An Irritating Advance is Round 1057 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.
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- Title Page Character(s): Ippo Makunouchi, Alfredo González, Mamoru Takamura, Eiji Date, TV Announcer
Summary[]
Date comments that, according to him, Ippo can now easily close in, and if his boxing is proving to be effective, then they are looking at quite an interesting development. Date adds that if he keeps going like this, he may go to the top. However, Takamura doesn't agree with him and he feels like Date is over simplifying Alfredo. Date defends that he is just talking about the potential. The audience cheers for Ippo. Ippo thinks he can get close to him and dashes in but Alfredo backs off again. Everybody thinks Alfredo was about to do something. Ippo keeps dashing but Alfredo avoids fighting. Alfredo throws out a barrage of lefts. Alfredo misses a couple of lefts, but lands a lot of them. However, it doesn't deter Ippo, as even while being struck he presses forward. Sendō and Miyata thinks that it will not effect Ippo. Ippo does not want to rush and waits a couple of seconds before moving forward. The audience cheers for Ippo again. Alfredo throws lefts at Ippo's guard. Ippo moves forward with every dodge and hit. Sendō and Miyata believes that it won't stop him. Kamogawa starts to believe Ippo may win this match, then he shouts for Ippo to go for it. The audience starts to shout Ippo's name.