Remembering how Rocky Balboa defied the critics to defeat Ivan Drago, Boxing
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#x3C;p><strong>That 1980s Sports Blog:</strong> Rocky fans worried that the former champion boxer was past his best, but he managed to turn a hostile crowd in his favour and produce a stirring comeback in Moscow</p>
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Rocky Balboa vs Ivan Drago, petruccifrancesco.it, Francesco
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ESPN - On this date in 1985, Rocky Balboa defeated Ivan Drago, proved everyone could change, and redefined the training montage.
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Rocky beat Ivan Drago in a classic Christmas Day fight as Balboa exacted revenge on Apollo Creed's killer in Moscow after heavy training
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