today the atmosphere is more lively than usual indise the ito boxing gym . the reason is simple , because the delinquent duo Tanaka and gin are excited about their matches after 10 days with the boxers from Philippine.
especially tanaka as he is going to fight his match as a boxer in super lightweight division.
Tanaka was always fighting with the cruel weight loss schedule before his matches as his normal weight is about 63 kg . he said that both he and gin joined the gym so started as lightweight boxers but his body build changed and he gained weight. that's why he is finally fed up with the strict weight control and changed his division for good .
bonda san came back yesterday evening from Philippine and told them about their . the thing is that Ken's match was already decided but bonda san had to go to phillipines so could not contact ken in time .
Ken's opponent is japan featherweight rank 3 tatsumi takaya. he was former 10th rank and didnt participate in the A rank tournament . he couldn't participate because his hip injury healed when it was time for 2nd round completely. he is strong as he is already ranked 3 after the tournament just ended .
" oye ken chan , me and tanaka are going out for roadwork now . so you spar with ryo and teach him the strength of a pro boxer ." gin says that and with tanaka dash off ..
" hmm.. well ken kun , I'm counting on you then . ryo will take the pro test a month later so dont be too hard on him " bonda san says and goes out holding some documents..
" eh? I'm going to spar with senpai ? wow .. please teach me senpai " ryo excitedly enters the ring ...
" okay then . let's do this ryo . first wear your headgear .." ken cant refuse his kouhai so reminds him with a smile and enters the ring ..
" yosh . you will spar for 3 rounds and the format will be like an official match " kou san says and decides to stand in the corner as the second for ryo ..
both ken and ryo get ready and take their pose . kou san waits for some seconds and rings the gong ..
" okay ryo . just show ken that you can fight like he taught you . it's the best way to return the favor to him .. now go.. " kou san tells ryo and he dashes towards ken with full speed..
he throws a left hook at Ken's body which ken parries easily using his right hand and ken lands a right punch on Ken's body . ken already falls down and ken san starts shouting to encourage him .
ryo gets up after 8 seconds and takes a fighting pose but his expression is painful . ken waits for ryo to recover and let him attack first again as this is a lesson for him .
ryo dashes forward , ducks and throws a right uppercut at ken . ken just doges it by weaving his head to his right and throws a left counter which lands on ryo's face with perfect timing and he falls down again ..
the same pattern continues and 3 rounds are over just like that . in the end , ryo couldn't even land a single hit on ken and fell down 5 times ..
" very good ryo . you only fell down in last 2 rounds 1 time each . " ken says to ryo with a smile while removing the gloves .. " you should go to kou san now and listen to his advice properly now . he is best when it comes to teaching these things . from now on spar with me often , I know that you will improve fast after following the teachings of kou san .. " ken finishes his comment and goes out for roadwork ...
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