Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger

[David75]

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.

[neflight86]

Get it while its hot (E6) http://isohunt.com/download/65575693...o+ippo.torrent

[David75]

Well another ep with some background and promised fight only starting, we'll have the most promising moments next time.

For some reason I do not see Date waiting for Ippo as King of the Hill, because Ippo is way too inexperienced to skyrocket to the top of the world, as his spar with the World Champion showed.
As of yet, Ippo is not refined enough. He has raw power and stamina, he has the will to fight even his body can fight alone almost when he's almost KO. But he lacks strategy, body placement, sharp movements and he needs to refine all of his gestures and body talking to always do exactly what's necessary without any unwanted and unneeded movements.
But that in itself is possible only with lots of training, as they said last ep.

For the begining of Date's match? well I'm a bit surprised, but you need more than one punch.