All Episodes of Fighting Spirit
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Season 1
8.1/10420 votesLoading...The First Step
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/2000
Ippo is a high school student who works full time at his mother's fishing though. Because of this, he gets bullied on by the kids at his school. That's when his life turns around, when a professional boxer happens to be jogging along the way, and introduces Ippo to the world of boxing.
Director: Kenichi Kawamura
Writer: Tatsuhiko Urahata
7.8/10296 votesLoading...Fruits of Labor
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/2000
Ippo succeeds in catching 10 falling leaves, and is granted his first sparring session.
Director: Saburo Hashimoto
Writer: N/A
8.3/10301 votesLoading...Tears of Joy
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/2000
Ippo loses his first sparring session, but shows enough potential to be accepted into the gym.
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7.6/10259 votesLoading...Shadow Boxing
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/2000
Ippo practices shadow boxing.
Director: Nanako Shimazaki
Writer: N/A
7.8/10252 votesLoading...3 Months to Counter
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/2000
Ippo trains for a rematch.
Director: N/A
Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
8.6/10272 votesLoading...The Opening Bell of the Rematch
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/2000
Ippo and Miyata face off in a rematch.
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8.8/10295 votesLoading...The Destructive Force Of One CM
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/2000
Ippo and Miyata are in the last round of the rematch
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7.9/10236 votesLoading...Promise to Meet Again
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/2000
Ippo trains with Takamura and discovers the hardship of pro boxing.
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7.7/10220 votesLoading...C Class License
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/27/2000
Ippo takes the License Test and meets Mashiba.
Director: Rokou Ogiwara
Writer: N/A
7.6/10217 votesLoading...Debut Match!
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/4/2000
Ippo and his opponent Yusuke train for Ippo's debut match.
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8.1/10227 votesLoading...Obsession for Victory
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/11/2000
Ippo defeats Yusuke via K.O.
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7.9/10212 votesLoading...Becoming a Bully's Buddy
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/18/2000
Ippo fights and wins his second match via K.O.,After the fight he was befriended by Umezawa, his former bully.
Director: Yasuhiro Matsumura
Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
7.6/10204 votesLoading...The Eastern Japan Rookie Championship Tournament Begins
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/25/2000
Ippo and his opponent Jason prepare for the first match of the Rookie King Tournament.
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7.9/10205 votesLoading...Powerful Arms! Hooks vs. Uppercut!
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/8/2001
Start of Ippo vs Jason match, both men exchange powerful punches but neither goes down.
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8.5/10232 votesLoading...Test of Endurance
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/15/2001
Ippo defeats Jason via K.O. after a tough match.
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7.1/10193 votesLoading...Premonition of a Hard Battle
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/22/2001
Ippo watches the fight videos of Kobashi and Hayami, his future opponents.
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Writer: N/A
7.4/10200 votesLoading...Ippo on the Beach
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/29/2001
Ippo joins Takamura, Kimura, and Aoki in a training camp near the beach.
Director: Yuzo Sato
Writer: Yasuko Kamo
7.4/10183 votesLoading...Clinch
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/5/2001
Start of Ippo vs Kobashi match, Ippo is loosing by points because of Kobashi's strategy.
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8.2/10201 votesLoading...K.O. Dream
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/12/2001
Kobashi abandoned his strategy and loses the match to Ippo via K.O.
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7.9/10193 votesLoading...Threat of Shotgun
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/19/2001
Takamura wins the Japanese Middleweight Championship belt, Ippo trains with Aoki to counter Hayami's Shotgun punch.
Director: Hideo Hayashi
Writer: Ryosuke Nakamura
7.9/10185 votesLoading...The Way to Capture a Prodigy
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/26/2001
Start of Ippo vs Hayami fight, Hayami takes the advantage during the early rounds.
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8.3/10200 votesLoading...Forward! Forward!!
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/5/2001
Ippo defeats Hayami via K.O. Ippo's training with Aoki and Kimura's help Ippo win the match.
Director: Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Writer: Yasuko Kamo
8.3/10187 votesLoading...Another Semi-Final
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/12/2001
Ippos day off. Miyata and Mashiba face off.
Director: Nanako Shimazaki
Writer: N/A
8.9/10253 votesLoading...To the Place We Promised...
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/19/2001
Miyata and Mashiba continues to fight. Ippo is angred by the outcome.
