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Ippo then joined Takamura to sing the song along with him. After celebrating at the Gaiant Echo Karaoke, Takamura invited everyone to his house for a second party. Upon arrival to Takamura's home, Ippo learned that Yamada would be leaving Tokyo in two days. Ippo was shocked at the news and did not want to let Yamada leave. When Kimura mentioned a traditional Kamogawa farewell party, Ippo suggested to do it.
Two days later, Ippo waited in the basement with everyone for Yamada. When Yamada entered the room, the farewell party began, with Yamada having to spar against Takamura, Aoki, Kimura. With Ippo as his second, Yamada fought against the three. After the spars, Ippo then got into the ring, wanting to spar for one round with Yamada to not be forgotten.
Ippo decided to go all out and ends the spar by hitting Yamada with the technique Yamada told him he admired: the liver blow. With the farewell party over, Yamada leaves the gym, with Ippo seeing him off. Later, with the semifinals of the Class A Tournament coming up for Aoki and Kimura, Ippo began examining videos of their opponent and then mimic their styles as he sparred with Aoki and Kimura.
After the two lost, Ippo was shocked that despite how hard they trained, they lost. He was then told by Takamura that there can only be one winner, no matter how hard they work. When Ippo returned to the gym, he told Kamogawa, who just came back from an interview with Volg's trainer, Ruslan Ramuda , that he could not find a way to defeat Volg, angering Kamogawa due to Ramuda's statements in the interview.
Ippo was then instructed to train for a new weapon by doing two-hundred squats to strengthen his legs to be resilient to that of a gazelle. After a week of doing squats at a local pool , Ippo returned to the gym and met Kamogawa, who instructed him on how to use the new technique.
Upon using the new technique called the Gazelle Punch on a sandbag, Ippo wondered if it will hit due to the huge motion. Ippo was then informed that the match with Volg will be a battle of endurance, fighting close range, throwing punches until one runs out of breath, with Ippo being able to use the Gazelle Punch if Volg runs out of breath. Kamogawa then tasked Ippo on endurance training to make sure he is not the one who runs out of breath.
With the training Ippo was doing making Ippo's body become fatigue, Ippo received a massage fro Yamaguchi as instructed by Kamogawa. Ippo then continued his endurance training the next morning. After watching Date's title defence match, Ippo met with Date in his waiting room to congratulate him.
Ippo then learned that the other challenger candidate, Volg, was watching Date's match as well. Ippo then met Volg, who was seeking help. Before Ippo helped him get a train ticket due to Volg not understanding the station's aap, Volg requested to talk with Ippo.
During the conversation, Ippo felt as he could understand Volg, as, even though he does not like boxing, he boxes for his sick mother 's soup and she is waiting for him in Russia. Later, the finals for the Class A Tournament arrived. When Ippo and Volg arrive to the ring, Ippo felt as if the ring was getting smaller due to Volg's pressure, feeling as if he was locked in a cage with a wild beast. When the first round began, Ippo entered his Peek-a-Boo style. In an in-fight, Ippo and Volg attacked each other with a rush of left jabs, not landing any hits for a long period of time until Ippo was hit by an uppercut.
Ippo began to block his face, however an uppercut went through his guard. Ippo tightened his guard, but was hit by a third uppercut. Ippo dodged an incoming follow-up and made an attempt to get away from the ropes.
Volg stopped his attempt, and Ippo was hit by a series of blows that caused him to become unconscious. Volg threw a right straight at the unconscious Ippo, however, Ippo, still unconscious, stopped the attack with a right and began throwing a combination of lefts and rights on Volg's guard. When Volg backed up to the middle of the ring, Ippo woke up, and they both go into another in-fight until the gong ending the first round sounded.
When round two began, Ippo and Volg got into an in-fight. When Ippo dodged an attack, he landed the Gazelle Punch on Volg, knocking him down.
When Volg got back up, Ippo became hopeful for a chance and charged at Volg, who dodged Ippo's punches. Seeing no way to stop Volg with jabs, Ippo attempted to land another Gazelle Punch, however Volg blocked it and began throwing a combination of punches at Ippo. Ippo was then hit by the White Fang, blocking the first hit from below, then got struck from the second hit from above, getting knocked down.
