Aired: March 2, 2009 | Season: 2 | Episode: 9

Overview
Runtime: 24m
Directed by: Hisato Shimoda, Jun Shishido
Written by: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
Description
The Kamogawa Boxing Gym gets a new recruit: Itagaki Manabu, the inter-high national runner up who happens to idolizes Ippo. Meanwhile, Ippo is hit with a blast from the past when he is challenged by Hammer Nao, his former junior who now seeks to defeat him and take his belt.