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7.6/10175 votesLoading...Every Emotion
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/26/2001
Ippo trains for Mashiba flicker jabs.
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8.0/10176 votesLoading...Battle for Distance
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 4/2/2001
Ippo VS Mashiba Round 1
Director: Yukina Hiiro
Writer: Kenji Sugihara
8.7/10203 votesLoading...
8.6/10201 votesLoading...Victory or Defeat
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 4/16/2001
Ippo defeats Mashiba for Rookie King of Eastren Japan.
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7.9/10174 votesLoading...Rocky of Naniwa
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 4/23/2001
Sendo goes to Japan to meet Ippo and make him go to All Japan and gets a chance to spar with Takamura.
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7.6/10166 votesLoading...To Enemy Ground
Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 4/30/2001
Ippo learns how to heal his right fist and gets ready for the All Japan but something happens his powerful right punches!
Director: Nanako Shimazaki
Writer: Ryosuke Nakamura
5.2/10148 votesLoading...Traces of Intense Battles
Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 5/7/2001
Episode 31 is a retrospective on the hope that managed Ippo championship. It is made in the form of a newspaper article commented and written Fuuji, journalist of the monthly "boxing fan."
Director: Kenichi Kawamura
Writer: Tatsuhiko Urahata
7.9/10175 votesLoading...Throw Your Right!
Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 5/14/2001
After two straight missed Ippo, the sparring match is abandoned. Meanwhile, Sendo, the great favorites of the match, continues to train. Just before the game, the pain in the fist Makunouchi have not disappeared, his orthopedic injects an anesthetic. The pain, however, can return at any time of the match, but Ippo is determined to face Sendo costs!
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8.3/10178 votesLoading...Smash Force
Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 5/21/2001
Makunouchi takes the smash improved Sendo, and crashed into the ropes, but do not fall! Alas, his legs tremble, Sendo and the opportunity to boost its smash. Ippo then chooses the combat body to body pure to prevent Sendo launched its smash, blow midway. Both boxers are equal forces in this area, and no stroke reaches its target.
Director: Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Writer: Kenji Sugihara
8.9/10253 votesLoading...The Rookie King
Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 5/28/2001
Sendo Makunouchi and continues to cast powerful blows to turn, but neither weakens, they are very determined !! But after a few moments, Sendo eventually take the lead, and pushes Ippo the ropes. Our hero then decides to fight back, he took advantage of a moment's respite to launch its right on Sendo, but he dodges and launches Smash Makunouchi that takes the brunt, then connects with an uppercut and a violent series Ippo preventing strokes to attack ...
Director: Yukina Hiiro
Writer: N/A
7.5/10160 votesLoading...The Continuing Journey
Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 6/4/2001
It is the day of graduation, Ippo has also obtained his. At his high school, he became The Star, Idol of all students. This awareness leads logically significant upsurge in new boxers Club Kamogawa, known mainly through Takamura, Aoki and Kimura. But most do not have the mind needed to make boxing, and quickly brought back to reality by Takamura which they all did make a fool of jogging. Only a poor fan Ippo Yamada, managed to keep up, somehow.
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7.5/10160 votesLoading...The Champ and I
Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 6/11/2001
Ippo finally meets the champion in its class, Eiji Date. The latter is there to comment on the evening's matches as a guest. It turns out that date and Takamura are old friends. It is then time fighting. Aoki and Kimura wins them narrowly, and ranks both 5 of their category. Takamura broke his opponent as usual. Ippo meanwhile, is ranked 10 ° in its class. A few days later, the right fist Ippo is healed and he immediately asked by Newest Eiji in person for a sparring.
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7.6/10160 votesLoading...A Thing to Strive For
Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 6/18/2001
Ippo gets to get up, the game resumes. Date returned, and hardly the match resumed, Ippo is again stuck in the ropes. Date then returns its corkscrew, trying to anticipate where Ippo Date will strike, and protects his body. But the blow-out date is very accurate and comes crashing right in the heart of Ippo. The latter is then locked again, and again takes the left of Date. Our young boxer collapses into the ring for the 2nd time. Date who just wanted to test this one, decided to no longer use and Sparring resumes...