With much struggle, Ippo got up and the second round ended. As round three began, Ippo widened his stance, choosing to not run away. Ippo was hit repeatedly with a combination of punches on the ropes until the referee got between them, giving Ippo a standing down. After the referee continued the match, Ippo was shortly downed again by an uppercut. Recalling memories of Kamogawa, Ippo stood up and the match continued.
Ippo began attacking again, with both fighters trading hits multiple times until the third round ended. At the corner, Ippo told Kamogawa how he remembered hitting the mitts with Kamogawa when he did not know what to do, and his punches began hitting.
Round four then began, and Ippo was immediately hit with body blows and a blow to the liver. Ippo and Volg then continue an exchange of punches. When Ippo believed it to be the end for him, Volg missed an attack. Ippo began attacking Volg again, who was unable to dodge Ippo's punches due to lacking the stamina. As Ippo was preparing to use the Gazelle Punch, Volg threw a big punch that missed as a feint, knowing that it was a feint, Ippo widened his stance, allowing him to hit Volg with a Low Gazelle Punch and then struck Volg two times, causing him to go down.
Volg got back up, and Ippo attacked Volg's guard at the ropes until Volg clinched. When the clinch broke, the two exchanged hits until the gong sounded ending the fourth round. When round five began, Ippo and Volg widen their stance and commenced an in-fight battle. When Volg saw a chance, he went for his White Fang, however, Ippo dodged both hits. Noticing Volg was unable to breath anymore as Volg gasped for air, Ippo delivered a Gazelle Punch on the defenceless Volg, causing him to go down.
While in the ring, Ippo passed out and was escorted to the hospital on a stretcher. After waking up at the Kawai Hospital , he found Kumi working there and found out that Mashiba had also won the Class A tournament.
Ippo went to his celebration party where Takamura, Kimura and Aoki gathered four girls from the hospital to party with them. The group then played a game of bowling, with the first winner getting to pick first which girl they want to go out with, at the end of the game, Ippo went out with Kumi.
After escorting her home, he went into her house and had a short conversation before Ippo got scared of Mashiba and left. Ippo, having trouble finding an plan against Date, went to Takamura's house to find magazines to help him, but came to a conclusion that he had no plan and instead would throw everything he learned at him as the challenger.
Ippo then went with Takamura for his match against Atsushi Tamaki. There, he saw Date who shocked Ippo when he told him his punches were light.
After Takamura's match, Takamura informed Ippo that Date's punches were heavy because of people's feelings are connected to his fists. After finding out Mashiba was a junior lightweight champion now, Ippo got a call from Kumi asking him to come over for the celebration party. After the celebration party and encouragement from Mashiba, Ippo was requested to spar in the gym for the press with a Philippines junior featherweight fourth ranked boxer.
After defeating the boxer, he sparred with Kimura with a strategy to defeat Date. When the day of the match arrived and with both boxer's in the ring, the match began. In the first round, Ippo guarded his left side to eliminate Date's Corkscrew Blow. Ippo and Date threw punches at each other with no punches landing cleanly until Date left his left side open after missing an uppercut.
Seeing no way to block it in time, Date decided to take the hit and Ippo delivered a liver blow. Ippo realised that Date was waiting for him to attack to leave himself open and now he was open for Date to hit him as he was unable to block.
Ippo was then hit with a left straight. Ippo rushed towards Date, who backed up to the ropes. Ippo saw a right hook incoming and blocked his face, however Date hit him under the ear. Date continued to show the difference in experience and threw a Corkscrew Blow after landing a counter, however Ippo blocked it and pushed Date back to the ropes.
Date noticed that Ippo was planning to hit him from a clinch distance, but deduced that Ippo could not land a good hit from that distance. He was then surprised when Ippo landed a liver blow, making Date's body buckle over. Ippo continued pushing Date back with a barrage to his guard.
Ippo landed a clean right to Date's face. Date attempted to clinch until he remembered that Ippo could throw a liver blow at that range and quickly lets go when Ippo began the motion.
