it's been a month since Ken's last match with yoshida now . tanaka and gin didnt stop pestering for 2 weeks since the incident at the race track which really annoyed ken . in the end ,kou san had to lecture both of them about the character as a pro boxer repeatedly. finally both of them stopped but ken learned his lesson about the scary factor of gambling.
nothing major happened in the time and the night of the final match of japan featherweight A class tournament has arrived today . ken is warming his body up with kou san besides him . honesty ken cannot stop feeling excited now . it's not because of his match with abe senshu today but the fact that he will participate in the champion carnival after winning his match today .
after the A class tournament, champion carnival is held . all the winners of A class tournament, have a match with champion of their respected divisions . unlike everyone else , ken is sure of his victory against champion already so he cannot stop the excitement after thinking about the belt that will be his soon .
he is remembering his past when even thought about the chance to grab the champion belt was nowhere inside his mind before he obtained his powers .
" it's time " kou San says these simple words and ken snaps out of it . he decides to never forget his painful days and steps foot outside of the waiting room with a firm expression.
today ,he is too focused so to hear any noise . so he just walks the path towards the ring without hearing the voice of audience , fuji san or even kou San and steps inside the ring .
he finally hears the voice of kou san after seeing his opponent abe san in the opposite corner . as always ken ignores the cheers of audience and waits for the gong to ring while today's winning scenario is being played inside his mind repeatedly.
Ken's today's opponent is former rank 2 abe san. he is a veteran who has fought more than 20 matches since his debut as a pro boxer . the interesting fact about him is that abe San has fought most of his matches at the start in the lightweight division and only fought 5 matches in the featherweight division till now and has won in all of them .
he is a boxer who uses body blows as his finishing moves which is rare and honestly power behind his punches is only slightly inferior than yoshida who is a monster when it comes to power . so abe San is a very dangerous opponent who has power of yoshida class and is an experienced boxer on top of that . he even uses foul moves like elbow to win because his speed is not fast . he will be a difficult opponent for any boxer but is an easy prey for our ken as his fouls or blows are useless against him .
the bell finally rings and ken stops advancing when he reaches the centre of the ring and stands there with a firm stance . while abe is feeling fear similar to yoshida as he cannot find an opening . abe steps in and throws a right hook at Ken's face but his real motive is to hit Ken's face with his elbow after ken dodges the wide right straight . of course ken knows this beforehand instead of stepping back , ken ducks and throws a liver blow with his left punch . abe takes the clean hit but manages to step back after taking the hit . as expected of an experienced boxer , this means that he has experienced more powerful body blows before . ken does not choose to chase him and remains in the same position while starting at abe.
abe quickly recovers and throws a left jab which ken parries easily and throws a left straight at the face of abe . abe takes the hit easily as his damage from the previous body blow hasn't recovered completely . ken throws a short uppercut with his right from below and lands a left straight on the face of abe when his face sways upwards . ken dashes and throws a right hook at abe's body and finishes his barrage with a left hook on the unguarded temple of abe when his faces comes in front after the successful body blow ..
abe falls down after swaying to the left side and ken raises his right arm up in the air . the referee checks the condition of abe and confirms that he cannot continue so waves his arms in a cross repeatedly in the air . the bell rings which signifies the winner of the match is ken .
ken raises both his arms in the air and yells loudly with his face up . kou San lifts him up in the air and cannot stop smiling . one minutes hasn't even passed since the match started so audience yells loudly with ken after watching the thrilling KO victory .
abe regains consciousness and leaves the hall with his second while receiving some claps from the audience and at the same time , a beautiful lady comes towards ken with a mic . ken asks kou san to stop lifting him in the air as it's time for the winner's interview.
" ken senshu , it was an easy win this time wasn't it .."
" well in truth this match was the most difficult for me till now . abe san didnt even change his expression after receiving my first body blow . honestly my punching power is just weak that's all "
" you are really honest ken senshu "
" well just following the teachings of my dad "
" so please tell us your honest feelings about your first title match now "
" hmm... I think that I have a good chance myself. so just ask the champion for his opinion next . that's all " ken smiles and leaves the hall with kou san receving the claps and cheers from the audience ..
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