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When
Itagaki got released from the hospital, Ippo nervously drove him to the gym, while causing a traffic jam and hitting Aoki. Itagaki was told that the gym has decided to resign him from the All Japan Rookie King Tournament due to his injuries. Ippo informed Itagaki about his meeting with Hoshi and the terms he put in order to challenge Ippo. After talking about how he would
worry about who would hold the JBC belt after he moves on, he gave Itagaki a baton pass. Ippo and Take at the weigh-in. Later, Ippo learned about his seventh JBC title defence opponent, Keīchi Take, a veteran boxer who had never lost by a knockout before. Ippo went with Itagaki to see the All Japan Rookie King Tournament. There, he met Date, who warned Ippo about Take and revealed that he was nervous when Take once sent a challenge to him when he was the JBC champion until Take pulled out. Ippo then realised he should focus on Take rather than only Miyata. Ippo immediately began training on his stamina. When his weigh-in arrived, Ippo met Take, who wore a face mask, coughing, and warned Ippo to stay away as he did not
want to get him sick.
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Ippo watching Itagaki and Hoshi's match. After Itagaki was getting pushed in a spar with Aoki and teasing him about it, Ippo reflected how it was petty after Kimura explained the teasing was
because if Itagaki won, he would surpass him and Aoki in the "gym's internal ranking system". While doing roadwork with Itagaki, Ippo helped him regain his drive as he was worried about his match with Hoshi by reminding him of the baton pass. On the day of Itagaki's match against Hoshi, Ippo arrived to the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium. There, Ippo learned from Yagi that Shinoda was thinking of resigning if Itagaki lost the match. Before heading to the audience seats, he came across Sendō, who warned him about Hoshi's abilities when facing him despite Ippo being sure that Itagaki would win so he won't have to fight him.