The round then ended when Ippo pushed Date to the ropes again, ending the round with a draw in points. When the second round began, Date attempted to beat Ippo at his best range in an in-fight, which caused Date trouble as Ippo hit him and Date was barely able to keep his guard up.
Date noticed Ippo was about to use the liver blow and blocked his right side, however it turned out to be a feint. Ippo then landed a barrage of punches to Date's face, as his neck swings from every blow until the second round ended.
Ippo informed Kamogawa that Date did not take any damage despite hitting him at full swing. Kamogawa did not believe that to be the case and Ippo was instructed to not change the fight plan. The third round began and Date rushed towards Ippo looking for another in-fight. Date was only able to land some light punches as Ippo attacked Date's guard.
Ippo landed a body blow and began hitting Date's face again, however Date spun his neck to roll the punches, negating the damage. Ippo was then hit with a left jab, causing him to go down.
Ippo got back up as he was in shock as his punches seemed to be doing no damage. Ippo went for body blows, but the punches were unable to do damage due to Date moving his guard along with Ippo's punches at the moment of impact. Thinking that if he doesn't land any clean punches, he would not be able to knock Date down, Ippo attempted to throw a big punch. However Date countered it and Ippo was hit with a combination of attacks until the gong sounded, ending the round.
Ippo began questioning himself if he is being too predictable. Ippo was informed that he was using instincts and intelligence cultivated from years of experience. In the fourth round, Ippo kept getting hit with clean punches. After Date used the Neck Spin to neutralise an attack, Ippo landed a left right after Date put his head in the normal position.
Ippo then landed a liver blow and a Gazelle Punch, however much to his shock, Date was still standing, with Ippo wondering if his punches were light. Ippo then felt the weight of a champion's fist as Date unleashed a full powered right, going through Ippo's guard and hitting him.
Date then landed multiple hits until he attacked with a punch from above. Ippo, wanting to give it his all like he said to Takamura, threw an uppercut, hitting Date cleanly.
Damaged from the attack, Date barely dodged Ippo's incoming attack, with the round ending shortly after. In the corner, barely able to speak, he told Kamogawa that he will not stop until he gives everything he has, as he is the challenger. Ippo and Date had a battle of exchanges, with Ippo eventually leaning on Date and attacking him. When Date got far enough away from Ippo, Ippo fell from his own weight, resulting in himself getting downed. Ippo slowly got up, looking for Date. When he found Date, Ippo walked up to him, and, after a quick exchange, readied a liver blow.
Just as Date was about to land another hit on the frozen Ippo, the referee stopped the match as Kamogawa had thrown the towel into the ring while Ippo fell down, resulting in Date winning and Ippo losing for the first time in his career.
Later, in his waiting room, Kamogawa apologised to Ippo for his poor planning as Ippo apologised himself, wishing for Kamogawa to continue looking after him. Ippo then thanked everyone for their cheering. Ippo took a taxi to the airport where Volg was leaving. There, Volg thanked Ippo for teaching him the fun in boxing and gave Ippo his old boxing gloves.
Volg left, after saying his last Japanese word to Ippo, "Sayonara", leaving Ippo in tears as he witnessed Volg walking away. Later, after watching Miyata fight against Li Chon Pir , Ippo met Date, who commented on Miyata's match and revealed to Ippo that he would be fighting an American who was ranked fifth in the WBA , and if he wins he would be going after the world title.
Date warned Ippo before leaving to not idle around too long by having no matches while everyone else is progressing, or he will be forgotten. Ippo went to the gym and found out that him, Aoki and Kimura have matches coming up. With Ippo only knowing the name of his opponent, Ponchai Chuwatana and record, he did not know what he looked like or what his fighting style was.
Kamogawa had Ippo training more on defence than offence. During training, Kamogawa collapsed and was sent to the hospital. At the hospital, Kamogawa revealed the goal for his match, to hit before getting hit. Ippo began watching tapes of Mike Tyson and noted how he bobs his head for defence.
