Chapter 499

Pinch Practice
Chapter Info
Next	Chapter 500
Chapter	499
Previous	Chapter 498
Volume	55
Japanese Title	ピンチの練習
Romanized Title	Pinchi no Renshū
Pages	14
Arc	Dragon Slayer Arc
Issue	Weekly Shōnen Magazine #46, 2000 (cover date): October 25, 2000
Release (JP)	October 11, 2000

Pinch Practice is Round 499 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.

Details

• Title Page Character(s): Ippo Makunouchi, Ryūhei Sawamura

Summary

Sawamura attacks with a Bullet, which Ippo blocks. Ippo lands three liver blow, followed by a right straight that gets blocked, but pushes Sawamura to the ropes. Ippo punches Sawamura's guard until it breaks, letting Ippo deliver clean hits to the face. Sendō thinks how Sawamura has never trained himself on how to get out of a pinch, while Ippo has spent most of his time on practising on how to get away, and the difference is showing. Sawamura refuses to lose, not wanting to go back to living alone in a room after losing everything he has: his strength. Sawamura attempts to trip Ippo, however, Ippo predicted it, moving his foot away from Sawamura's, and then hitting him with a right to the face.