Starting Over is Round 1077 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.
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After a week has passed since Ippo's fight with Alfredo, the swelling on Ippo's face has been healed, and he can run again. As he runs, he thinks about how the doctors said his brain is fine, so the thing he worried about must have been temporary, planning to start things over from scratch, beginning anew. He goes back to the Kamogawa gym and apologises to Kamogawa, Yagi, and Shinoda that he lost after they set up the match for him, and wishes to continue boxing. As Yagi asks how Ippo's exam go, Kamogawa thinks of how Miguel claimed that Ippo's strength will be his downfall. Ippo answers that the doctors said he looked good after the exam, and Kamogawa asks why did he lose. Ippo answers that he tried his best, but in the end, Alfredo was just stronger and he just wasn't good enough, not wanting to make any excuses. Kamogawa claims that he will go back to square one, starting back to a regular boxer as he is no longer the JBC champion. Ippo wants to spar immediately, but Kamogawa scolds him, as he needs to heal first, instructing him to follow Takamura on his training. Takamura comments that if Ippo is following him, to not get in his way. Kamogawa reveals that Takamura's next title match is a unification title match with his WBC title and his opponent's WBA title, surprising Ippo.