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I struggle to see why everyone was so impressed with this performance by Balboa. Yes, the promoters liked to go on (and on) about Drago's amateur record (reportedly 100-1 with 100 stoppages) and the fact he was an Olympic champion, but that was a long time ago. This bout happened in 1985 and Drago was part of the Soviet Boycott of the 1984 Olympics. Thus, his Olympic medal must have come five years earlier during the 1980 Moscow Games -- and one only has to look at the list of countr