 That's when Apollo Creed wants to make a comeback, so he fights this big Russian, and they fight in Las Vegas, and Apollo not only is beaten, he's literally killed. And Rocky feels guilty because, and this part never made any sense to me, Rocky didn't throw in the towel that would have stopped the fight. But Drago already threw the ref out of the way, so I don't know what a towel would have done. You think Drago would have stopped pummeling Apollo Creed into oblivion? No!