The hardcore daily life of a pro boxer | Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting (2000)

The grind never stops

About Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting:
A bullied teen goes on an epic journey to become the greatest boxer in Japan in this classic underdog story.

Director:
Satoshi Nishimura

Cast:
Rikiya Koyama
Kohei Kiyasu
Wataru Takagi

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[Raxarion]

The real hardcore moment was in Takamura's home, when you realise he was putting an act of it all being easy . The sheer amount of determination that Takamura showed by resisting his hunger, while literally being in front of his fridge, that really hit deep.

[USMCer]

One of my favorite scene is when Ippo's bully watches his boxing match and quickly becomes his fan by showing him off to his delinquent buddies.

[timberhead]

One of the few animes you'll always rewatch no matter what.

[amineouerdani]

takamura being naturally a heavy weight, having to lose like 20 kg to be in the middle junior weight, having to follow a drastic routine to be able to play in this category, you can't help but have respect for that

[tonpalacios]

Say what you want about takamura, but when it comes to putting in work the man has no equal. Pure talent mixed in with a work horse mentality, dude is a monster.

[rujiel]

If nothing else this anime is accurate when it comes to training.

[ヤムララジャ]

The fact that later on ippo is easily able to do the same stuffs takamura is doing with ez is amazing.

[LeelosAdventure]

Any grapplers/wrestlers here training for tournaments just deeply connecting with this series on a near spiritual level

[TheNightower]

Takamura at the end of the video saying to Ippo like if going to gym is to just making friends then stop boxing coz in world of boxing, it's a war between 2 fighters. Setting aside the differences and frienship. Once in the ring, 2 fighters are in battle mode with no remorse or holding back. It's not like literally you can't have friends in gym but you need to learn to set aside everything once in the ring.

[kibira_fit]

This show is literally reason I started boxing and kickboxing.

[neometalx]

Fast forward to the latest chapters, ippo is finally able to keep up with takamura running, even thought he's retired.

[Solbankai]

These are 1 of the best animes you can find out there Because this guy went from the bottom and rose to being a heavyweight champ and just a matter Of seasons

[bryanreyes]

Thank you, RetroCrush for uploading this video. I just recently signed up for RetroCrush to watch all animes I've never seen before and a few that I've seen since childhood

[jillian]

3:49 huh... That actually holds a lot more weight now given the recent events in the manga...

[roberthorvat]

Its like running a 800 meters, than stopping for 1 minute, then again and again...

[Richard-Espanol]

Hajime no ippo is one of the best series ever!

[KingKoohii]

Now do a video on Ippo hitting logs with a hammer lmao. Hajime no Ippo training routines go HARD!

[c.galindo]

Nice. This really speaks to me. I started boxing training for awhile and this really made me realize something to look more into it from a different perspective

[SomeIdiota]

Hmm. I see zero bikes being stolen during this training montage. This guy is never going to make it in the WVBA.