Seasons & episodes
S0 · E1Boxer's Fist 2003-03-21 · 24 min
A special episode included in the DVDs. It tells how Takamura started boxing.
S0 · E2Champion Road 2003-04-18 · 90 min
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.
S0 · E3Kimura vs Mashiba 2003-09-05 · 62 min
Kimura finally has his championship match. It takes place at the annual champion carnival. But now he must face the intense champion, Mashiba for the Junior Lightweight championship.
S1 · E1The First Step 2000-10-03 · 24 min
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.
S1 · E2Fruits of Labor 2000-10-10 · 24 min
Ippo succeeds in catching 10 falling leaves, and is granted his first sparring session.
S1 · E3Tears of Joy 2000-10-17 · 24 min
Ippo loses his first sparring session, but shows enough potential to be accepted into the gym.
S1 · E4Shadow Boxing 2000-10-24 · 24 min
Ippo practices shadow boxing.
S1 · E53 Months to Counter 2000-10-31 · 24 min
Ippo trains for a rematch.
S1 · E6The Opening Bell of the Rematch 2000-11-06 · 24 min
Ippo and Miyata face off in a rematch.
S1 · E7The Destructive Force Of One CM 2000-11-13 · 24 min
Ippo and Miyata are in the last round of the rematch
S1 · E8Promise to Meet Again 2000-11-20 · 24 min
Ippo trains with Takamura and discovers the hardship of pro boxing.
S1 · E9C Class License 2000-11-27 · 24 min
Ippo takes the License Test and meets Mashiba.
S1 · E10Debut Match! 2000-12-04 · 24 min
Ippo and his opponent Yusuke train for Ippo's debut match.
S1 · E11Obsession for Victory 2000-12-11 · 24 min
Ippo defeats Yusuke via K.O.
S1 · E12Becoming a Bully's Buddy 2000-12-18 · 24 min
Ippo fights and wins his second match via K.O.,After the fight he was befriended by Umezawa, his former bully.
S1 · E13The Eastern Japan Rookie Championship Tournament Begins 2000-12-25 · 24 min
Ippo and his opponent Jason prepare for the first match of the Rookie King Tournament.
S1 · E14Powerful Arms! Hooks vs. Uppercut! 2001-01-08 · 24 min
Start of Ippo vs Jason match, both men exchange powerful punches but neither goes down.
S1 · E15Test of Endurance 2001-01-15 · 24 min
Ippo defeats Jason via K.O. after a tough match.
S1 · E16Premonition of a Hard Battle 2001-01-22 · 24 min
Ippo watches the fight videos of Kobashi and Hayami, his future opponents.
S1 · E17Ippo on the Beach 2001-01-29 · 24 min
Ippo joins Takamura, Kimura, and Aoki in a training camp near the beach.
S1 · E18Clinch 2001-02-05 · 24 min
Start of Ippo vs Kobashi match, Ippo is loosing by points because of Kobashi's strategy.
S1 · E19K.O. Dream 2001-02-12 · 24 min
Kobashi abandoned his strategy and loses the match to Ippo via K.O.
S1 · E20Threat of Shotgun 2001-02-19 · 24 min
Takamura wins the Japanese Middleweight Championship belt, Ippo trains with Aoki to counter Hayami's Shotgun punch.
S1 · E21The Way to Capture a Prodigy 2001-02-26 · 24 min
Start of Ippo vs Hayami fight, Hayami takes the advantage during the early rounds.