Mr. T was never a villain in my eyes. He came & visited our school once. Warned us to keep away from drugs. Me and the other kids absolutely loved him!

The energy and intensity that this guy put into this character is amazing. One of the few cases where overacting actually worked.

I love the face-to-face where Rocky is distracted and shaken and looking around avoiding eye contact with Clubber, meanwhile Clubber is laser-focused and staring daggers at Rocky. Great visual storytelling there.

Mr. T played this roll perfectly. Can't believe it was his 1st movie. One of my favorite actors on this planet. Love from South Africa 🇿🇦🌎

He didn't dislike Rocky, he merely pitied the fool...

Loved Mr.T's acting in this film, such an underrated guy.

“Peace has cost you your strength. Victory has defeated you.”

"You betta get that bad look off your face before I knock it off" MR T was just GOLD. Conner Mcgregor wouldn't have nothing on him when it came to trash talk.

Favorite line in the whole film is when Mr. T says, "Come on, Creed."

"I'm the new champ of the world! UGHHHH!!! UGHHHHHH!!!! UGHHHHHHHH!!!!" - Clubber Lang

Mr. T. should have gotten a nomination fo this performance.

I remember when I first watched this movie and had nightmares about Clubber Lang and thought "what if a real fighter was like him in real life?".Couple years later Mike Tyson came out.

5:47 - that look on Apollo’s face was heartbreaking. It was like he lost all over again. When Rocky won, Apollo passed on the mantle to be the champ. This is why Apollo trained him, because he knew Rocky could win with his help

In all of the Rocky movies, Mr T was the only one to KO rocky out

Not one punched was blocked HAHA, except with face

"You better get that bad look off your face, before I knock it off!" Greatest threat of all time.

clubber lang vs ivan drago would have been the sh!t

The thing that always got me about Clubber Lang was he's really not a villain. He's just a really determined guy who was watching Balboa as the champion for years and the entire time he's just saying to himself, "I'm better than him." It takes a lot to do it, but he kicks the crap out of Rocky and he forces him to evolve his game to an incredible level. He's a really great character who opposes Rocky, so we hate him. However, he's not a villain at all.

"just like a chicken, you better run" - I'm dying bro... that delivery was flawless... BHWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

the Rocky franchise really is a definitive mark for movies. One of the best movies ever.

"...and you better take that bad look off your face before I knock it off!" 😠

Clubber is just a determined guy...risen through the ranks...worked hard...deservedly won...he is the real "rocky" in this and rocky is the "Apollo"

0:49 I love his little, high-school bully giggle 😂🤣😂🤣

R.I.P. Carl Weathers, Burgess Meredith, And Burt Young!

My favorite Rocky movie of all time!! Mr. T literally made this movie!

Paulie screaming "defense" to Baboa is like Mike D'antoni screaming "defense" to James Harden

The way he starts on Apollo 😂. Carl Weathers looked genuinely shaken up. Mr. T - what a guy!

I love how Clubber Lang was so over the top that even in real time in the 80's when this came out he seemed like a caricature creation. Mr. T. of course doubled down on that with the A Team and his over all image, "I pity the fool", etc.

I had a chance to meet Mr. T in NY about ten years ago now and he was such a nice person and answered all of the questions I had and that he's probably answered a million times before.. Thanks for being awesome Mr. T and thanks for sharing your stories with me!. 🙏

"Come on Balboa ya make me wait!" Classic 😂

Rocky : you got a son? Lang : yeah. Why? Rocky : say no more creed 3

I love the way he throws hooks, especially the 2-hit. The way he punches is just so smooth.

“Come on Creeeeeeed!!” Mr.T was straight Menace as Clubber Lang!!” “He was truly the perfect antagonist!!”

Clubber Lang is clearly the most menacing and imposing character in the Rocky universe.

No one else could make Rocky panic as Clubber did, you can argue Drago got into his head but nowhere near level of Clubber (obviously Rocky was more focused on Mick than fight itself but Clubber was responsible for that). In a way it was sad watching a tough guy like Rocky in panic mode especially as a kid

What a great ending to this movie! It's nice to see an up-and-comer challenging the champion, overcoming the odds and coming out victorious!

i miss those times when blocking punches was not allowed in boxing

6:08 "UHHHHH, UHHHHHH!!!!" LOL. Clubber = Legend.

I know he didn't come along until about five years later but Clubber Lang is very very much the Mike Tyson of the Rocky universe.

The detail of Rocky not being able to hold Clubber's look at his eyes, whereas he endured it in the second fight shows how different was his mindset.

In 1976 when Mr. T was in the army his sergeant ordered him to chop down trees but didn't specify how many. So Mr. T single-handedly chopped down 70 trees in about four and a half hours before he was stopped by an astonished major. I pity the forest.

