has a lot of bone, very nice soft angles both front and rear, thick soft plush coat, and a good full chest.
Ivan also went best of winners two shows at UKC shows in July.
Ivan went best male, and best of winners twice at UKC shows in July.
www.sablerockkennels.com /Drago.htm   (146 words)

  
 Tommy 'Machine' Gunn v. Ivan Drago - Comic Book Resources Forums
Also, on the personality/tacitics level, draco is a cold, cool customer, as contrasted to Tommies "I am not rockies' robot and I'll prove it" permanent full-on bloodlust.
drago was a man with russian training and steroids and was in the russian military, talk about tough.
If you put a side by side view of drago and gunn, drago is more cut.
forums.comicbookresources.com /showthread.php?t=46343   (424 words)

  
 Rocky 4 IV 3 2 Apollo Creed, Ivan Drago, Chronology
Rocky watches his friend Apollo Creed die in an "exhibition match" against Russian boxer Ivan Drago.
Rocky agrees to a match in Russia against Ivan Drago to help reclaim Apollo Creed's honor.
His bout with Drago left him with brain damage on some level and an inability to fight anymore, so he teaches.
www.movieprop.com /tvandmovie/Rocky/chronology.htm   (227 words)

  
 Where have you gone, Ivan Drago? - The Washington Times: Sports - August 19, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
After flooring Drago with an improbable late-round surge, Rocky addresses the rapt Russian crowd, which even more improbably has been chanting his name (remember, this is Hollywood).
Once the Drago of the Olympic world — a big, bad, imposing supervillain, similar to USA Basketball — Russia has become just another player at the Games, one more nation panning for gold in the unglamorous waters of modern pentathlon.
Of course, it didn't hurt that Ivan wasn't above a little skullduggery: jobbing our men's basketball team in 1972, boycotting the red, white and blue Los Angeles Games, sending their 'roid-ripped East German proxies to party crash our swimming pool.
www.washtimes.com /sports/20040819-120936-9912r.htm   (1123 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Rocky 4 (1985) : Video   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
With a mighty punch, Drago has sent Rocky's former opponent and trainer Apollo Creed to an early grave, and the boxer responds with the ultimate challenge.
Drago is twice Rocky's size, while the American fighter goes through fifteen rounds of imitating a bobble-head doll.
It is a battle between the modern scientific trickery of the Soviet Union and its hero Drago, and the heart and old fashioned hard-work ethic of the kid from the streets, Rocky Balboa.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/630197820X?v=glance   (2266 words)

  
 DVDork.com - Rocky IV Review
This time it is Ivan Drago, a six-foot, 4 inch 261-pound Russian boxer who has the full backing of his government.
For Drago you have state-of-the-art technology training machines and even a brief scene in which he is injected with drugs.
Another thing to take note of is that this DVD is missing the russian subtitles at the end, in the last fight when Ivan Drago speaks you don't get the usual subtitles.
www.dvdork.com /publish/rrh_rocky4.shtml   (672 words)

  
 eBay - drago rocky shirt, Men's Clothing, Clothing, Shoes Accessories items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
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 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
There is a lot of training and a lot of anger toward Russia and its new son, Ivan Drago.
The movie starts out with Ivan Drago the World Amateur Champion, his wife, and his manager, coming to America to challenge Rocky Balboa in a exhibition boxing match.
Rocky trains in the snow of Siberia, while Drago trains in an indoor facility.
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 Ivan - Ivan Parker
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Ivan Turgenev was born in Oryol, in the Ukraine region of Russia, into a wealthy For further reading: Ivan Turgenev by AV Knowles (1988); Turgenev: A
Ivan Parker has become synonymous with Christian music and his voice is one that is immediately recognized by fans across the country who embrace this
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 RockyFans.com | Films   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
Rocky IV Ivan Drago burst into the scene in Rocky IV with the tag line "Whatever he hits, he destroys".
Apollo lost the match, and his life after he refused to end the fight and took countless blows to the head.
Rocky later accepted Drago's challenge for a fight and successfully defended his title on Russian soil.
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 :: View topic - Rocky Fights   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
I think the fight with Ivan Drago was the best because to me, he was the most intense and toughest opponent.
Drago was his best opponent because he was the one who did the most damage, which is the reason behind Balboa's speech slurs in Rocky V
Ivan Drago all the way, it hurted just to watch him.
www.retrojunk.com /forums/viewtopic.php?t=5077   (552 words)

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