Who is His Next Prey? is Round 1092 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.
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- Title Page Character(s): Takeshi Sendō, José Nargo
Summary
Sendō throws a Smash, hitting Nargo's face. The punch leaves Nargo leaning on the ropes, and Sendō turns away with his fists up in celebration. The referee steps in and immediately ends the match, resulting in Sendō's victory. Bill observes that Sendō is the only survivor of the extinct saber-toothed tiger, wondering if he is coming after his champion Ricardo with those fangs. With the seconds of both sides in the ring, Bill plans to tell Ricardo about Sendō, the last surviving tiger in Japan. Bill asks Nargo if he is okay. Nargo screams out in relief "I'm alive!", something Bill plans to tell Ricardo about, as he wonders what it must have felt for Nargo to take that punch. Sendō walks over to Nargo's seconds, telling Bill that when he goes back to Mexico and see him, he wants Bill to tell him that he will be seeing him soon. Bill tells him he didn't have to ask, as he already planned on it. Sendō thanks him, and tells him to pass that message along to Alfredo. Bill is shocked, as he thought he was talking about Ricardo, finding him more interesting than he thought. Sendō walks out of the ring with his fist in the air, responding to his cheers. Itagaki thinks that Sendō and Mashiba had great knockouts, but they both had a hard time. Kimura believes it is obvious that the two fought in the waiting room, but feels that they would still have had trouble if they didn't. Itagaki claims that fighting in the world stage is hard work, as even the boxers with a decent world ranking are strong, thinking that someone is more likely to lose than win at that level. Aoki and Kimura think that if Sendō is the "Naniwa Tiger" then Ippo, Itagaki, and them are the "badgers in the same hole" or the "super losing bros." Ippo starts looking upset.