Chapter 541

Hawk in a Cage
Chapter Info
Next	Chapter 542
Chapter	541
Previous	Chapter 540
Volume	59
Japanese Title	閉じこめられた鷹
Romanized Title	Tojikome Rareta Taka
Pages	15
Arc	A Passing Point Arc
Episode	Round 19 (Season 3) (p.1-15)
Issue	Weekly Shōnen Magazine #45, 2001 (cover date): October 24, 2001
Release (JP)	October 10, 2001

Hawk in a Cage is Round 541 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.

Details

• Title Page Character(s): Mamoru Takamura, David Eagle.

Summary

Takamura gets up at the count of seven with an angry expression on his face. Takamura and Eagle are at the centre of the ring when Takamura throws out wild swings that Eagle dodges. Yagi feels as if it is the same as before, with Eagle looking for another chance to counter, thinking that Takamura has totally lost it. Kamogawa believes that it isn't just about the frustration of getting downed, but ever since the start of the match, he was completely controlled by Eagle, and the thing Takamura hates the most is falling into a trap. Kamogawa compares Takamura to a trapped animal feebly chewing at the bars of his cage. Eagle counters one of Takamura's wild swings, and Takamura almost goes down, but he hangs onto the ropes as the third round ends. At the corner, Kamogawa tells Takamura that he still has a chance if he goes out there calmly and pulls Eagle into a punch exchange. Kamogawa thinks that Eagle will not have a reason to get into a punching match and believes that Eagle must have sparred with boxers that are similar to Takamura's type, while Takamura did not get a chance to spar against boxers of Eagle's type, and the gap of their experience is showing. Takamura tells Kamogawa to not worry. Kamogawa asks him if he has a plan, and Takamura claims he does.