Ippo's style is heavily inspired by the real-world Peek-a-Boo boxing style used by legends like Mike Tyson. These drills will help you master that same explosive pressure.. Boxing Styles Category page For pages of the boxing styles used in Hajime no Ippo.
We already saw what Ippo's "evolved" boxing style will look like mainly because its what the Coach was teaching Ippo all along. Small compact blows that combo into more devastating blows like the uppercut or Gazelle punch.and then occasionally the Dempsey Roll if he needs to demolish touger less agile opponents in a contest of power Biggest changes we'll see with Ippo is effectively faster.. Hajime no Ippo (はじめの一歩; lit. 'The First Step') is a Japanese boxing -themed manga series written and illustrated by George Morikawa. It has been serialized in Kodansha 's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine since October 1989, with its chapters collected in 145 tankōbon volumes as of January 2026. It follows the story of high school student Ippo Makunouchi, as he begins.