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Fighting Spirit: New ChallengerFeatherweight Champion Ippo Makunouchi has defended his title, and Ichirou Miyata is aiming for his own belt in the Oriental Pacific Boxing Federation.S1, EP9 "C Class License"Ippo takes the license test and meets Mashiba.
S1, EP10 "Debut Match!"Ippo and his opponent Yusuke train for Ippo's debut match.
S1, EP11 "Obsession for Victory"Ippo fights Yusuke.
S1, EP12 "Becoming a Bully's Buddy"After a fight, Ippo makes a new friend.
S1, EP13 "The Eastern Japan Rookie Championship Tournament Begins"Ippo and his opponent Jason prepare for the first match of the Rookie King Tournament.
S1, EP14 "Powerful Arms! Hooks vs. Uppercut!"Ippo vs. Jason.
S1, EP15 "Test of Endurance"A tough match ends.
S1, EP18 "Clinch"The start of the Ippo vs. Kobashi match.
S1, EP20 "Threat of Shotgun"Ippo trains with Aoki to counter Hayami's Shotgun punch.
S1, EP60 "Rival"Volg and Sendo face off, with the crowd cheering for Sendo, and the match comes down to a decision by the judges.
S1, EP61 "Comeback Anxiety"Aoki, Kimura and Ippo make their comeback match, with Ippo being the main event; Kamogawa trains Ippo to have a better defense, but he overworks himself and collapses, ending up in a hospital.
S1, EP62 "Revival"Ippo is a high school student that gets bullied on by the kids at his school; when a professional boxer introduces Ippo to the world of boxing, his life changes.
S1, EP63 "Youth of Fire"Aoki, Takemura and Ippo visit Kimura because he has a high fever; Aoki's and Kimura's life as delinquents is shown.
S1, EP64 "Hot Rod Era"A look at Aoki and Kimura's debut matches and how they became boxers and joined the Kamogawa gym.
S1, EP65 "The Summer of the Kamogawa Corps"Sendo comfortably beats Saeki, the speed star; Sendo wants a fight with Ippo; all the guys from the gym go to training camp in the mountains and meet Kamogawa's friend.
S1, EP66 "Mr. Takamura's Tears"The guys learn that killer intent can seem like a punch; Kamogawa and Nekota's history with one another is told; Takamura battles a bear; everyone finishes training camp.
S1, EP67 "The Kamogawa Gym Swings Into Action"Ippo spars with Shigeta, who is ranked fourth among Japanese featherweights and also uses southpaw; people find out about Takemura's fight with a bear; there is talk about Takemura getting a world title fight.
S1, EP68 "The Chief's Peril"Aoki, Kimura and Takemura all fight their fights; before fighting, Takemura makes a grand entrance wearing a bear pelt and fights his match using only his left hand; Nekota starts teaching at the gym for a bit.
S1, EP69 "The Trap of the Southpaw"Sendo begins his title defense match with Shigeta, the southpaw user; Sendo fights Shigeta but gets angry with him as the fight goes on.
S1, EP70 "The Young Punk"Ippo invites Kumi to the zoo; Kumi lets Ippo know that she was the one who wrote idiot outside the gym; Sendo's grandma tells Iimura Mari about Sendo's childhood and how he was brought up.
S1, EP71 "Time for the Showdown"Ippo reads Mari's article; Ippo invites Nekota to his fight; both Sendo and Ippo have their weigh-in; Sendo and Ippo begin their rematch, with Ippo getting a very early knockdown on Sendo.
S1, EP72 "Lallapallooza"Sendo and Ippo's fight begins, guns blaze with the two giving each other blow for blow; Ippo finds out that Sendo has the advantage of having a bigger frame.
S1, EP73 "Surpass that Moment"Ippo starts the third round by charging at Sendo but hesitates, which leads to Sendo beating Ippo all through the third round; the fourth round is more in the favor of Ippo.
S1, EP74 "Mix-Up"A flashback shows how Sendo joined his gym; Ippo gets knocked down twice, but when he gets up, the fifth round gets more brutal; the sixth round begins and is just as brutal as the last round.
S1, EP75 "A Step Further"The match between Ippo and Sendo finally reaches its conclusion after seven ruthless rounds.
S1, EP29 "Rocky of Naniwa"Sendo goes to Japan to meet with Ippo.
S1, EP30 "To Enemy Ground"Ippo gets ready for All Japan.
S1, EP31 "Traces of Intense Battles"A recap of the boxing matches that have taken place.
S1, EP59 "A Determined Gaze"Ippo watches his match with Date; Ippo goes to watch the title match with Volg and Sendo, and he runs into Miyata and spectates the match with him.
S1, EP58 "Heartbroken"After Ippo loses, he finds out that Sendo and Volg will fight for the title; Kamogawa tells Ippo that he shouldn't go to the gym for three months because of all the damage from his fights; Ippo goes out with Kumi, Mashiba's sister.
S1, EP57 "Conclusion"Both Ippo and Date are beaten up badly; the match reaches the climax.
S1, EP56 "The Power that Stands in the Way"Ippo punches Date in the face quite a bit, but Date isn't taking the full impact of the punch because he twists his neck.
S1, EP55 "The Japan Featherweight Title Match"Ippo's title match with Date begins; Date is surprised by how much better Ippo is since the last time he sparred with him.
S1, EP54 "Fists of the Champ"Takemura has real trouble at the beginning of his match; Ippo finds out that Mashiba won the championship and celebrates with him and his sister.
S1, EP53 "So That I Can Be Myself"Date's past is revealed; Takemura gets ready for his match.
S1, EP52 "The Challenger"Date recaps of some of Ippo's fights.
S1, EP51 "The Group Date"Ippo wakes up after a couple of days at the hospital; when Ippo is in the hospital he meets Mashiba's sister, Aoki, Kimura, Takemura, and Ippo go on a group date.
S1, EP50 "Something to Convey"After many rounds, Ippo and Volg are both exhausted; after the match, Volg visits Ippo in the hospital and meets Ippo's mother.
S1, EP49 "The Courage to Believe"The fight between Ippo and Volg carries on; Ippo takes a lot of hits and gets knocked down a couple times.
S1, EP48 "The Red Wolf"The match with Ippo and Volg begins and the two boxers seem to get the edge over one another quite a bit.
Featherweight Champion Ippo Makunouchi has defended his title, and Ichirou Miyata is aiming for his own belt in the Oriental Pacific Boxing Federation.
Original Air Date: Jan 7, 2009
Genres: DramaTV Series
Rating: A12
Playback: HD
1 seasons available on demand (12 episodes)
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