Two Things To Remember is Round 780 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.
Details
- Title Page Character(s): Ippo Makunouchi, Genji Kamogawa, Mamoru Takamura, Manabu Itagaki, Masaru Aoki, Tatsuya Kimura, Malcolm Gedo
Summary
While Kamogawa claims he doesn't know anything about magic, he does know a magic punch. After the sixth round, Ippo is told two things from Kamogawa: to keep his neck pulled in as tight to his shoulders as possible, and to stop Gedo's movement when he closes in, which Ippo gathers that he should throw a liver blow. As the seventh round begins, Aoki tells Kimura and Takamura that the trick to the Extending Punch is just to loosen up the strings of the glove, and then throw a punch without grasping his fist, making the glove fly out a little bit because it's trying to come off his hand, but the taping prevents it from happening. While Aoki and Kimura believe Kamogawa will have a great countermeasure for it, Itagaki comes back to them and claims to not count on it since it would take too long for Kamogawa to explain in only a minute, so Ippo doesn't know the trick. Seeing no hope, Aoki, Kimura, and Itagaki begin to pray for Ippo's victory.