3 Season
126 Episode
Fighting Spirit - Season 0 Episode 2 Champion Road
The moment you back down is the moment you lose!
Makunouchi Ippo is the new Featherweight champion of Japan and is now ready for his first title defense. His opponent, the former Jr. Featherweight champion and a medical student, Sanada Kazuki. In addition to this feud, Sanada is being coached by Kamogawa's former rival, Hama Dankichi. What makes things worse is that Sanada works at the same hospital where Kumi is a nurse at and everybody at the hospital wants Sanada to win. Not only does Ippo have to defend his title, he has to reclaim his love.
- Year : 2014
- Country : Japan
- Genre : Animation, Comedy, Drama, Action & Adventure
- Studio : Nippon TV
- Keyword : rags to riches, sports, tournament, based on manga, championship, comradeship, shounen, boxing, anime, spokon
- Director : George Morikawa
- Cast : Kohei Kiyasu, Rikiya Koyama, Wataru Takagi, Keiji Fujiwara, Jurota Kosugi, Hidenobu Kiuchi