Chapter 463

A Huge Announcement
Chapter Info
Next	Chapter 464
Chapter	463
Previous	Chapter 462
Volume	52
Japanese Title	重大発表
Romanized Title	Jūdai Happyō
Pages	20
Arc	Dragon Slayer Arc
Episode	Round 7 (Season 3) (p.9-19), Round 8 (Season 3) (p.1-3)
Issue	Weekly Shōnen Magazine #1, 2000 (cover date): January 1, 2000
Release (JP)	December 1, 1999

A Huge Announcement is Round 463 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.

Details

• Characters Introduced: Larry Bernard
• Title Page Character(s): Alexander Volg Zangief, Ruslan Ramuda

Summary

In front of Volg's mother's grave, Ramuda asks Volg if he was really leaving. Volg mentioned that after he was finished settling things, he will leave. Ramuda mentioned he will look after his mother's grave, so he should fight to his heart's content, but warned him that the list of rings available to him was limited. His title of world amateur champion doesn't pull much weight anymore, and it will be a tough fight. Volg tells him not to worry since he will be betting on his fist in a country known for freedom, but for now he will stop by Japan to collect something he left an old friend. He feels seeing him will bring him back to how he used to be. He has no worried since he will only be looking forward, and he had nothing to leave behind and comeback to. As Volg was leaving, Ramuda thinks his mother's death wasn't why he was leaving, since he knew sooner or later that Volg would leave this place where his blood of a wolf would force him to leave. In front of Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Sendō thanked Ippo for coming out to see his match. Sendō mentions he would have like to challenge Ippo, but it will have to wait. He adds that he was resting too much, and his muscles got a bit heaving, where dropping the weight for his match was harsh. Ippo thinks that he should go up a weight class, but Sendō wants to fight him again. He tells Ippo to keep his belt safe since he doesn't want to see it handed over to Sawamura. Ippo doesn't think it was a sure thing that Sawamura would beat him, but Sendō thinks that Sawamura had the ability to take it, and given his ranking he would be challenging him soon. He warns Sawamura is the ultimate predator for the Dempsey Roll, and if Ippo didn't have the Dempsey Roll, Ippo wasn't that scary, and it would make it a hard fight for him. Sendō tells Ippo that Sawamura's counter were the mark of a genius, and surpasses Miyata. Ippo thinks that was impossible. Sendō adds that Ippo will need someone around who can counter the Dempsey Roll, since just imaging it in his head isn't enough, or he won't get used to the timing at all. Sendō left with Yanaoka for his victory party, Ippo heads home and thought about Sawamura. Ippo realises he never been hit with counters during spars, and he doesn't know who to ask for help. Ippo wants to beat Sawamura using the Dempsey Roll. During Takamura's press conference for his match against Larry Bernard, Bernard mentions that he doesn't rely on tricks to win, and intends to have a clear and fair exchange with Takamura in order to return to the United States of America with the belt. Takamura makes an important announcement during his turn. He mentions that this will be his last fight as a junior middleweight, where he is relinquishing the belt, as he plans to conquer six weight classes. He adds that just saying it doesn't mean anything so he planned to make an example of Bernard. He tells Bernard that an exchange between them won't happen since he won't be able to land one punch on him. The match will be completely one-sided. At Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Takamura's changing room, everyone was discussing that Takamura made his opponent angry after what he said. Ippo thinks not getting punched in a world title match was almost impossible, and Kimura adds that Bernard didn't look like a bad fighter. Takamura isn't worried since he had a secret weapon. In the crowd, they wonder what his secret weapon is. Ippo thinks he might be able to use what Takamura does for future matches. Aoki and his team attempt to cheer for Takamura using a drum set before getting kicked out due to the rules banning musical instruments. The match is about to start, Bernard plans to make Takamura pay since Takamura was looking down on him. Takamura realises he need to end the match fast. Both are looking to kill the each other.