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7.9/10168 votesLoading...Two Rookies of the Year
Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 6/26/2001
Okita also control the blow that had allowed Date set down Ippo 2 times !! Ippo, panicked, took distance, and Okita feints put the uncomfortable, it can not predict its moves. Ippo then test to get closer, but is kept at bay by jabs Okita !! The latter took the lead thanks to its experience and managed to place all his shots !! He finally ends up stuck Ippo in the corner, what he expected from the beginning of the round, in order to launch its Corkscrew, once dreaded by Makunouchi !!!
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7.5/10170 votesLoading...Challenge in a Foreign Land
Season 1 Episode 39 - Aired 7/3/2001
In Thailand, Miyata a draw against a second-class boxer. Decision of the arbitrator although debatable, the Japanese are not welcome there, and Miyata seems to be the target of combatants wishing to earn points easily. But our young prodigy does not intend to scroll and accept a new challenge, against the wishes of his father, who would rather see it go up in the lightweight category. For Miyata, that change is impossible, it MUST NOT prevent Ippo, about dignity, he refused to flee the face of obstacles.
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8.3/10178 votesLoading...A Counter to Surpass All Counters
Season 1 Episode 40 - Aired 7/10/2001
The boxing stadium tremble with excitement, the crowd goes wild and wants to see only one thing, the victory of Jimmy Sisfer, and the defeat of Ichiro Miyata ... While the gong is about sound, Payao and baby Chana brother are on their way to see one of the most beautiful game of the life Miyata. Back at the stadium Runpini, Miyata can only see the reputation of Jimmy Sisfer, while his father described the situation of the failed against Ichiro. Payao Chana and finally arrives at the stadium before the match is over.
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7.8/10161 votesLoading...Barf-michi's Big Fight
Season 1 Episode 41 - Aired 7/17/2001
At sunset, While Ippo's mother prepares the material for fishing, it can hardly his training, sorry for being late to help his mother. The next day at Kamogawa club, while everybody is training, the coach delivers some news: Aoki and Kimura are registered in Class A tournament - a competition of the highest level. Ippo learns with astonishment that it is also registered for this tournament. But always with astonishment, Geromichi learns that he was included in Pro test.
Director: Masayuki Kojima
Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
8.6/10226 votesLoading...Sharing a Dream
Season 1 Episode 42 - Aired 7/24/2001
Ippo thinks of quitting boxing.
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7.7/10158 votesLoading...The Speed Star
Season 1 Episode 43 - Aired 7/31/2001
Ippo gets ready for his match against Saeki the Speed Star.
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8.0/10158 votesLoading...Blind Spot in the Ring
Season 1 Episode 44 - Aired 8/7/2001
Ippo fights Saeki.
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8.7/10188 votesLoading...The White Fangs of the Wolf
Season 1 Episode 45 - Aired 8/14/2001
Gero-michi leaves and has to move away.
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8.2/10157 votesLoading...Be the Gazelle
Season 1 Episode 46 - Aired 8/21/2001
Aoki, Kimura & Ippo train hard for their next match of the tournament class A. They linked together jogging, sparring and Shadow Boxing to be at their best. It is time for the semifinals of Aoki. The match was balanced, but the 4th round, Aoki is counter to "the shot of the Frog" and collapses in the ring. But he gets up, feint and then delivers a powerful one to two who puts his opponent down. The latter in turn reports to, and through a nice web...
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7.7/10152 votesLoading...The Fighting Spirit Within
Season 1 Episode 47 - Aired 8/28/2001
The tactics of the coach against Vorg is based on a succession of sudden melee after which the least enduring two boxers will drop his guard for breath. The victory Ippo so upon his endurance. He will have to work hard breathing and cardiovascular system. In order to have a chance, the coach must impose an extremely strong pace to Ippo. Because of that, a few days before the game, Ippo begins to think that it will not recover in time from his training.
Director: Mihiro Yamaguchi
Writer: N/A
8.3/10158 votesLoading...The Red Wolf
Season 1 Episode 48 - Aired 9/4/2001
The match between Volg and Ippo begins.
Director: Yoshio Suzuki
Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
8.7/10175 votesLoading...The Courage to Believe
Season 1 Episode 49 - Aired 9/18/2001
Volg and Ippo continue to duke it out in a hard-fought and long battle.
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9.0/10249 votesLoading...Something to Convey
Season 1 Episode 50 - Aired 9/25/2001
The end of the Volg match.
