Sendou was sparring with Hoshi when he hit him and knock him, if you think Itagaki is suddenly stronger just cause of Sendou's sparring with Hoshi. Its like saying Ippo isnt better to Shigeta who played with him when they sparred. I wonder who it was beat Shigeta to a pulp and scared him away from boxning.....
Still you cant compare Itagaki to Sendou just cause of he beat Hoshi WHO IS NEW TO BOXING. Let him a tough boxer before comparing him to Sendou.
The thing with Itagaki is...his Slow Battle ability is the worst thing that infighters like Ippo and Sendo could go up against.
I mean, in today's release Kamogawa has forbidden Ippo and Itagaki from sparring with each other, because swingining at something you can't hit, is no way to build confidence. Kamogawa speaks from experience as the same thing happened to him when he fought Nekota.
Right now Itagaki is on the fast track to the JBC title...I imagine that Ippo will relinquish it and Imai Vs Itagaki II will happen for the title. Either that or Itagaki could go straight for the OPBF belt like Miyata did (since Ippo is bypassing the OPBF) and Imai and Hoshi can fight for the JBC title.
Lots of stuff could happen.
Also in the video games...these people have Slow Battle -
Itagaki (although he's really the only one to actually use it in the series)
Miyata
Nekota (Maybe Nekota was using this against Anderson as he was just picking him apart)
Kimura
Takamura
Sendo
Vorg
Sawamura
Eagle
Hawk
Nekota
I want to see Ippo fight Jimmy. That would be so awesome.
That are just minor points. Sendou still struggled with Shigeta but got used to it after a couple of rounds. Ippo would probably have done the same, i mean Take used a southpaw stance and that made things much more difficult for Ippo but he got used to it and won.Originally Posted by Hakeem_21
Getting used to a speed you can't match is impossible as long as it doesn't have a simple rhytm, Saeki had a simple rhytm and Mashiba had a simple rhytm in his spars with Itagaki, in those spars Itagaki had no trouble at all dodging as he got used to the speed and a simple rhytm. The main concern with Hoshi being able to hit Sendou even though it was a spar, what i was trying to point out was that Hoshi is able to hit Sendou, not that he could defeat him. While Hoshi hit nothing but air against Itagaki.
Counting in the newest release as Blitz said about Ippo not being allowed to spar Itagaki cause of the diffrence in speed, add to this that Sendou doesn't care about his defense at all. Itagaki may stand a good chance against a fighter like Sendou All you think of is Sendou's strong points, try to look at his weaknesses to. If he were able to scare Itagaki though he would rule the fight in an instant.
The fighters we have seen him have trouble with hasn't been scared of him, remember when Ippo got scared. Sendou ruled the fight but Ippo got his courage back and won, not easy victories but he was able to win once he got rid of the fear. Vorg should have beat him for the title and he wasn't scared either. Shigeta treated Sendou like his bitch for most of the fight but once Shigeta got scared Sendou knocked him down in an instant.
Add to this what Sendou and Ippo was talking about when they saw Itagaki vs. Hoshi. "punch and hope you'll catch him" "Grit your teeth and take the counter then knock him to the floor", Hoshi tried both and i don't remember him succeed. What makes you think Sendou will succeed when he got that kind of mentality?
If speed were everything as you make it out to be, then Miyata would rule the world by now.
Ippo and Sendou strenghts is that they can take alot of beating,If Itagaki cant hit ten times before running away there is a chance for a counter just like Hoshi planned but he wasnt good enough. I mean he wasted alot of energy and time with going after him with full power when Itagaki was only toying with him.
Sendou will prolly lock him down to corners like he did against Ippo.
Itagaki will meet someone tough soon,then we will see if he is only speed.
Any i am sick of this, my only point is Itagaki is nothing but potential until he has shown take someone at Sendou/Ippo level.
While I still would like to see a Itagaki/Sendou fight, I can see your point. Itagaki is always pointing out that he still loses to Ippo when it comes to stamina. He can beat Ippo in sprints but when it comes to running long distances at the same pace he just can't hang. In any case, I will still hope
Hakeem if you would read my posts properly you would know that i already adressed the issue with cornering an out boxer and Sendou's strenghts.
The only thing i missed was the stamina thing and diffrence in taking hits.
I'm still not saying that it would be an easy victory for Itagaki but i am saying that he might stand a chance. With you it sounds like Itagaki would get owned in the first round.
One more thing, How can you actually think that Sendou and Ippo are at the same level right now? Sendou has been injured for close to a year while Ippo has refined his fighting alot. They are not at the same level anymore. It would be impossible for Sendou to make up for that one year diffrence in just a few months.
[I-O] has up to 731 out. Ippo's in a match again finally!
He's fighting a mad man! Cool.
Looks like these types, he have to put him down.. and put him down seriously for good. I think Ippo's opponent's going to die in this match.
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