Kamogawa recovered from the hospital and Ippo went to the weigh-in, where he met Ponchai for the first time. Ippo arrives to the ring for his comeback match five months after losing to Date. After the weigh-in, Ippo did a quick review with Umezawa on his opponent, which he was nervous about. Ippo then did one last training session before the match, with Umezawa noticing how Ippo's movements are different from before.
When the day of Ippo, Aoki, and Kimura's comeback matches arrive, Ippo arrived to the ring in his five month absence after Aoki and Kimura won, and looked back at how much things have changed since his first loss. In the ring, Ippo was instructed to start with his left and observe Ponchai for the first round.
With Ippo and Ponchai in the middle of the ring, the match began. When Ippo put both fists forward to start the match, Ponchai knocked one of his fists back and threw a right which hit a surprised Ippo's guard. Ippo blocked Ponchai's attacks until Ippo dodged two big punches by weaving. Ippo then threw a one-two. Ponchai stepped back from another attack from Ippo and attacked, with his punches missing the weaving Ippo who advanced forward. Ippo made Ponchai's guard break by throwing an uppercut, which he then followed with a right.
However, Ponchai spins his neck with the punch, negating the damage. Ippo got pushed back to the centre of the ring while dodging Ponchai's attacks. Ippo stopped stepping back, remembering that he fought back Date's neck spinning by throwing small and precise punches. As both boxers threw punches that miss in close range, Ippo saw an opening for a liver blow and hit Ponchai in the liver.
With Ponchai's face uncovered, Ippo hit him with a right uppercut. Ponchai immediately recovers and threw a right, barely grazing Ippo. Ippo noticed that Ponchai's eyes show that he was determined not to lose. The gong to the end of the first round sounded, with Ippo leading in points After Kamogawa gave Ippo advice, Ippo declared a victory in the next round by claiming that he would defeat him in the next round to his coach. In the second round, when Ippo threw a left, Ponchai threw a right in an attempt to use a right Cross Counter , but Ippo dodged it.
Ippo began weaving his body as Ponchai attempted to land a clean hit. Ippo eventually got into the back and forth motion of a side way figure eight, throwing punches from side to side, successfully hitting Ponchai until he went down. The referee then saw Ponchai unable to continue and ended the match, with Ippo winning his come back match.
Ippo was then interviewed by the ring interviewer. Ippo replied, accepting the rematch. Ippo then walked away from the ring, feeling thrilled to walk down from the ring after winning. Takamura visited Ippo, where he found an album called "memories" which contained pictures of him during his school days. Takamura noticed a girl who he thought was cute, Ippo remembered her as the first girl willing to talk to him in school.
He then found old dried leaves which were the ten leaves Ippo caught in order to become a boxer. The leaves then crumbled, making Ippo angry. Ippo and Takamura leave and go to Aoki's house. When Takamura found an album in Aoki's house and found an image of Aoki and Kimura in their delinquent days, Ippo was curious about their past.
Ippo, Takamura, and Aoki then go to Kimura's house where they were informed by his mother that he has a fever. When they entered Kimura's room, Ippo saw an Arowana , which Kimura deemed his pride and joy. When Ippo fed the fish , it fainted, not realising it was Kimura's aspirin. This made Kimura angry and hit Aoki, wondering why he came. Ippo then pointed out that Aoki and Kimura looked like they got along well in their delinquent photos, wanting to know details about their past.
Aoki and Kimura then told Ippo their past as delinquents up to when they won their debut matches. After telling Ippo their story, Takamura teased the two by offering them to hit him, causing Aoki and Kimura to retaliate and hit Ippo for starting it until Ippo pointed out that the fish was up and moving.
Ippo was then visited by Kamogawa, who asked for Ippo's reaction to the match. Kamogawa simply instructed him to rest his body for the fight and to not think about it. After Date won the match Ippo met with Date and congratulated him. Later, Ippo and the other boxers got ready to go to the training camp at the beach before Kamogawa explained that they would be going to the mountains where a friend of his was letting him use his pension, much to the boxers besides Ippo annoyance. Ippo and everyone else at the Kamogawa gym arrived at the Pension Yoshio and was greeted by Kamogawa's friend and rival Ginpachi Nekota , with Nekota recognising Ippo from sports magazines and videos.