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10.0/101 votesLoading...Group Date
Season 1 Episode 51 - Aired 10/2/2001
Group date, literally. Ippo walks Mashiba's Kumi home.
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10.0/101 votesLoading...The Challenger
Season 1 Episode 52 - Aired 10/9/2001
Recap episode.
Director: Kenichi Kawamura
Writer: N/A
10.0/101 votesLoading...So That I Can Be Myself
Season 1 Episode 53 - Aired 10/16/2001
Background episode for Date Eiji.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
10.0/101 votesLoading...Fists of the Champ
Season 1 Episode 54 - Aired 10/23/2001
"The champions have special powers! "That is what was said to Takamura Ippo before his defense of the title match. But after weight problems and a passage in a sauna that has significantly weakened, Takamura finds himself in trouble with his challenger Tamaki but still holds out and the gong sounds the end of the 1st round. The 2nd round barely begun, but Takamura load Tamaki is pushing his fitness is at its lowest, it is out of breath and roll with the punches of his opponent.
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10.0/101 votesLoading...The Japan Featherweight Title Match
Season 1 Episode 55 - Aired 10/30/2001
The episode begins the day before the match for the title of Ippo, during training with mittens. But the latter is shortened, the coach looks ill. While Aoki asks Ippo to reach him, Kimura Takamura and Tomiko to make something interesting ... When the young boxer arrives, he learns that Tomiko will predict his future, but then refuses Takamura and Kimura are there to prevent him from leaving the coach then makes appearance and berates everyone !!!
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10.0/101 votesLoading...The Power that Stands in the Way
Season 1 Episode 56 - Aired 11/6/2001
During the break, Ippo is concerned, he has not had the sensation he usually hit when Date but his coach made him regain confidence in him. The beginning of the 3rd round is the perfect copy of the 2nd, shots exchanges and this time it's the date that takes advantage. But Ippo not allowed to do, Liver Blow launches and connects to a violent attack! Ippo but still has that feeling to touch and see in fact nothing Date Eiji swinging his head depending on the direction of the shot, a technique made to dissipate the power of the blows ...
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10.0/101 votesLoading...Conclusion
Season 1 Episode 57 - Aired 11/13/2001
"What should I do?". This is the question that arises while Ippo Date street shots, then he remembers that he told Takamura just give the maximum for this fight. It resumes and cons Date of overkill shot! Champion legs no longer obey him and Ippo launches a huge live date but with its iron will narrowly dodge and 4th round ends. No one in the audience knows what will happen, not even the defending champion of average weight Takamura Mamoru.
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10.0/101 votesLoading...Heartbroken
Season 1 Episode 58 - Aired 11/20/2001
While the coach Okita Date and congratulated the champion, Ippo wishes to thank for this game then goes on a stretcher to applause from the audience ... We then see Takeshi Sendo raging against Ippo! He thought that he would win and would give him a match demand, but he realizes that there are now two people above him. Vorg then appeared, both boxers are actually in the same situation, they want to take their revenge on Makunouchi!
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10.0/101 votesLoading...Look of Determination
Season 1 Episode 59 - Aired 11/27/2001
The match between Sendou Takeshi and Volg Zangief starts.
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10.0/101 votesLoading...Rival
Season 1 Episode 60 - Aired 12/4/2001
Sendou wins the match versus Volg.
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10.0/101 votesLoading...Comeback Anxiety
Season 1 Episode 61 - Aired 12/11/2001
Miyata Ichirou defeats Li Chou Bil.
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10.0/101 votesLoading...Revival
Season 1 Episode 62 - Aired 12/18/2001
Coach returns from the hospital, and Makunochi "hits without being hit".
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10.0/101 votesLoading...Youth of Fire
Season 1 Episode 63 - Aired 12/25/2001
The past of Aoki and Kimura is shown.
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10.0/101 votesLoading...Hot Rod Era
Season 1 Episode 64 - Aired 1/8/2002
Second part of Aoki's and Kimura's past.
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10.0/101 votesLoading...The Summer of the Kamogawa Corps
Season 1 Episode 65 - Aired 1/15/2002
The group go to training camp in the mountains.
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10.0/101 votesLoading...Mr. Takamura's Tears
Season 1 Episode 66 - Aired 1/22/2002
Takamura fights a bear.
