aiko chan is as usual busy working with her refreshing smile and meanwhile inside the korakuen hall , ken is sitting on a bench and waiting for his title match to start . as expected of the title match , the audience cheers are so loud that are reaching the ears of ken even through the dick of the waiting room.
ken is maintain an expression of extreme focus so kou san cant find the words and is just standing beside him . in truth ,ken is not thinking about his match at all . he is thinking about the words he will speak during the winners interview . till now he did not give much thought to this but he will become a champion so lip service also becomes important .
an employee comes and says " ken senshu , it's time. " and ken snaps out of it . his eyes meet with kou san's and both of them just leave without saying a word and walk the pathway towards the ring . ken as usual ignores the audience but fuji san is shouting more loudly than usual so its hard to ignore him on purpose .
" it's time for one of the most popular matches of the champion carnival to start now . now both boxers have entered the ring . from blue corner , yamamoto ken staring in the direction of the red corner where champion goto is standing and getting ready for the match . now the bell rings ... " fuji san shouts with a more loud voice than usual and match starts .
ken doesn't move much from his corner and is standing firmly there while champion goto is dashing towards him . goto throws a left jab and tries to see the reaction of ken but he is disappointed as ken blocks it with his right hand easily . goto steps back and starts to stare at Ken's movements to find an opening.
he feels the same fear as abe and yoshida as Ken's defence looks solid and he feels that any punch he throws at him will be counted easily before even connecting . the staring contest continues for a full minute and goto throws a left jab again to break the stalemate . this time ken ducks and doges the left and dashes towards goto. ken throws a short uppercut with his right fist which lands a clean hit below the jaw of goto . ken steps back and doesn't continue punching as goto quickly regains his balance and raises his guard .
ken throws a right hook at the vulnerable body of goto as he has used his both hands to block the face and the hit lands on the solar plexus . goto suffers the damage and his body is paralyzed for a second . ken doesn't leave this opening and throws a right short upper and blasts away the guard of goto. he then throws a left straight punch at the unguarded face of goto which lands perfectly and the legs of goto start to wobble as he has recovered from the damage from solar plexus blow now and tries to stand firm .
now both boxers are standing in the centre of the ring and only 1 minutes and 13 seconds remain till the first round is over . the guard of goto doesn't make in time so ken again throws a left straight at the face of goto to which goto reacts quickly and guards his face in time . but unfortunately for him that left is only a feint as Ken's real motive is the right straight which he throws again at the solar plexus of goto . it lands on the unguarded body of goto and he is again paradised for a second .
ken knows that goto has not recovered from the previous damage so he throws a liver blow with his left hook and it lands a perfect hit . goto's face swings in the left direction a little so ken uses this chance and throws a right straight with all his weight behind the punch and hits the left temple of goto. goto spins one time in the air and falls down unconscious on the left side of the ring .
ken goes back to the neutral corner but doesn't raise his hand as he knows that goto will try to get up . but ken is certain that goto will not get up and take the fighting pose in the duration of the ten count . he doesn't raise his hand in victory as a respect to the guts of goto who still tries to stand up after taking Ken's right to this left temple with the full force of his body behind the punch .
as expected , goto cannot get up and referee points his arm towards ken after finishing the ten count and declares ken the winner . the bell rings simultaneously with the signal of the refree and ken raises both his arms in the air . kou san enters the ring with tears as he is too happy to see his boxer becoming the champion .
" kou san, its early to feel happy yet . first wrap the champion belt on my waist " ken smiles and reminds kou San.
an employee brings the champion belt to kou San and he happily does his job as the second of the champion and wraps the belt on Ken's voice with tears flowing from his eyes . Tanaka and gin climb inside the ring and ryo lifts ken up on his shoulders and the three of them start shouting .
tanaka and gin are crying tears of happiness while ryo is holding back his tears and is showing a huge grin in the direction of the camera while holding both legs of ken tightly with his both hands .
finally a pretty lady comes holding a mic towards ken and it's time for the interview of new champion . but ken stops her and says that he wants to take a group photograph with kou san, tanaka , gin and ryo with him wearing the champion belt . with ken in the center everyone surrounds him while he is doing a normal fighting pose and the photographs are taken .
finally ken receives the extra mic from the lady and signals her to start with a hand gesture..
" tell us your honestly feelings now after becoming the new champion and wearing the champion belt .."
" well I'm obviously happy and am feeling that all that hard training with my gym mates finally paid off . goto san was the toughest opponent till now and I honestly dont remember much after I successfully landed the last body blow on him . I think I was feeling nervous as it was my first title match after all . I only realised that I won after hearing the voice of the refree that I'm the winner . I'm too excited and happy after finally wearing the champion belt now . thank you for everybody's support. "
honestly, ken is just spewing bulllshit as he is just mixing up some lines he thought of while waiting inside the waiting room . after finishing , ken gives the mic back to the lady and walks back the pathway towards the waiting room with everybody from the ito gym . for the first time in a while ,ken lisented to the voice of audience and feels happy as they all finally know how to praise someone's effort honestly .
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