Close Range Battle is Round 1193 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.
Details
- Title Page Character(s): Ippo Makunouchi, Antonio Guevara, Genji Kamogawa
Summary
Ippo can't put his block back together in time, so he grits his teeth as he is hit multiple times by Guevara's right jabs. Ippo gets hit at middle range as he tries to get close. Ippo lands another punch on Guevara's guard that causes more blood to appear. Guevara's chief second tries to throw the towel, but Guevara continues fighting back. Ippo dashes forward with a Cross-Arm Block, blocking all of Guevara's jabs until he gets close enough to step-in to his preferred range. When Ippo steps in, Guevara throws a right hook that grazes Ippo's head as their legs collide again, sending Ippo rolling on the canvas. The referee rules a down, and Ippo gets up on the count of six. As soon as the referee signals to continue the round, Ippo immediately dashes toward Guevara while wondering what is wrong with himself. Ippo knocks Guevara into a corner after hitting his block with a long right hook. Ippo hammers Guevara to the corner post with huge left and right combinations hitting his block while thinking about how he wants to show Kamogawa the new Dempsey Roll to repay him, but he fell twice and one of them was a down, wondering what he is doing. Takamura sighs, thinking that Ippo has lost control.