Apollo Creed. 2. Earnie Shavers was almost Clubber Lang in "Rocky III" instead of Lawrence Tureaud ("Mr. T"). Mr. T was great as Clubber Lang, but he couldn't act like Carl Weathers or punch like ...
In this 1982 film, Rocky Balboa, now the heavyweight champion of the world, is provoked into a fight by Clubber Lang, a very aggressive boxer who has climbed the ranks by crushing his opponents.
Fame and complacency soon cause Balboa to lose his title to young thug Clubber Lang ( Mr. T ), who inadvertently causes the death of Rocky's beloved trainer, Mickey (Burgess Meredith), before ...