![]() Ivan holds an Olympic gold medal and holds a strongest punch of overĢ100 psi, his average was 1850 psi. Press conference was seen by the former Heavyweight Champion and retired professional boxer named Apollo Creed. This wasĪnnounced at the press conference held as soon as Ivan got off the plane. Hopes of booking a title fight against the World Champion named Rocky Balboa,Ĭonvinced Ivan could defeat the American and take the title. After Ivan wins that fight, his Soviet trainers wereĬonvinced that he would beat any boxer in the world, prompting them to fly to America in The USSR is on the deck of a warship, where Ivan is pitted against the bestīoxer in the Red Navy named Yuri Denisov. Record of 100 wins, 0 losses, 0 draws and 100 knockouts. The eye of prospects, from here Ivan was trained in Soviet Russia and went on to defeat a series of other boxers. Ivan fought a fellow soldier named Alexei Baluk defeating him and catching Was during this time that a boxing trainer named Sergei Rimsky and a high ranking political adviser named Nicolai Koloff were scouting the soldiers in order to find a worthyĪthlete. Ivan would eventually join the Soviet Army becoming an Infantry Captain, it In his adulthood, Ivan became an excellent athlete, proving physical prowess when he became an Olympic gold medalist in the 1984 games. Was raised with discipline, due to growing up in such a rough environment. Much information surrounding his childhood, but one would assume that he Ivan Drago was born on Januin Moscow, Russia USSR. 2.3 East vs West, Defeated by Rocky Balboa.He was given several nicknames, such as the Siberian Bull, the Siberian Express and even Death from Above, which is referring to Ivan's height and Apollo's death at the hands of Ivan.Īfter the fall of Soviet Union, he had a son named Viktor Drago who succeeded him in his boxing career. Ludmilla (Ivan's wife) spoke for him at press conferences, with Drago simply staring at the press without saying anything. The Soviet Union was extremely arrogant in Ivan's abilities however, Ivan never bragged about it. Ivan is now focusing on developing a deeper bond with his son, training side-by-side with him. ![]() In the final round, Viktor was very fatigued and had nothing left as he was unable to defend himself, causing Ivan to throw the towel in for his son and Ivan hugged Viktor as Ivan tells him that he is proud of him. ![]() Viktor had a rematch with Adonis in Russia, the fight was a war with both men destroying each other. Viktor (Ivan's son) pummeled Adonis in their first encounter but lost to Adonis via disqualification because he punched Adonis when he was down. In 2018 ( Creed II), Ivan issued a challenge to a newly crowned Heavyweight Champion named Adonis Creed (Apollo's son) on the behalf of his son, hoping to avenge his loss to Balboa all those years ago. Ivan trained his son ruthlessly for the next 20 years, attempting to make him a better boxer than he was. He was divorced by Ludmilla Drago (Ivan's wife) and he was forced to raise Viktor Drago (Ivan's son) on his own. Ivan was shamed by the USSR and exiled from Russia, forcing him to move to Ukraine. In 1985 ( Rocky IV), Ivan would fight one of America's greatest fighters named Apollo Creed in an exhibition match, but Ivan ended up destroying him with ease and knocking him out in the second round, resulting in the death of Creed, in which Rocky Balboa (Apollo's close friend) took it upon himself to avenge Apollo and agreed to a fight against Ivan in Russia where Ivan lost the fight, making it his first and only loss ever. At the time, the Soviet Union and the United States were at war with each other and the Soviet Union wanted to prove their superiority. As seen in the events from Rocky Legends, Ivan was first scouted by Nicolai Koloff in Russia, Koloff was tasked with finding a fighter that could be built and sent to the United States in order to become champion. Ivan was an amateur boxer and Olympic gold medalist from the Soviet Union, armed with a punch over 2,000 psi. He is a former Russian professional boxer, Olympian and a Infantry Captain for the Soviet Army. ![]() ![]() Creed II " I must break you." ―Ivan Drago to Rocky Balboa Ĭaptain Ivan Vasilyevich (Petrovitch) Drago (Russian: Иван Васильевич (Петрович) Драго) is the main antagonist of Creed II and Rocky IV, the overarching antagonist of the 2015 film Creed, and flashback antagonist in Rocky V. ![]()
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