Was Rocky stupid for fighting Ivan Drago for free?

[Toe Jay Simpson]

In retrospect, that Creed intro was hella foul how they stunted on them Russians

 

[Roid Jones]

Ppv didnt even exist then.

Yes it did

 

[Roid Jones]

Idk

His speech at the end of the fight seemed the opposite of propaganda at the time

"I came here tonight
and I didn't know what to expect
...
I've seen a lot of people hatin me and
I didn't know what to feel about that
so I guess I didn't like you much
then either
...

During this fight,
I seen a lot of changing
...
The way yous felt about me
and the way I felt about you
...
In here there were 2 guys
killin each other, but I guess
thats better than 20 million
...
What I'm trying to say is
If I can change
...
and you can change
...
Everybody can change
..."

An American dude beating up a giant Russian in Russia while wearing American flag shorts and then giving a rousing speech whilst draped in the American flag and then getting a standing ovation for it, all this after training for the fight using nothing but good ol fashioned hard work, whilst his opponent uses dastardly non American methods like drugs, technology and sparring sessions

 

[MrLogic]

He was dumb for trusting Paulie with his money

 

[Phitz]

Rocky.. only white man ever to avenge a brothers death without looking for money

what about Thor and Heimdall

 

[maxamusa]

OP got bushed; ole golem ass MF.

 

[Wildin]

I hate those damn movies. I can't understand that mumbling fukk. The "boxing" is garbage too.

 

[Raw Lyrics]

An American dude beating up a giant Russian in Russia while wearing American flag shorts and then giving a rousing speech whilst draped in the American flag and then getting a standing ovation for it, all this after training for the fight using nothing but good ol fashioned hard work, whilst his opponent uses dastardly non American methods like drugs, technology and sparring sessions

To be fair, Stallone at the time had a huge fan base in Russia, in many European countries in fact.

At one time he had Rocky 4 and Rambo 2 out just months apart and both opened up at number 1 in the US and around the world.