The match continues and Ippo throws more punches at Fujiwara, the latter goes for a second headbutt. After Ippo lands multiple hits, Fujiwara steps in and intentionally head-butts him, causing Ippo to go down, he gets up at the count of five. Fujiwara tries to land a counter, but Ippo's strong guard made the counter have no effect. Ippo and Fujiwara starts throwing punches at each other. Ippo and Fujiwara enters the ring, Umezawa notices Ippo's opponent looks fearsome.

The day of the match, Umezawa and gang arrives at the arena and doubts Ippo will win. The next day, Kamogawa enters the gym and announces Ippo's second match is against Yoshio Fujiwara of the Maeda Boxing Gym. That night, Ippo watches Miyata's previous match in his room. After Ippo's training is over, he receives a video of Miyata's previous match from Fujii. Fujii oversees Ippo and Kamogawa mitt training, he notices Ippo is doing the Peek-a-Boo Style and biting his thumbs like Mike Tyson. At the gym, Fujii arrives, Takamura walks over, thinking Fujii is here to see him, but Fujii asks Yagi for Ippo. After Ippo tells them, they ask when his next match is, then runs away, failing to apologise as originally planned. They ask Ippo how he defeated his opponent at the debut match. Ippo goes upstairs to the roof to eat, when he is stopped by Umezawa and his gang. His classmates are surprised as he expected, but after lunch, no one talked to him. Ippo goes to school the day after his match.

Locations Introduced: Maeda Boxing Gym, Hirata Boxing Gym, Kawada Boxing Gym, Maiasa Boxing Gym, Maido Boxing Gym, Ōmori Boxing Gym, Funabashi Boxing Gym.

Characters Introduced: Yoshio Fujiwara, Yoshio's Coach, Shūmitsuru Abe, Daisuke Haseyama, Ryūhei Inoue, Shin'ya Matsui, Keigo Nakamura, Toshi Saitō, Jin Sakuragi, Shin'ichi Takada, Kenji Takayama, Kazuyuki Watanabe.

' Yūzora no Kami Hikōki' Becoming a Bully's Buddy is Round 12 of the Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! anime, which is the adaptation of Jōji Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo series.

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