Quote Originally Posted by Munsu
Ippo vs. The Champ was pretty exciting... and considering that it was a meaningless spar, one can only assume how awesome the fights involving Ippo will get. But it seems like his first fight won't be till quite a few episodes more. We got the Date fight, then we have to choose an opponent, then all the random crap thrown in, then some training, etc. etc... so it'll be a while.
Should Ippo fight against the guy, it will be around the end of the season from your description and scenario wise. It would be strange to have Ippo going for the world quicker than Mamoru himself. We need to have a bit of Mamoru Hax too, thus Ippo important fight could be at the end.

For some reason I see Date losing hard again, that's necessary to add lots of fuel to Ippo's will to fight and win.

Other than that, the spar wasn't very interresting, except for the tension before and when it started.