The Man in Front of Me is Round 1473 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.

Details

• Title Page Character(s): Ryō Mashiba, Marcus Rosario, Ippo Makunouchi

Summary

As the match resumes with a minute and thirty seconds left in the sixth round, Mashiba stays in place as Rosario sluggishly walks away from his neutral corner. Rosario feels as if the path to Mashiba is too far, feeling like his body is heavy and is unable to get any closer to Mashiba. He knows that his fists nor boxing betrayed him, deeming the latter fair. He thinks about how he got locked up for something stupid, which made him miss out on his training and weight control. Rosario believes if someone submerges themselves in arrogance, they will get properly punished. He thinks that boxing is as fair as it gets, and he is the one who betrayed it. He notes how his stamina hit rock bottom due to rapid weight loss and lack of training and his legs are cramping up due to dehydration. He believes that the amount of training Mashiba has been accumulating over the years and months prior to this match, and Mashiba using his sincere fists, caused the right body blows to eat right through him. Rosario sees Mashiba as a pure boxer. Mashiba starts throwing Flicker Jabs at Rosario, who puts his guard up.

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