A Barrage of High Speed Flickers is Round 956 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.
Details
- Title Page Character(s): Manabu Itagaki, Mamoru Takamura, Ippo Makunouchi, Tatsuya Kimura
Summary
As Saeki launches a barrage of Flicker Jabs at Itagaki, Kimura yells for Itagaki to block them or back off and stay away since they aren't something one can easily dodge. Aoki reminds Kimura that Itagaki can't hear him since they are watching the match on the TV in the waiting room. Itagaki dodges Saeki's Flicker Jabs while getting closer to Saeki. After both boxers launch a few short ranged punches at each other that miss, they wonder how they can hit even hit each other since they keep figuring each other out. At middle range, Saeki throws another set of Flicker Jabs that Itagaki dodges, and eventually knocks one down, surprising Saeki and the audience. Itagaki thinks of how he is fortunate enough to have fought two people who used Flicker Jabs a lot, so he has experience in them by now. Saeki believes he can't risk underestimating Itagaki even if he is a rookie, since he seems battle hardened. Itagaki doesn't want Saeki to gain composure, so while he is off his game, he plans to take the mental advantage. Itagaki uses the Hedgehog, throwing a barrage of one-twos, however, he stops his barrage as he had to dodge a left counter from Saeki. Itagaki believed that he could catch Saeki off guard, but he got his head already back in the game, thinking that he should have expected that from someone who had a title match. Itagaki and Saeki throw a left jab at each other that grazes their cheek, leading the two of them to grin.
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