Aoki the Mastermind is Round 671 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.
Details
- Title Page Character(s): Masaru Aoki, Papaya Dachiu, Shimakawa
Summary
The match between Aoki and Papaya begins with the latter not putting up a block as a way to invite Aoki to come to him. Aoki immediately notices Papaya has a bigger right arm to improve his Coconut Punch. Aoki is frightened at the thought of blocking the Coconut Punch, so he doesn't go towards him. After Papaya's taunts and the audience' jeers, Aoki lands a left jab on Papaya's face. Aoki then proceeds to run away for nine rounds until he gets deducted a point for it. As the audience jeers and Papaya taunts Aoki to come to him, Aoki goes to attack him, but gets hit by the Coconut Punch, sending him down. After Aoki gets up, the ninth round ends. In the final tenth round, Papaya begins excessively sweating from chasing Aoki, just as Aoki planned. Aoki lands a single punch on Papaya, which sends him down. Itagaki sees that Aoki is betting it all on the last three minutes.
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