No Time To Hesitate is Round 1080 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.
Details[]
- Characters Introduced: Richard Bison
- Title Page Character(s): Mamoru Takamura, Ippo Makunouchi
Summary[]
Ippo follows Takamura on his roadwork, and is surprised by how he can't catch up to him despite Takamura's harsh weight control. Ippo thinks it is because he isn't good enough, but Takamura also seems inhuman. During a break, Ippo suggests for him to drink some water, however, Takamura suggests for him to stay out of his way. Ippo remembers Itagaki saying that Takamura seems to be in a rush to get all the belts, which Ippo asks Takamura about. Takamura asks him how many years in his life does he think he can box, and how many matches can he do in that time. Takamura notes he has two weight classes down and four to go, however, he thinks matches like the unification match is a waste of time and wonders how long it will take to get to the heavyweight class. As he adds that that is why he is in a rush, he begins continuing his roadwork while Ippo can't keep up with him. The day before the matches, a conference is being held at the Roigal Hotel. The WBA middleweight world champion Richard Bison gives his comment to the press that he thought that he would have a unification match against Eagle, but the eagle was taken down by Japan's hawk, but he respects Takamura for that and has trained hard and plans to get his hands on Takamura's belt. Takamura tells the reporters he has nothing to say and just wants to get it over with. Bison taunts him and Takamura gets angry, but is stopped by Kamogawa. Nearby, Ippo meets Sendō and Mashiba. Sendō claims he is honoured to fight before Takamura and wants to rile up the crowd. As Sendō tells Mashiba that he has to do the same before his match, Mashiba gets angry and tries to fight him, but Ippo reminds them they have a match tomorrow.