Fighting Spirit: New Challenger
Ippo continues to defend his title and training to reach his goal, Ichiro Miyata. While Takamura goes for the world, and faces the world champion, Brian Hawk. In what is to become his toughest fight so far.
- 2009-2009
- 1 season
- Animation, Action & Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sports
Ippo continues to defend his title and training to reach his goal, Ichiro Miyata. While Takamura goes for the world, and faces the world champion, Brian Hawk. In what is to become his toughest fight so far.
Season 1 Episode Guide
26 Episodes 2009
Episode 1
The New Step
23 mins
Miyata has an OPBF title match coming up with Arnie Gregory who's nicknamed Crocodile because his strikes are said to be like a crocodile's jaw. Miyata struggles with his weight. The OPBF title match is ready to begin.
Episode 2
Bloody Cross
23 mins
Miyata's OPBF title match with Arnie Gregory beings, Miyata takes the first round, downing Arnie. The second round Arnie knocks Miyata down twice using the bloody cross which frustrates Miyata.
Episode 3
To the Promised Place
23 mins
Arnie tells his manager, Mr. Sakaguchi, that Miyata is the greatest challenge he fought. In the third round, Miyata takes a lot of hits and is in bad shape although Arnie doesn't knock him out which makes Mr. Sakaguchi angry with Arnie.
Episode 4
Movement Towards the World
23 mins
Miyata and Arnie's title match comes to an end. Takamura beats the 2nd in the world in the third round. Eiji Date has a WBA world featherweight title match against Champion Ricardo Martinez, a man with 62 matches and 62 wins and 58 KOs.
Episode 5
The Strength of the World
23 mins
Ippo spars with the world champion, Ricardo Martinez and Miyata spars with Martinez's challenger, Eiji Date, both Date, and Martinez win their sparring matches effortlessly.
Episode 6
A Figure to Chase After
23 mins
After seven years Eiji Date will finally have his rematch with Ricardo Martinez, the world featherweight champion. The title match begins, Date starts the match off with two lefts, the second landing on the champion's face.
Episode 7
The Advent of the Devil
23 mins
The world featherweight title match has begun, in the first round, neither Date or Martinez use their rights. The second round is more exciting than the first. In the third round, Martinez steps it up and becomes more aggressive.
Episode 8
Spirit for One Last Attack
23 mins
Date tries the heart-breaker shot but Martinez blocks it with his elbow breaking Date's hand. By the end of the round Date's hand, jaw, and ribs are broken. After ten rounds the match has a winner.
Episode 9
Qualifying for Succession
23 mins
Itagaki Manabu, last years inter-high runner up joins the Kamogawa gym. Ippo has a new opponent called Hammer Nao who is someone Ippo and the guys know.
Episode 10
Cannon Fodder
23 mins
During their weigh-in, Ippo and Yamada are told to shake hands but Yamada says he'll take Ippo's belt. Aoki has his match before Ippo which ends in a decision. Yamada tells his coach that no matter the outcome of his match he'll retire.
Episode 11
Ippo vs Hammer Nao
23 mins
The match between Ippo and Yamada starts, when it does Ippo rushes out trying to end the match as quickly as possible. Ippo manages to knock Yamada down two times in the first round. The second round Yamada gets some powerful body blows in.
Episode 12
What It Means to Be a Pro
23 mins
Ippo has a hard time with Yamada's Solar Plexus Blow. The match ends in round two and after the match, Yamada decides he won't retire.
Episode 13
Ippo on the Beach 2
23 mins
Takamura, Kimura, and Itagaki go to the beach because of their training camp while Aoki and Ippo go to the beach with Kumi and Tomiko, the two don't train because of they both had a match recently.
Episode 14
Two Sparring
23 mins
Ippo has a sparring match with Itagaki and knocks him down four times in three rounds. Ippo has another sparring match and this time it's with Imai Kyosuke, a boxer with an amateur record of 35 matches and 35 wins.
Episode 15
Itagaki's Debut Match!
23 mins
Itagaki, Kimura, and Takamura all have matches with the opener being Itagaki's debut followed by Kimura and After that is the main event, Takamura.
Episode 16
The 2 Hawks
23 mins
Takamura did a bad job with his weight management making him weak and fatigued, on top of that his punches are light. Takamura's fight comes to an end. Brain Hawk tells everyone that he came to Japan for the women.
Episode 17
Wild Child
23 mins
Takamura throws a punch at Bryan Hawk which he stops by grabbing Takamura's fist. Kimura, Ippo, and Aoki meet Takamura's older sister and younger brother, the three find out a lot more about Takamura and his family.
Episode 18
Extreme Weight Control
23 mins
Takamura, Ippo, and Kimura shave off Aoki's eyebrows. Takamura struggles with his extreme weight control regime.
Episode 19
Explosive Confrontation
23 mins
Takamura. At the press conference, Bryan Hawk hits Takamura as well as Kamogawa and says things that makes him very unpopular with the Japanese. Ippo tells Takamura that he'll get a first round knockout.
Episode 20
World Jr. Middle Weight Title Match
23 mins
Ippo gets a first round KO like he said. Before Takamura's match, the Japanese champions from almost all the weight classes talk with Takamura, Date, Sendo, and Miyata too. Both Takamura and Bryan Hawk make their grand entrances.
Episode 21
The Battle of the Hawks!
23 mins
The world title match starts with both Takamura and Bryan Hawk staring each other down, Takamura makes the first move and hits Hawk a little but is surprised by Hawk's strange angled punches. Takamura and Hawk both show their great speed.
Episode 22
Battle Fight!
23 mins
The world title match's momentum keeps switching between Takamura and Bryan Hawk with both of them having landed multiple knock downs.
Episode 23
Supporting Hand
23 mins
Takamura tries to end the match before the 5th round ends because of his weight management he can't fight more than five rounds. In the 6th round, Takamura gets hit for almost the whole round but gets two hits in and survives the round.
Episode 24
The King
23 mins
In the 7th round Takamura outclasses Hawk and by the end of the round he's scared of Takamura and thinks he's trying to kill him. After a very dramatic ending, the world title match has a winner.
Episode 25
My Bronze Statue, Please
23 mins
After winning his title match Takamura says something to the crowd similar to what Hawk said making them angry. Takamura gets a statue of himself, when trying to move it Aoki breaks it. After Itagaki's first victory Ippo meets his family.
Episode 26
New Challenger
23 mins
The Kamogawa gym has some matches coming up, Ippo's title defense match, Aoki's title match, Itagaki 's round of Rookie kings, and Takamura's title defense match. Miyata wants to fight Ippo but Kamogawa tells Ippo to get stronger first.