Chapter 421

The Pure-Blooded In-Fighter
Chapter Info
Next	Chapter 422
Chapter	421
Previous	Chapter 420
Volume	47
Japanese Title	純血のインファイター
Romanized Title	Junketsu no Infaitā
Pages	20
Arc	Submarine Wars Arc
Episode	Not Adapted into the Anime
Issue	Weekly Shōnen Magazine #6, 1999 (cover date): January 22, 1999
Release (JP)	January 6, 1999

The Pure-Blooded In-Fighter is Round 421 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.

Details

• Real Life People Mentioned: Yōkō Gushiken, Tsuyoshi Hamada, Katsuo Tokashiki, Tadashi Tomori, Yasutsune Uehara, Akinobu Hiranaka
• Title Page Character(s): Masahiko Umezawa, Ippo Makunouchi

Summary

At the Makunouchi Fishing Boat, Umezawa notices some big shoes, which Ippo confirms are his, as his training is making his big toe bigger. While out on the boat, Umezawa wonders how Ippo is standing at the worse part of the boat. Miyazaki explains that Ippo was raised on the water and comments how he learned to shift his weight perfectly. Ippo thinks about Shimabukuro and wonders if he can get a punch through his thick neck and armour. Ippo then began harsh training with Kamogawa. Takamura believes that training to be impossible, and that Ippo's fight with Shimabukuro will be decided by who can hit longer without a break and who can take those hits the best. Days later, after completing the menu, Kamogawa has Ippo spar with Aoki, who is training for his title match. The spar ends after Ippo was only able to block. Kamogawa notes that the results of the training will show later, as his blood should be concentrating. Kamogawa tells Takamura how boxers with the title "hybrid" are increasing while in-fighters are decreasing, so he has to concentrate on his blood to make him a pure-blooded in-fighter. Kamogawa and Takamura believe Ippo's fight will decide who is the best pure-blooded in-fighter in the nation. The next day, Ippo becomes surprised when he sees Shimabukuro appear at his home.