Stepping Towards Glory is Round 1046 of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga series.
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- Title Page Character(s): Alfredo González, Ippo Makunouchi
Summary[]
After the gong rings for the third round, Ippo starts using his Peek-a-Boo_Style. Ippo launches off the canvas but Alfredo backs off and tries to keep his out-boxing. Ippo doesn't give up and dashes towards Alfredo, but he backs off again. The audience starts yelling that they want a real fight. Ippo dodges every punch from Alfredo and dashes forward. At last, Alfredo makes a good distance and keeps fighting with his out-boxing. Sendō doesn't like Alfredo's fighting style and Mashiba explains that Ippo's every body blow has an incredible effect. He mentions that him busting his elbow and Sendō's broken ribs are the results of Ippo's body blows. For Mashiba, he thinks that it's a smart move to keep himself out of danger. Fujii also thinks that this is an understandable reason. Miyata doubts it because if it goes like this, Ippo has no chance of winning. Ippo starts learning all of Alfredo's tricks. Ippo dodges a hidden right behind Alfredo's left. Everybody gets surprised because after getting hit with all those punches, Ippo now understands whats coming next and Kamogawa thinks that their boxing will be effective.