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10.0/101 votesLoading...The Kamogawa Gym Swings Into Action
Season 1 Episode 67 - Aired 1/29/2002
After this strong hectic camp, we find our boxers at the gym. While the coach told them all to go to rest, two men have one a shin-coach nihon club and the other being Shigeta Akira, a young boxer ranked 4th featherweight and will therefore fight for the title against Sendo. The coach asks the coach if his boxer could eventually do a sparring ippo face. The coach agrees. We then see ippo completely lost against an opponent whose main feature is ...
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10.0/101 votesLoading...The Chief's Peril
Season 1 Episode 68 - Aired 2/5/2002
Finally the day of the games of our boxers happens, Kimura very fit explodes his opponent, when Aoki to beat his opponent but as usual with a little more difficulty. But hey go to the main match of the evening, obviously this is the game Takamura who calls himself "the bear killer" now. While everyone is impatient in the room. Takamura offers us a memorable entrance, nay exceptional !!! He wears the skin of the bear Nekota-san brought him mountains.
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10.0/101 votesLoading...The Trap of the Southpaw
Season 1 Episode 69 - Aired 2/12/2002
Ippo and coach arriving in the city where the featherweight champion, Takeshi Sendo must defend his title against Shigeta Akira, 4th category. At the beginning of the match, we see very manhandled by the champion challenger. Indeed, as Ippo, Sendo is struggling to impose its style of boxing against a southpaw boxer, that is to say a southpaw boxer. Sendo tries to put his best shots Shigeta, but it dodges every time and even manages to outsmart his famous fatal blow, the Smash.
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10.0/102 votesLoading...The Young Punk
Season 1 Episode 70 - Aired 2/19/2002
We find our hero in him, in his room, he can not help thinking about the game he has just seen in Osaka, acceleration Sendo, his blows so powerful and his expression bloodthirsty killer scared. The Ippo thoughts suddenly stopped by his mother. Kumi, the friend of ippo wants to talk on the phone joy Ho, Ho love, Ippo is quick to take the handset. After some discussion between timid, our lovebirds decide when even an appointment.
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10.0/102 votesLoading...Time for the Showdown
Season 1 Episode 71 - Aired 2/26/2002
While the title match approach Ippo trains again and again. As it enters its footing, a crowd gathered in front of the room, there are people coming to buy their tickets for this match promises to be memorable. Yagi advertisement for Ippo that all match tickets were sold in one day, amazing. The next day is the day of the weigh-in. Ippo enters the room, always a little anxious, he sees Sendo, the defending champion has not changed, still relaxed too.
Director: Shinji Satoh
Writer: Ryosuke Nakamura
10.0/102 votesLoading...Lollapalooza
Season 1 Episode 72 - Aired 3/5/2002
What wonder what Dempsey Roll early in the 1st round, Ippo sends his best and most powerful blow while Sendo had not yet had time to get into position. The champion is found on land that is a panic down. But we suspected that Sendo was not going to stop there, he gets up with difficulty ... In revenge and especially to repel the new qu'Ippo Dempsey Roll is about to launch, the champion sent a straight right in the custody of our hero, not to worry, in theory ...
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10.0/102 votesLoading...Surpass That Moment
Season 1 Episode 73 - Aired 3/12/2002
Ippo happens somehow to join his corner. This end of the second round was very rude for the challenger, the 3rd round starts in exactly the same way as has finished the second. Ippo gets scared, he knows a single shot Sendo could send it to the mat. Distraught, our hero does not know what to do, he took refuge behind his guard and cash titanic blows champion. After an uppercut and a smash Sendo took the full brunt, it makes up for in accuracy and sends a desperate shot ...
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10.0/102 votesLoading...Mixup
Season 1 Episode 74 - Aired 3/19/2002
Takamura has noticed, Ippo has had enough it is burnt and courage in this game is like a time bomb because if Sendo quite put down Ippo, it will never recover. 5th round begins with a superb one to two of Ippo, but Sendo replica and sends ippo the ropes and starts sending high-powered shots in the custody of the challenger. Seeing his boxer so ready for victory, the coach still Sendo revisit it when it was just a thug brawler.
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10.0/103 votesLoading...One Step Further
Season 1 Episode 75 - Aired 3/26/2002
Ippo and Sendo's match concludes.
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