The Kamogawa Boxing Gym gets a new recruit: Itagaki Manabu, the inter-high national runner up who happens to idolizes Ippo. Meanwhile, Ippo is hit with a blast from the past when he is challenged by Hammer Nao, his former junior who now seeks to defeat him and take his belt.
Genres: Action & Adventure , Animation , Comedy , Drama
Keywords: anime , based-on-comic , based-on-manga , boxing , championship , combat-sports , comradeship , friendship , inspirational , rags-to-riches , shounen , sports , tournament , watch-TV-series-online-free , watch-anime-series-online , bold , excited , exhilarated