I Know You is Round 1024 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.
Details[]
- Title Page Character(s): Ippo Makunouchi
Summary[]
As Itagaki is downed, he wonders what happened. Imai raises his right fist in celebration as he walks to a neutral corner. Thirteen seconds ago, the match began with Imai moving towards Itagaki, who was late to turn around in his corner, however, he had also became focused. As Itagaki entered Bullet Time, Imai knew how slow he must be to Itagaki with his talent unleashed, so he has to trap Itagaki at the corner before he can get warmed up. Imai already knew that Itagaki uses three left hooks to get out of the corner, so he took the first two left hooks that are used for distractions, and then went for a dual exchange for the third one. However, Imai's punch landed on Itagaki's Shoulder Block, pushing him to the corner post, which worked in Imai's favour as he believed it should slow Itagaki down. Imai predicted that Itagaki will escape to his right, but the few seconds of delay would give him his chance. Imai landed a strong right body blow on Itagaki, followed by a left hook knocking him down in only thirteen seconds of the first round.
Trivia[]
- A colour page was included with the Weekly Shōnen Magazine issue advertising that the third anime season would begin airing in Fall 2013, with cast and broadcast announcements coming later.
- It mentioned Mamoru Takamura's second world title match against David Eagle, Masaru Aoki's JBC title match against Katsutaka Imae, and Ippo Makunouchi's JBC title defence against Ryūhei Sawamura.
- It advertised that Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger was also coming out as a DVD box set on September 18, 2013.