When Mr T says come on Balboa you make me wait then throws that left right combo I always feel it. Like that determination that he's worked so hard for it's right there his goal and he makes Rocky pay for ducking him I just love this scene. Honestly out of all of Rocky's challengers Clubber Lang is by far my favorite.

I was disappointed that they didn't continue with the Clubber Lang character in to Rocky 4. Clubber lost just one fight to Rocky and suddenly disappeared. Would have made more sense for him to be the one that fought Drago in Rocky 4, or at least vying for a 3rd fight with Rocky (after all they had won one each). If Clubber had worked harder on his stamina he would have been an absolute nightmare to fight.

The way Clubber Lang celebrates gets me all the time. He’s so over the top!

Clubber Lang was the Tyson before Tyson.

What's your prediction for the fight? My prediction? Pain.

“Just like a chicken” then his little laugh right after always cracks me up

The laugh Lang did did after slapping Creeds hand👌🏾👌🏾

I once witnessed Mr T in action, back in his body guard days. He was UNBELIEVABLE. He was a body guard for Leon Spinks in Chicago, just after Spinks had beaten Muhammad Ali. Spinks was then the heavyweight champ of the world and was in Chicago to fight an exhibition against a super tough Italian fighter named George Mostardini; In the old Chicago Amphitheater, it was one of the most surreal experiences of my life. A super electric atmosphere with most of Chicago's "Northside Italians" packing the house and raising absolute hell in favor of "their guy". Enter Mr. T, defending the current world champion and (most importantly) the 2 Championship belts that temporarily belonged to Spinks. The entourage had to get from the locker room into the ring, a gauntlet of about 100 feet thru sheer hostility. The crowd wanted to beat Spinks themselves, let alone fight their guy. They threw beer bottles, chairs, you name it. Mr. T got Spinks into the ring in one piece and unharmed, an incredible feat in itself. The fight had to be stopped after only a round or so because of the out and out hostility of that crowd. If Mostardini had knocked out Spinks, he still would not have been champion because it was only an exhibition, not an official prizefight. Nevertheless, when it came time to leave the ring, it seemed impossible that Mr. T and the small group of Spinks' entourage could get out of there uninjured - it was like a hundred against 10 people or so, talk about being in a "Lion's den". Mr. T, heroically and ferociously, fought one guy after another, some time more than one at a time, and invited a few more who were taunting from afar. It took about 10-15 minutes and he got Spinks and co. out of there and I don't believe a one of them got hurt! Words truly can't describe the herculean feat that this truly was. I can't prove it, but I know in my heart that: 1) This incident was used in the Rocky III film that Syvester Stalone wrote, and 2) Mr. T got that part in the film because of that incident and his authentic ferociousness, which was undeniable. There's no way you could fake what I witnessed that night in the Chicago Amphitheater, which roared like the famed Roman colosseum. Mr T is a GENUINE BADASS!!! Believe it!

If there is one thing that I have always loved about Clubber Lang, it was his modesty. :P

“Come on Balboa, Make me wait”😂 idk why this makes me laugh everytime

Probably my favorite from the Rocky Series...Rocky got obliterated in the first fight... seemingly no way he could ever beat Clubber. But with the help of Apollo, he did... I was just getting out of HS ('82) when this movie was out.. at times we used a lot of the lines from the movie to motivate ourselves. Still love this movie to this day. THERE IS NO TOMORROW!

I'm so Chicago. Everytime Rocky III comes, I root for Clubber Lang.

1:11 - 1:16 I really appreciate the subtle acting here. You can tell Rocky is afraid, he can't even look at Clubber without turning away while Clubber just keeps staring him down.

People forget that Lang insulted Apollo quite a bit. That in itself would be reason enough to train Rocky for a re-match.

For some reason, I enjoyed the respect that Apollo and Rocky had for each other more than the fight itself. At this moment, Apollo may not have personally "liked" Rocky, but he respected him, which is why he cheered for him to win.

"Come on Balboa! You made me wait!!" 😂😂😂

Compubox Power Punch Stats: Balboa : 210/212 Lang: 400/400

As Mickey predicted...Clubber knocked him into tomorrow lol.

how time flies by,its 40 yrs ago when i went to see this film at the cinema,and i could still watch it over again,and again,talk about a classic movie thats stood the test of time,there all well made films,no stallone,no rockys,they have launched his career,well done to him.

I love it when Paulie yells defense!!! The irony of course is there isn't a single lick of defense in the entire fight.

And as you see here, Rocky had been working on a special technique, which os rarely known or used in boxing. It is the "Face-Block Method". This highly risky method utilizes not the hands or forearms for defensive purposes but rather, the entire facial region. In doing so, Rocky will, in all theoretical workings, absorb the blow in his face thus giving him enough time to see the foe's weak spots and attack with all vigor. Very well done. Very well indeed!

