Ippo, Onwards to Mexico! is Round 1292 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.
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- Title Page Character(s): Ippo Makunouchi, Kumi Mashiba, Taihei Aoki, Kintarō Kaneda, Wanpo
Summary[]
Ippo tells Kumi, Taihei, and Kintarō that he is going to Mexico by himself to watch Sendō fight and study. Kumi becomes worried about the motivation that Ippo has for his trip. As Ippo takes off to Mexico by plane, Aoki, Kimura, and Itagaki discuss whether or not Ippo watching Sendō fight would force him to face his obligations before coming back to the ring. Kimura asks Takamura if he knows what it would take. Takamura claims it is pointless and suggests for them to be more worried about Ippo being alone in Mexico and the possibility of getting hurt or having trouble. Ippo arrives at the airport in Mexico and feels lonely as he can not read the signs. While waiting for the individual that the Naniwa Boxing Club sent to pick up Ippo, he bumps into a passerby, knocking both of their suitcases out of their hand. Ippo grabs his, but since they have similar looking suitcases, the passerby thinks that Ippo stole theirs, calling Ippo a thief. As Ippo becomes surrounded, he runs away. Ippo is then saved by the arrival of the Scamaras Brothers, who gives Ippo a wrestling mask as the brothers call him Dekamaras (デカマラス). Ippo gets driven by the brothers to where Sendō is and greets him as Dekamaras while doing a wrestling pose. Sendō scolds Ippo for not being serious before his match.