Flying Chair is Round 1222 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.
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- Title Page Character(s): Ippo Makunouchi, Tatsuya Kimura, Shinoda, Haruhiko Yagi, Manabu Itagaki, Mamoru Takamura, Masaru Aoki
Summary[]
Kimura's match is about to begin, as he and his new second, Ippo walks to the ring. The audience cheers for Kimura until they notice Ippo as his second, they then do a Makunouchi chant that angers Kimura. At the ring, Yagi gives Ippo the job of putting the chair down, as he's been training for it. As Kimura's match begins, Ippo hopes to prove Takamura wrong, as he has his weights off his arm so he can show the "world's fastest chair". In the first round, Kimura dominates his opponent by downing him with a counter, he then stands back up. Kimura goes on the offensive again, but is clinched, he gets him off and continues to throw punches. The first round ends and Ippo attempts to put the chair into the ring, but he throws it so hard that it hits one of the ropes and gets flung to the audience. Ippo gets the chair back, but by the time he comes back, the second round already starts. The majority of the audience begins to laugh at the event, Mari begins to chuckle, but stops when Kobashi states it's rude to laugh as it's his first time. Ippo can't believe he did that, as he practised with the weights on, now that their off, his muscles feel explosive and can't control the speed, Ippo then thinks of inserting the chair sideways. Meanwhile, Kimura's opponent is on the offensive now, but Kimura decides to take a point lead as his rhythm is messed up. Round two ends, Ippo places the chair into the ring, as Kimura asks for water and sits down, everyone realises that Ippo put it in sideways, everyone bursts out in laughter except for Kimura, who believes he's going to lose.