His only losses are to Eiji Date in his first attempt to challenge for the Japanese Featherweight title, Alfredo Gonzales, ranked #2 in the World, and to Antonio Guevara after making a 10-month comeback.

Who has beaten Ippo?

With much struggle, Ippo successfully caught ten leaves on the promised day with one hand, surprising Takamura and earning his acceptance. Ippo losing to Miyata.

What fights did Ippo lose?

His three career losses respectively were against Eiji Date fighting for the Japanese featherweight title, the second against Alfredo González in his attempt to catch up with Ricardo Martínez who is the current world champion and the third in his failed comeback against Antonio Guevara.

Who was Ippo first loss?

Conclusion. Just as Date was about to land another hit on the frozen Ippo, the referee stopped the match as Kamogawa Genji had thrown the towel into the ring while Ippo fell down, resulting in Date winning, and making Ippo lose for the first time in his career.

Does Ippo lose to Sawamura?

In the fifth round, Sawamura brutally beat Ippo throughout the round while Ippo was unable to land a single hit. ... Sawamura losing against Ippo.

Makunouchi Ippo vs Date Eiji - Japanese Title Fight

Does Ippo ever fight Miyata?

Due to some unfortunate, even tragic, if only temporarily, circumstances (when Miyata lost to Mashiba thanks to the latter's one particular dirty trick) Ippo never got to fight Miyata in the East Japan Rookie King Tournament final.

Does Ippo lose to VORG?

It is mentioned by Coach Kamogawa that, had he fought in his natural out-boxing stance, Volg would've easily defeated Makunouchi Ippo, Sendō Takeshi, and even Date Eiji. In fact, Volg knocked out Ippo (who was then the Japanese champion and a world ranker) in a sparring match during his hiatus from pro boxing.

Who is Ricardo Martinez based on?

As of current events, Martinez holds a record of 68-0-0 (64 KO). George Morikawa listed Martinez as the second strongest character in the series (behind Takamura). Ricardo Martinez is based on Ricardo Lopez, one of the few boxers to retire undefeated.

Does Ippo beat Ricardo Martinez?

Ricardo requested to spar against the JBC featherweight champion Makunouchi Ippo at the Otowa gym. When the spar began, Ricardo outclassed him completely using only his left jab. Ippo failed to hit him even once or to change his calm expression.

Why did Ippo lose to Antonio?

Antonio was told by his seconds to throw jabs like before, but when he did, Ippo slipped through. ... When Antonio got up, he threw right jabs to keep Ippo away. When he was approached by Ippo, he clinched him. However, Antonio was hit by a liver blow, causing him to break the clinch.

Will Ippo get back in the ring?

Ippo points out how Miyata wasn't at his best condition in his latest match and requests for Miyata to stop fixating on him and to move up a weight class as he will never return to the ring again.

Why did Ippo get weaker?

Why is Ippo weaker now? ... Ippo is weaker because he doesn't have that burning need to challenge the strongest boxing (which in his mind was Miyata). Sendo is being further set up as a sacrifice to Martinez to rekindle Ippo's fire.

What happened to Ippo's dad?

His father died at sea saving a crew member's life. Ippo gets picked on often due to his polite demeanor. By chance, Takamura Mamoru happens to be jogging by and comes to his aide.

Did Sendo beat Alfredo?

During Sendō's barrage, Alfredo was able to hit him with an uppercut counter, knocking Sendō away from him.

Is Miyata stronger than Ippo?

However, as the fight went on, not only Miyata, but everyone present was surprised at Ippo's durability, stamina and determination, which took the fight to the third round. After much struggle, Miyata was finally able to defeat Ippo with his signature counter, and realised just how interesting boxing really is.

Does Ippo confess to Kumi?

After finding out that Sanada was popular with the nurses where Kumi works, Ippo was pressured by his gym mates to confess to her, and ultimately almost did so, as when he was alone with Kumi in the snow. However, he could not confess, leaving her visibly upset as she was expecting it.

How old is Ippo?

At the start of the series Ippo is a 16-year-old high school student. He is usually a kind and reserved person who dislikes fighting, and because of that he had been bullied since grade school.

Is the Dempsey Roll a real move?

The Dempsey Roll was not one move, but a combination of punches built of Dempsey's unorthodox techniques, that happened to result in one of the most beautiful knockdowns ever recorded on film. And the first pieces of it are what Dempsey names in his book as the drop step and trigger step.

Is Hajime no Ippo over?

Manga. The Hajime no Ippo manga currently has 132 volumes and 1300+ chapters and counting. The manga began serialisation in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine in 1989, Issue 43, and is currently still running.

Is Miyata retired?

As a JBC and OPBF featherweight champion, Miyata was an acclaimed boxer with hopes of challenging the world, whose style and technique were a source of admiration for his son, Miyata Ichirō. ... The defeated champion abandoned the opportunity to make a comeback, and retired permanently from boxing.

Did Ippo Makunouchi retire?

This saga focuses on Ippo Makunouchi's bold retirement following his promise to Kumi Mashiba. Ippo stays involved with his beloved sport and becomes a second for his fellow gymmates as he helps them find the path they've lost and the many after retirement thoughts that rise through the new point of view he chose.

Who is Ippos rival?

Sendō Takeshi

Sendou Takeshi is considered to be Ippo's chief rival seeing as they fought twice already.

Who is Makunouchi father?

Kazuo Makunouchi (幕之内 一男, Makunouchi Kazuo) was non-recurring character in Hajime no Ippo. He was Makunouchi Ippo's father and Makunouchi Hiroko's husband.