Quote Originally Posted by Mark TKO View Post
Earnie Shavers was the first name considered for the role of Clubber Lang so thats where you get Ernest from

Joe Frazier was also considered


Thats all I know - hope this helps
Didn't Joe Frazier make an appearence in the 1st movie? Don't know if it was him in real life (it looked like it was), but he shook hands with Apollo and Rocky before the fight.