This series also shows how Ippo first gets into boxing, training under Mamoru Takamura ... The film focuses on Tatsuya Kimura, a friend of Ippo and Takamura, who is starting to feel left behind ...

Ippo just found out that his fated boxing match with Miyata will have to wait. He discovered that the Dempsey Roll, his signature technique, has a glaring weakness: It's very weak to counters.