The Prehistoric Tiger's Weakness is Round 1088 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.
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- Title Page Character(s): Takeshi Sendō, José Nargo
Summary
After Nargo's tactic of approaching and hitting Sendō with left jabs and then backing away to avoid his Smash works repeatedly, Itagaki notes that many boxers have tried the same tactic of hitting and running, but everyone else cracked under the pressure of Sendō's punches, as all the tension made them desperate, which led to their defeat. Nargo's hit-and-run tactic continues working on Sendō, and the match enters the eighth round. At the start of the eighth round, Nargo's hit-and-run tactic continues, and Yanaoka notes how everyone had made a mistake by now, making Nargo a special case. Nargo thinks one theory as to why the saber-toothed tiger went extinct was because their fangs were too big for hunting, making them unable to catch agile prey, and eventually dying out. Sendō thinks that the reason he is pulling this off while others couldn't is because he fought someone stronger than him before, predicting that it is Ricardo. Bill knew that beating Sendō one-sidedly without getting caught was the only way to win against him, and Nargo has skill, courage, and the confidence to pull it off, as he has sparred against Ricardo for a long time.