Fighting Spirit

Ippo is a high school student who works full time at his mother's fishing though. Because of this, he gets bullied on by the kids at his school. That's when his life turns around, when a professional boxer happens to be jogging along the way, and introduces Ippo to the world of boxing.

aired Oct 3, 2000

Ippo succeeds in catching 10 falling leaves, and is granted his first sparring session.

aired Oct 10, 2000

Ippo loses his first sparring session, but shows enough potential to be accepted into the gym.

aired Oct 17, 2000

Ippo practices shadow boxing.

aired Oct 24, 2000

Ippo trains for a rematch.

aired Oct 31, 2000

Ippo and Miyata face off in a rematch.

aired Nov 7, 2000

Ippo and Miyata are in the last round and Ippo does a short upercut to Miyata's chin, Miyara was knocked down and was unable to get up, Ippo wins the rematch.

aired Nov 14, 2000

Ippo trains with Takamura and discovers the hardship of pro boxing.

aired Nov 21, 2000

Ippo takes the License Test and meets Mashiba.

aired Nov 28, 2000

Ippo and his opponent Yusuke train for Ippo's debut match.

aired Dec 5, 2000

Ippo defeats Yusuke via K.O.

aired Dec 12, 2000

Ippo fights and wins his second match via K.O.,After the fight he was befriended by Umezawa, his former bully.

aired Dec 19, 2000

Ippo and his opponent Jason prepare for the first match of the Rookie King Tournament.

aired Dec 26, 2000

Start of Ippo vs Jason match, both men exchange powerful punches but neither goes down.

aired Jan 9, 2001

Ippo defeats Jason via K.O. after a tough match.

aired Jan 16, 2001

Ippo watches the fight videos of Kobashi and Hayami, his future opponents.

aired Jan 23, 2001

Ippo joins Takamura, Kimura, and Aoki in a training camp near the beach.

aired Jan 30, 2001

Start of Ippo vs Kobashi match, Ippo is loosing by points because of Kobashi's strategy.

aired Feb 6, 2001

Kobashi abandoned his strategy and loses the match to Ippo via K.O.

aired Feb 13, 2001

Takamura wins the Japanese Middleweight Championship belt, Ippo trains with Aoki to counter Hayami's Shotgun punch.

aired Feb 20, 2001

Start of Ippo vs Hayami fight, Hayami takes the advantage during the early rounds.

aired Feb 27, 2001

Ippo defeats Hayami via K.O. Ippo's training with Aoki and Kimura's help Ippo win the match.

aired Mar 6, 2001

Ippos day off. Miyata and Mashiba face off.

aired Mar 13, 2001

Miyata and Mashiba continues to fight. Ippo is angred by the outcome.

aired Mar 20, 2001

Ippo trains for Mashiba flicker jabs

aired Mar 27, 2001

Ippo VS Mashiba Round 1

aired Apr 3, 2001

Ippo VS Mashiba continues

aired Apr 10, 2001

Ippo defeats Mashiba for Rookie King of Eastren Japan.

aired Apr 17, 2001

Sendo goes to Japan to meet Ippo and make him go to All Japan and gets a chance to spar with Takamura.

aired Apr 24, 2001

Ippo learns how to heal his right fist and gets ready for the All Japan but something happens his powerful right punches!

aired May 1, 2001

A recap of the boxing matches that have taken place thus far.

aired May 8, 2001

Ippo is still having trouble with his right fist but his match with Sendo begins.

aired May 15, 2001

Ippo tries a different fighting stance making his match with Sendo only get more intense.

aired May 22, 2001

Ippo and Sendo keep fighting, the crowd starts cheering Sendo on and the match reaches its climax.

aired May 29, 2001

Ippo graduates and takes photos with people from his school. New people join the gym and are put to the test by running with Takemura, Ippo, Aoki, and Kimura.

aired Jun 5, 2001

Kimura, Aoki, and Takemura each fight their match. Ippo spars with the featherweight champion, Date.

aired Jun 12, 2001