Question is Round 1169 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.
Details[]
- Characters introduced: Puerto Rican Champion
- Title Page Character(s): Ippo Makunouchi, Ichirō Miyata
Summary[]
Miyata wonders what Ippo is doing, only to find him trying to wave at the camera at the Kamogawa gym members, which Miyata finds annoying. Takamura, Miyata's father, Kawahara Coach, Kida, Aoki, Kimura, and Itagaki are all watching the fight. Aoki and Kimura are mad that Nagumo is using Ippo and Miyata to help the match, while Miyata wants Ippo to sit down since he is drawing attention to them. While Nagumo enters the arena, Ippo mentions that he read in a magazine that Nagumo beat him in a spar too, and thinks they are alike, but didn't go down like him. Now angry, Miyata asks Ippo what happened in his spar, and ask him if he really went down to "that". Ippo thinks Miyata is a little weird today, where he always had a short fuse, but he is overreacting to everything. He mentions both of them were beaten by Nagumo, and it is rude to refer to someone older as "that". Ippo wants to get along with Miyata since they don't have a match in the works anymore. Miyata is surprised that Ippo fought back for once, but mentions he doesn't intend on being friendly with Ippo. He asks if "that" really beat him. The fight begins. Nagumo uses his speed right from the start, and the world champion can't keep up. Ippo notices the champion is trying to do something, and wonders if he is trying to counter with a Right after Nagumo's two left. While the fight is going, Miyata is tapping to Nagumo's timing.