Kamogawa then had Ippo run with Aoki, Kimura, and Shinoda. Before they left, Nekota warned them of bears. While running in the woods and acknowledging the strengths of the roadwork, Ippo noticed a bear behind him, making him run faster back to the house as he warned the rest of the group. When he returned, Nekota offered something to keep the bears away, leaving the group relieved. Unable to sleep, Ippo went outside and reflected about the Dempsey Roll's completed form. The next day, Ippo received a bell to keep bears away and ran with Aoki, Kimura, and Takamura in the woods.
Just as the runners began deciding that the bells were working, Ippo was jumped on by an animal. When Aoki and Kimura ran in fear back to inform the others that Ippo was attacked by a bear, Ippo came back with a white dog, which Nekota revealed that it was his dog, Hachi.
Kamogawa explained what everyone would be doing for their stay for the week, with Kamogawa instructing Ippo to chop logs with an axe. As Ippo did his training, Nekota visited him. Ippo requested his help on how to chop wood properly. Ippo watched in awe as Nekota chopped wood perfectly. Realising that Ippo was training to increase his power, Nekota warned Ippo that power-to-power battles have devastating lasting effects, breaking boxers down by becoming Punch Drunk , telling him how he himself retired because of brain damage and still has effects.
Ippo then became curious when Nekota mentioned of a way of punching without punching. After finishing his log training, Ippo went inside the house where Kamogawa began explaining the " Sakki " and how Nekota used it on him while they were boxers. With Ippo not figuring out the difference between Sakki and a regular feint, Takamura decided to show Ippo the difference by sparring with him. Outside, Ippo and Takamura began to spar in order for Ippo to see the Sakki. When the spar began, Ippo tested a regular feint on Takamura before landing a full-force blow on him accidentally.
Ippo then dodged Takamura's full swings until Ippo became confused when he saw a punch coming, but it never came, realising that that was the Sakki. Seeing as Ippo had figured out the Sakki, Takamura stopped the spar.
On the final day of the training camp, tirelessly did mitt training with Kamogawa and then went back to chopping wood after. Ippo was visited by Nekota, who understood how Ippo felt fighting a man more than once.
Ippo asked him how a rematch felt like, which he then learned to look at his opponent's eyes to know their state. As night came, Takamura had not returned from his roadwork. Beginning to worry about Takamura running into a bear, Ippo wondered if he could defeat one. When an injured Takamura returned and claimed to have knocked a bear out, Ippo wrapped up Takamura's wounds with bandages.
Nekota then brought a bear nabe out for everyone to eat. When Nekota told a story of how he killed the bear that was in the bear nabe, Takamura began crying when the bear he knocked out and let live was turned into the bear nabe, making Ippo realise the story was true.
The next morning, when it was time for the Kamogawa gym to head back to Tokyo, Ippo thanked Nekota for everything and gave him his farewell. Once at the gym, a coach requested to Kamogawa for his boxer, the fourth ranker in the JBC rankings, Akira Shigeta , to spar against Ippo. As Ippo began having trouble against Shigeta, he noticed that he is a southpaw. Ippo continued having difficulty against Shigeta until the three round spar ended.
Kamogawa then made Ippo realise a possibility of the title switching hands, with him possibly fighting Shigeta for the title instead. Ippo returned home and gave Umezawa a bell for repelling bears away and was asked if the story of Takamura defeating a bear was true by Umezawa, which he confirmed before noticing that Nekota reported it.
After axing logs at his home, he went to the Kamogawa gym where Takamura was telling reporters the story how he defeated a bear.
Once the reporters left, Fujii stayed and accidentally revealed that Takamura would be fighting in a world ranked match. After Kamogawa explained what Takamura would be doing if everything went through, Ippo became fired up about the gym possibly having it's first world champion and began hitting the sandbag.
