A Tiger and a Grim Reaper Share a Room is Round 1081 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.
Details[]
- Real Life People Mentioned: Sugar Ray Robinson, Carlos Monzón, Marvin Hagler, Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns
- Title Page Character(s): None
Summary[]
On the night of the matches, in the Kamogawa gym's waiting room, Takamura is sleeping while waiting for his match to start. While Ippo, Aoki, Kimura, and Itagaki head to the audience seats, they overhear Mashiba and Sendō arguing. Mashiba and Sendō's faces are bruised and beaten due to them fighting each other because Mashiba doesn't want to be called an opening act for Sendō. Yanaoka and the Tōhō coach tries to stop them, but Mashiba trips Sendō and kicks his face. Sendō asks him what kind of boxer kicks, but Mashiba points out they are not in a ring. Sendō claims that anything can happen then, grabbing a folded chair and slamming it against Mashiba's back. Mashiba knees the chair onto Sendō's face. Yanaoka and Tōhō coach watch as the chaos continues, wondering if they will make it to their matches. Yagi hears the noise from their room, glad that the rivals are pumping each other up. As the OPBF lightweight title match is being announced, Mashiba's cheering squad called the "Hell Society" begin cheering. Ippo explains to Aoki and Kimura that the Hell Society are his co-workers from his job.