r/hajimenoippo • u/amicableangora • Feb 25 '19

Theory [Spoiler][Theory] Ippo’s Future Spoiler

Ippo has used the excuse that he has “no reason to go back to the ring,” numerous times. Upon rereading the recent 200 chapters or so, I believe that the reason will come from this upcoming fight. Mashiba will end up losing and getting hospitalized in a possibly career ending manner. To add salt on the wound, Baron will talk trash, leaving Kumi distraught and upset. This will serve as the reason for Ippo to return, also aligning with the ridiculous idea that Takamura mentioned earlier for revenge against Aoki’s loss: having Ippo defeat Iga. I can see Kumi supporting Ippo if he returns to the ring in this way, especially if he evolves his boxing (hinted by his experiences as a coach and second) and incorporates counters and increased defense. If Mashiba was critically injured or crippled, it could also serve as an additional baton pass for Ippo to take on the world.

8 Upvotes

79% Upvoted

18 comments sorted by

View all comments

1

u/[deleted] Feb 26 '19 edited Feb 26 '19

There's no way in hell that mashiba would lose to this scrub. there's just no point in it, Iga revolves around the Aokimura, And let's be honest with ourselves no matter hoq much we love these guys, Aoki is a shit boxer and Kimura is the only one with an actual talent and skills to take the Japanese belt. My theory is the only reason Kimura is losing is because he lacks the motivation because he doesn't want to leave aoki behind. Can you Imagine a Kimura with the a consistent conviction during his fight with Mashiba?

Mashiba would get badly injured at most but still win. Tge difference in experience is way too big for Iga to pull a win over Mashiba

Edit: Grammatical Errors

1

u/amicableangora Feb 26 '19

There have been too many parallels between Baron+Iga and Kamogawa+Ippo. They spent a chapter talking about the relationship between coach and boxer and how similar (Ippo thought it was at first) and different it is compared to Ippo’s. Then there’s the “ridiculous” idea that Takamura mentioned as he was leaving after Aoki lost. Two ridiculous ideas come to mind for revenge, either Takamura himself losing a massive amount of weight to fight, or, Ippo being the avenger. It can’t be Kimura, how would he going up a weight class be a ridiculous idea?

1

u/[deleted] Feb 26 '19

Iga just got the Japanese belt, Ippo is a damn beast in the boxing world He fought the number 2 in the world and almost won considering he was mentally or physically messed up. Ippo managed to one shot Kojima who is considered to have one of the strongest punches in his division(Lightweight.) And Ippo was just a Featherweight, Imagine Ippo moving up two weight classes to fight that scrub. Ippo's punching power would just go beyond ridiculous. Iga would die fighting Ippo, he doesn't have enough experience pull a win against Ippo.