In My Hands is Round 1239 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.
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- Title Page Character(s): Ippo Makunouchi, Taihei Aoki
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Taihei catches five leaves as promised to Ippo. Then, Ippo tells him that he's not done, to come back tomorrow to lay down some foundations. Ippo calls Teru to ask if it's okay to teach Taihei boxing, Teru replies that it is. For days, Ippo and Taihei runs for their roadwork. Taihei asks to something more boxing-like, Ippo suggests sparring, however they can't do that since Taihei doesn't want to go to a gym. Taihei states that he is uneasy, just running around, scraping and struggling. Ippo disagrees, telling him that he's not struggling, but making effort. Ippo is mostly impressed, as he expected him to give up after three days like most people usually do. Ippo goes to the Kamogawa gym, when Kamogawa greets him, he is shocked and hugs him. Ippo notices that he is wearing mitts, which Kamogawa states that Takamura is on a special menu again. Yagi states that he was going to be Kamogawa's partner, but will have Ippo punch the mitts instead. Kamogawa tells Ippo to get ready, Ippo throws the weights off, wears the boxing gloves and gets for mitt practice.