The Challenger's Greeting is Round 636 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.
Details
- Title Page Character(s): Mamoru Takamura, Tatsuya Kimura, Manabu Itagaki, Minoru Fujii, Mari Īmura, Hide, Keiko Take
Summary
Ippo arrives to the ring where his challenger, Take is waiting. Kamogawa notices that Take's cold is gone and for Ippo to not be distracted a single a bit, Ippo thinks that Take will try to lure him out and if taken the initiative, he won't be able to get it back. Ippo plans to take control of the fight quickly from the very start. As the gong sounds, to Ippo's surprise Take wants to touch gloves, instead he pushes him aside and attacks Ippo, Kamogawa yells to Ippo not to be careless but he was quick enough to block it. Ippo dodges and blocks with his Peek-a-Boo Style every vicious attack combination from the challenger, but manages to get hit. Ippo returns back immediately by hitting Take with an extremely powerful left straight that breaks Take's attack pattern. Take is nearly unconscious as his face is knocked upwards, Ippo's power is much more dangerous than he imagined, with his own punch having done no damage to Ippo. Following up from that, Ippo shifts his weight and throws a left hook at Take, throwing him off closer to the ropes and then with a huge step-in, Ippo attacks with an even more powerful right hook, which violently downs Take.
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