Ippo manages to win his title defense with a 1-round KO as per his promise and rushes back to see Takamura. There, he sees all of the Japanese champions and former champions, including Eiji and Sendo,encouraging Takamura to do his best. After a flashy entrance ceremony, the long-awaited world title match finally begins!
Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! New Challenger episode 20 is titled “Junior Middleweight World Title Match”, one of 26 episodes in the series. It first aired on May 19, 2009. This episode carries Japanese audio, with subtitles in English. It streams in up to 1080p. Running time is about 23 minutes. Next up is episode 21.

