Outside the hall, Ippo noticed Nekota arguing with an employee trying to let Hachi in. After it was decided that Hachi had to stay outside, Ippo and Nekota entered the hall, with Ippo wondering what was in Nekota's big sack. Ippo then watched with Nekota as Kimura and Aoki won their matches. When Takamura won the match with only his left, Ippo discovered from Nekota that he went with an old proverb of "He who rules with his left rules the world. With Kamogawa and Nekota passed out from drinking until morning, Takamura, Aoki, and Kimura gone, Ippo became the centre of attention with the other gym members.
Nicknamed the Naniwa Tiger in his hometown where he is quite a popular figure, Takeshi Sendo is a brash and hotblooded boxer. He has an elaborate backstory, so much that he had is own gaiden chapter focusing on his past. His mother died a few years after he was born, his dad was a firefighter who died while rescuing a boy during a blaze when Sendo was very little. Sendo continued to follow his father's advice by trying to help others. One day he and his friends got beaten up by bullies.
Frustrated of being unable to protect them, he swore to do it by any means - and the next day, he grabbed his baseball bat and ambushed said bullies, beating them up as punishment. By high-school Sendo had become very extreme with his protection - he was leader of a gang of delinquents and quite possibly the most feared street fighter in Osaka.
Despite that, he never attacked people but rather defended the weak. His absolute refusal to turn a blind eye or a deaf ear on such injustice got him into trouble quite often. Because he's such an excellent fighter, he got rather bored since nobody could satisfy his hunger for an equal.
That is, when Yanaoka met him and introduced him to boxing, after resisting one of Sendo's attacks. Sendo has an extremely aggressive boxing style, barely ever using a proper defense and preferring to take hits if he can dish out something in return. His punching power is spectacular and on par with Ippo's.
He also has excellent natural fighting instincts but lacks a bit in technique. A retired Featherweight boxer and now trainer, Date was the two time Japanese Featherweight Champion and even fought on the world stage.
He has been the only fighter to defeat Ippo. He lost to Ricardo Martinez twice, once in the past which is how he got his scar and the second time in an epic fight that showed his great determination. He's a smart, technically skilled boxer with great experience. Despite the contrast to that, his boxing style is very aggressive. He is good friends with Takamura. After his second loss against Martinez, he passes on the baton to Ippo.
In front of the grave of his parents, then-highschool student Ryo Mashiba made two promises. First, he wouldn't rely on or believe in anyone else. Second, that he'd protect his little sister Kumi at all costs. Due to his tough life, Mashiba is unsociable and cynical, rarely seems to care about anyone other than his sister and has no concern for his opponents.
He's a vicious outboxer who's most notable for his use of the Flicker Jab. He has exceptional reach and is quite skilled, and not to mention he will do anything it takes to win, even cheating if necessary. A dark, remorseless boxer from Nagoya. Albeit quiet and cold, he is extremely violent and cruel when he fights, going as far as blatantly cheating even when he's at the advantage.
He is a lonely individual and his only friends are his old teacher and Takeshi Sendo, though he treats neither with any respect or kindness. Despite his outwardly cold and stoic personality, he can lapse into fits of madness when he's at his worst. One of the most notable traits of his is that he doesn't box for success, but rather to torture and destroy his opponent. He will often prolong matches to continue beating his opponent instead of simply ending it.
He experiences defeat at the hand of a very angry Ippo for his bad attitude towards boxing. Despite the hopes of his old teacher, his personality doesn't get better, though he does learn the value of hard work and develops an actual will for success.
He later fights Mashiba for the Japanese Junior Lightweight title. Despite being brutally knocked out of the ring by Mashiba, he wins the title as Mashiba is disqualified. Due to the damage he suffered from the fight, he has a traffic accident, which forces him to retire from boxing.
After that, his sociopathic tendencies seem to have calmed down, even showing a sense of sarcastic humour. Sawamura has a great eye for boxing, possibly equal to that of Takamura. He has quite possibly the darkest past of all characters in the story.
He stabbed his abusive father as a kid and his mother abandoned him when she first noticed his sociopathic tendencies. He was alone for pretty much his entire life, which is the reason why he shut himself off from other human contact to such a degree. This is made worse by the fact that he was extremely hated in his town and was constantly attacked by others.
