An Unexpected Enemy is Round 209 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.
Details
- Real Life People Mentioned: Mike Tyson, Roberto Durán, Julio César Chávez
- Title Page Character(s): Ippo Makunouchi
Summary
Ippo watches a tape of Mike Tyson's match to get pointers. Umezawa helps Ippo with training by bringing his motorcycle for the latter to push. After training, Ippo runs to the hospital to meet with the Kamogawa. Ippo, Aoki and Kimura arrive at the coach's room and thought he was dead, but it was all a prank set up by Takamura. Back at the gym, Ippo shadowboxes in the ring, Takamura starts giving him tips on speed, however he then pranks him with a rope. Reiko arrives and asks Kimura about tickets to his match, which he already got seats for her. Kimura then begins to hand her a poster, however, all the posters were drawn on by Takamura. The next day at the gym, Kamogawa is back from his recovery and everyone celebrates.
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