u/Mean_Caramel9187

In my opinion Mickey wouldn’t have let Rocky fight Drago
Even if it is to avenge creed
And speaking of Apollo
When Rocky hesitates to throw in the towel
Mickey would violently snatch the towel out of Rocky’s hand to throw it in
But by that time it’s too late the final blow had been landed
So yeah I feel like if Mickey was in Rocky 4 that would have happened

In the directors cut we see Apollo fight back, see in the second round Apollo threw a powered hook that should have took dragos head off and made the crowd go berserk
But it made his right cheek a bit bruised/red as we see Apollo throw punches at the mid section we see Drago start to crack, he’s starting to feel pain from those punches which is why Rocky used that for his fight with Drago
I feel like sly took the scenes where Apollo fights back out because he thought the audience would not wanna see Apollo throw weak punches
But aye weak punches is better than no punches.