He already met Sendo in the past. Both renowed street fighters that never lost, Sendo fought him until Sawamuras old teacher intervened. The teacher later begs Sendo to become Sawamuras friend, as it is the loneliness that makes him so bad. Because of this, Sendo and Sawamura share a somewhat odd 'friendship'. As bad as his personality is, he is an absolute genius as a boxer.
His natural instincts are great and he's a gifted counter puncher. In fact, his sense for counters is mentioned to be even higher than that of Miyata. His athletic abilities are fairly average, but his high skill, analytical ability and talent more than makes up for it. It's easily possible that he could have won against Ippo, had he been serious about defeating him.
Iwao is a Japanese Featherweight boxer who challenged Ippo for the belt. Like Ippo, he is a fisherman, possesses incredible strength, and has monstrous stamina. Iwao has the distinction of being the first opponent to discover the Dempsey Roll's weakness. While Iwao ultimately lost the fight, later opponents would use the knowledge gained from the fight to produce a much more solid counter to the Dempsey Roll with much less risk to the defender.
The longtime rival of Itagaki Manabu, Imai was the one boxer who managed to thwart Itagaki in his high-school days. They fought a total of three times in the amateur ring; each time Imai was victorious. His build, KO pattern, and even hairstyle are remarkably similar to those of Itagaki's senpai, Makunouchi Ippo.
Imai is ordinarily cool and composed, bearing a poker face even in the heat of battle. Eventually, Itagaki defeats Imai in a heated battle. It seems the only people who can rouse him out of this perpetual calm are Ippo, Itagaki, and Itagaki's sister Nanako — with whom Imai is very much smitten. Imai defeated Itagaki for the vacant Japanese featherweight title. The opponent for Ippo's eight domestic championship title defense.
Dropped two weight classes for the chance to challenge Ippo, and has a tremendous deal of confidence in the power of his punches. Is constantly trying to anger Ippo, first by calling every opponent he's fought before trash, and then by telling him his coach is a hack.
Also claims to know an, as of yet undisclosed, "weakness" in Ippo's boxing, that he claims makes it impossible for him to lose their match. Take's fighting style is unorthodox. He fights by getting into his opponents' heads and by using techniques that limit their abilities.
Take is able to figure out an opponent's weakness quickly and exploit it to the fullest. Date fears Take, which is saying something considering how broken read: insanely powerful Date is. Take's appearance is that of an older man, yet he's 31 years old.
His appearance—notably his half-opened eyes—is the result of a long career of taking hits to the face. One of Ippo's first opponents, he is an American soldier stationed in the Okinawa base. He looks huge and scary, but is a great guy at heart. Retired after his fight with Ippo due to spinal injuries. Subverting pretty much every common cliche associated with Russians, Volg is an extremely kind-hearted and soft-spoken person who initially got into pro boxing in order to pay for the medical assistance of his Ill Girl mother, after his trainer discovered his amazing talent.
Volg quickly becomes friends with Ippo, but after a controversial loss by decision against Sendo, he is forced to leave boxing and return to Russia. Much later, his mother dies of her illness and his life is filled with an emptiness he decides to fill with boxing once again.
And so he makes a comeback and decides to do so in America. Volg is an extremely talented boxer with superb skill. While he excels at outboxing and taking points, he is forced to adopt a more aggressive infighting style in Japan, in order to attract attention as a foreigner. It is heavily implied that he could be much better than he already is, if he fought in his natural style, which we have yet to see.
His manager was Mr. Sakaguchi, whom he fired halfway through his match with Miyata because Arine thought of boxing as more than a means to make money. Arnie is an infighter with powerful hooks; his trademark technique, Bloody Cross, is designed to deal with counter punchers.
Ponchai is a Thai boxer who was tapped for Ippo's comeback match after his loss to Date. He's quite tough and his body has incredible stamina, to the point that Ippo's best shots weren't having much effect on him. His purpose in the story is largely to give Ippo a reason to develop and use a special technique to overcome the legendary durability of Thai boxers, and so Ponchai is the first person in the series to eat Ippo's signature Dempsey Roll.
