Remaking of Rocky- IV in Russia this Friday

 Full Story / Photo: The Moscow Times 3 November 2011

Denis Lebedev, center left, and James “Lights Out” Toney, center right, facing off ahead of Friday’s match

The newspaper reports that the plot for Friday’s headlining fight at MegaSport Sports Palace could be straight out of “Rocky IV”: An aging American champion comes to Moscow to face a younger Russian fighter who has just brutally defeated another American great.

On Friday 43-year-old James “Lights Out” Toney takes the part of Rocky, 32-year-old Denis Lebedev plays his opponent Ivan Drago, and 42-year-old Roy Jones, Jr., whom Lebedev knocked unconscious in the final seconds of their bout in May, stands in for Apollo Creed.

But since this isn’t the movies, there’s no guarantee Rocky will win. Also, this Rocky isn’t uttering doofy Stallone lines, but rather is spouting more PG-13 fare.

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