A Different Route is Round 726 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.
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- Title Page Character(s): Ippo Makunouchi, Mamoru Takamura
Summary[]
Kamogawa mentions to Yagi that he it is a good thing that Ippo's match against Miyata did not happen, since Ippo was mistakenly satisfied with either winning or losing, since without a will of steel there would have been no way he could win. Ippo goes to the Kamogawa gym and apologises and requests for Kamogawa to let him keep boxing. Kamogawa decides to have Yagi call any champions in the OPBF. Kamogawa explains to Ippo of the situation of the world stage, where Ricardo rules the WBA without any real contenders and everyone else aiming for the WBC title to avoid fighting Ricardo. Kamogawa reveals a plan to Ippo to challenge the national champions in the OPBF in order to become the unofficial OPBF champion to make his way to become the first ranker of the world, get the WBC title, and wait his turn to fight Ricardo. Fired up by the announcement, Ippo begins his training with Kamogawa. Yagi is able to get a match scheduled for Ippo to go against the Thai featherweight champion Jimmy Sisphar, who is also known as "Scratch J".
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