Woli is a 17 year old Indonesian man who lives on a remote island Together with wild monkeys. He is discovered by Miguel Zail, former trainer of Bryan Hawk. Woli is a true boxing genius, and very talented. Very, very talented. His natural instincts are comparable to those of Takamura of all people. And it shows, since Woli became Indonesian Featherweight Champion after only three fights. To compare, Ippo wasn't even finished with the Japanese Rookie Tournament by then. Despite his innate talent, he has a cheerful, fun-loving and naive personality.
His trainer Miguel makes it clear the he's his "last son" and that he plans to pour all of his knowledge into him and unlike with Hawk, won't rely solely on his natural abilities. Due to his one-in-a-billion talent, almost every character who has seen him predicts a great future for him. He fights Ippo as his fourth match. It quickly seems as if Ippo is no match for him, despite Wolis inexperience. However, Ippo manages to eventually beat him due to built up damage on Woli's ribs.
Neither Woli nor his trainer see the loss as something dramatic, merely a great experience for Woli, which is the only thing he lacks yet. Kamogawa makes it clear that he won't make Ippo fight Woli again, because he knows it was only his inexperience that let Ippo win the fight, and believes that Ippo won't stand a chance against a more experienced Woli.
As a prodigy of prodigies, Woli can be said to have the most potential of all Featherweight boxers. His innate fighting insticts allow him to naturally use high-level techniques without having properly trained them. For example, he throws Sendo's Smash and Mashiba's Flicker Jab simply because it was an appropriate move in the situation. His agility is top-notch as well, comparable to that of Miyata and Itagaki.
He can use both outboxing and infighting and is especially dangerous in the corner, where he can easily set up counters. He's a Mexican who enjoys such popularity that there's a higher chance Mexicans know him than their own president. Stoic and quiet, Martinez is rarely surprised by anything. He gave Date Eiji his first loss in a brutal T. In a sparring match against Ippo, Martinez knocks him unconscious in the first round with jabs alone and also easily counters the dempsey roll. He has a revenge match against Date Eiji which he also wins without visible injuries.
However, Date is the boxer Martinez respects the most, for his unbreakable spirit and willpower. His boxing style is pretty much perfect. In his natural style, he combines intelligence and skill with instincts and violent power. His athletic abilities and reflexes are top-notch and he rarely if ever falls for someones trap.
He has over 60 wins, almost all by K. Word of God states that he is the second best boxer in the story, only behind good old Takamura. He loves to provoke and humiliate his opponents, has a contemptuous attitude towards boxing and is extremely arrogant, as well as too lazy to properly train. Despite that, he's even worse in the ring. Hawk is the epitome of the word 'wild', being almost uncontrollable even by his trainer and extremely violent in the ring, easily approaching Ax-Crazy levels.
He is beaten by Takamura in a match of epic proportions. Hawk grew up in the slums of New York, where he survived by beating his threats with bare hands, whether they were armed or not.
His trainer Miguel stumbles upon him while he's beating an already unconcious man. Shocked by the insanity in Hawks eyes, but also noticing the potential he had, Miguel invited him to a place where he could fight all he wanted and be payed for it. And a license to kill Like Takamura, he has unbelievable natural talent and power. He is so strong that despite rarely training, he seems invincible in the ring.
Because of his violently insane personality, he is extremely dangerous and has no consideration for his opponent. Hawk is perhaps the most unorthodox boxer in the series, throwing odd punches and swaying backwards to dodge. His trainer calls his style not boxing, but simply violence.
But it's the lack of skillfull boxing that makes him so dangerous, as he becomes a highly unpredictable opponent. Eagle is an honorable and friendly man, always looking for a greater challenge.
He used to be olympic gold medalist until he went into boxing. Because of his shining attitude, Ippo says he looks like a classic super hero. He is defeated by Takamura. Gasai Yuno Fanclub.
Kouzuki Kallen Fanclub. Sanka Rea Fanclub. Relation Image Name ended? Makunouchi Ippo ch Duration: 22 November — 22 December. Japanese A character originating from the island nation of Japan.
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