1202 is out.

Did not see that coming. Ippo's journey in boxing comes to a sudden and tragic end. Looks like he'll just have to be satisfied with finding out "what it means to be strong", instead of becoming champion, though he's never said aloud that that's what he wanted. I'm genuinely depressed reading the end of this fight. His accumulated damage has been hinted at for the last few fights (years), and this is not unrealistic given how he fought all this time, but I guess... I wanted my friend Ippo to succeed on the world stage.

Eyes dried and looking forward to the next development! Will the story wrap up now, or will the focus shift to remaining boxers? Or is there some hope against hope of Ippo's return? Doubtful, but at this point, no matter what it is, I gotta see it through.