Am not all that impressed by Woli other than his "potential." Would be reall sweet for him to be an opponent for Itagaki down the line. For now, however, Vorg annihilates him if he's serious. You'll see why during his upcoming fight.
Have to admit, Vorg's grown on me. All that "Mary sue" talk, plus everyone on various forums backing him over everybody, was kind of priming me for Wolverine/Hulk fanboy bait.
But he really won points from me for how he handled Woli. Didn't show off play in one upmanship, instead of called it quits on the arrogant sob and walked away.
That is AWESOME. As opposed to Ippo overdoing everything by accident, or Sendou having to outdo everybody, Vorg is mature enough to know he has nothing to prove, and that someone getting hurt in a pointless spar just isn't worth it.
In a simple act of walking away, Vorg proved to be the bigger man.
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Of course, Sendou already faced a southpaw in Shigeta. He'll always have the ssme potential to "smash" his way to victory.
Problem is, Randy Boy is more then just a southpaw. He's both an orthodox and a southpaw, and can switch it up so flawlessly it messes up anyones rythm. And on top of that,.he's insanely tough.
Honestly, this would play out like his Vorg fight at best. Randy dominates/does the Asura thing, eats a smash or two (Guarded/unclean from the switching), and eventually wins on decision.
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So Ippo goes from fighting a fighter with brain damage, one with a questionable record who relies on tricks, to a fighter with only three match's who acts like a monkey, to a fighter who isn't even ranked....
Sensing a pattern here. What's next, a hobo clown? An Amish professional wrestler?
Side characters like Miyata, Vorg, Mashiba, and Sendou get awesome match's, while Ippo gets nothing but sideshow carnival freaks. The writer must really hate his main character.
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The author despises Ippo to the point of unhealthy hatred. Am seriously thinking about dropping this manga. But if he makes Sendou or Itagaki the main character from now on and does not butcher them, I'll reconsider.
I kind of want to follow Date and his really bad fighters for a few stories.
Is it any wonder he drank so much at the bar?
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That happened before the awesome barroom brawl/Takamura vs Ippo-verse. You really can't call him wrong.
And he also executed a brilliant strategy in the match. Neck training or no neck training, Ippo should have been out, bare minimum (As it was, looked like he had a concussion, but nothing came of it.)
That fight should be in the "Plot armor" section of TV Tropes.
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I remember reading that match as it was getting released. Fans were getting pissed having to wait weeks just to see Ippo throw a punch.
If memory serves me, you should be touching upon Itagaki's class A tournament and Vorg's world title bouts pretty soon. Looking forward to your thoughts!
Man, that A class tourney has almost no participants at all.
You'd think everyone and their mother would line up for this thing, but 7th and 8th ranked Aoki and Kimura only have to fight two people..
__________________ What CDTM believes;
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But damned if he didn't go out like a king, instead of a clown (Poor Aoki and Kimura probably really should retire. Especially Aoki, he could make a killing in baseball, or run his own food business..)
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Best fight in the series, by far. Was on the edge if my seat, and really had no idea who would win (I only know Vorg is world class, but never spoiled if he ever won on the highest stage.)
It's going to be almost impossible for Ippo to outdo that, from a drama/quality standpoint.
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The best fight in the series for me will always be Ippo vs Sendo 2, but Vorg vs Mike is up there in light of actually being pretty realistic, manga physics aside (pretty sure the hien is flat out impossible ). Both boxers know how to in-fight and out-fight and had enough technical know-how not to be beaten by the one-dimensional gimmicks we see from Ippo and Sendo. And for the record, Vorg would beat the hell out of current Ippo.
Not gonna comment on Itagaki until you read his second fight with Imai. Needless to say, am not a fan of that bout.
You know, just once, I'd like to see Ippo get a little bit arrogant.
I mean, he's got the world on his mind, and Sendou won't stop bothering him about a spar? Get irritated, Ippo! When Kamogawa walks in and sees you don't have a mark on your face while Sendou's all beaten up, tell him you disobeyed, but that if you couldn't crush old rivals, you had no business challenging the world.
Or something. You know the coach would beam with pride if Ippo got cocky/irritated for a change, then managed to back it up. Sendou would be pretty damned proud, too.
__________________ What CDTM believes;
Never let anyone else define you. Don't be a jerk just to be a jerk, but if you are expressing your true inner feelings and beliefs, or at least trying to express that inner child, and everyone gets pissed off about it, never NEVER apologize for it. Let them think what they want, let them define you in their narrow little minds while they suppress every last piece of them just to keep a friend that never liked them for themselves in the first place.