That glare before the knockout was saying without saying “I’ve destroyed you, now I’m gonna take your soul.”

Clubber is one of the best villains in movie history. Also, I love how there’s no defense, slipping punches or anything other than connecting on pretty much every punch 😂

3:18 Paulie yelling "defence" to Rocky is hilarious.

Mickey: "This guy's a wrecking machine! He'll kill ya to death inside of 3 rounds!" Clubber knocks Rocky out in the 2nd.

When I seen Clubber Lang stare Balboa down as a child and said, " Dead Meat!!," I got nervous for Balboa. LOL. 2:18-2:25.

Fun Fact: What defeated Clubber Lang was his own anger

Clubber will always be my favorite character in the whole franchise

Clubber Lang only Person to ever knock out rocky Mr. T at his best

I know it's a movie, but I was rooting for T to win so badly.

Notice how Clubber Lang doesn't even sit down between rounds. He was that prepared and amped up for this fight.

We were allowed to watch this at school back in 9th grade during poetry class. I remember thinking to myself "damn Mr T. has the coolest lines in the movie"

400 punches into the opening round and somebody (presumably a trainer) advises: "Defence"

Mickey: "Clubber ain't gonna kiss ya, he's gonna kill ya"

Oh shit, you can FEEL Clubber's hits. Those impact sounds...

I love that they have Apollo with Rocky instead of against him. I never really saw Apollo as an enemy to Rocky, just as a rival. It is nice that the two get along so well after this fight is over.

Clubber Lang still scares the crap out of me even today !!!! Mr T is a legend.

It took me YEARS to understand Rocky's dialogue while sitting in his corner: "Where's Mick? Where's Mick?" "He's Too Strong!!!" "I Can't Keep Up?"" "I'm Losing It Paulie. I'm Losing It!"

This was the first Rocky film I saw and bought and been a fan ever since the tenth grade.Spent my highschool years collecting the movies.

"You don't got nothing I want no more. I don't need no has-been messing up my corner. You better get that bad look off on your face before I knock it off. You're going to jump? Jump! C'mon Creed!" Mr. T was on fire!

When I was a kid, I thought Rocky lost because those yellow gloves were too soft. 😏

Lang was quoted as saying "Eeeehhhhh ehhhh ehhhh!" After the victory

I'm writing my theses for my master's and I watch this fight first before I start writing every day. Clubber is awesome.

Rocky 3 was a great movie it was made at a time when Mr T was very popular and in the prime of his career

Mr.T really tried to knock him into next week😂💀

This movie was my intro to Mr T. What a badass.

What a great movie. 70s - 90's created the greatest movies; just before computers technology had taken over but just after it officially entered.

Sorry to all you Drago lovers but Mr. T was the best villain..today we get nothing like this anymore..why?

Damn Rocky took a serious ass whooping this fight....Clubber was hitting him with some power blows

Rocky: "He's just another fighter." Mick: "No he ain't just another fighter! This guy is a WRECKIN MACHINE!"

This was brutal to watch when I was a kid. I was so scared of Clubber Lang in this movie!

For those who think the Rocky fight scenes look fake when compared to real boxing, well of course they do! it's a movie, but look, what these movies really do is over-exaggerate the archetypes of boxing styles. Rocky is supposed to be a pressure-fighter/puncher, a brawler, those kinds of boxers tend to take 3 shots to land one, and aren't known for having great defense, so in the movies Rocky is portrayed as having ZERO defense in order to reinforce that archetype and make it understandable to the public. Just like Apollo Creed, he was an outside boxer, a dancer, so they over-exaggerated that too. In this case the archetype is between two brawlers, so of course in this series neither will have any defense whatsoever and it will appear ridiculous.

3:55 Apollo knows it's over at the end of the first round. One thing people tend to forget, it's not just the fact that Mickey wasn't with him, and it's not just the fact that he lost his edge, Rocky had just found out that all his opponents were hand-picked by Mickey not long before this first fight with Clubber for the past 3 years. That does something to someone who had worked so hard and sacrificed so much to not only go the distance with Apollo the first time but to win the title the second time. Rocky's emotions were fluttering everywhere, let's just say if Mick were with him, u don't think that Rocky wouldn't have run in this problem anyway? He was out of his element in this fight.

Lesson in Rocky I and II: If you want to succeed, work hard and never give up Lesson from Rocky III: Success is never owned, its only rented and it is due everyday

Clubber really is HIGHLY underappreciated!

"Watch Clubber destroy this man after two short rounds. " Clubber was what Apollo wanted to BE.

Rocky, Apollo creed was my favorite character in the series. He's got a unique charm to him.

2:10 The freaking reality of life you don't want to face 😂😅

C'mon CREED! 😄