Hajime no Ippo Vol. 39 — Manga Raw / Buy Official

Once a bullied boy, Ippo Makunouchi stumbled into boxing and grew obsessed, enduring brutal training under the honest question "What does it mean to be strong?" to become Japan's champion with one of the country's hardest punches. His next goal is the distant road to a world title. Now two world-title challenges are set: Mashiba versus Marcus and Sendo versus Ricardo! Marcus Rosario, the "Puerto Rican bad boy," points a gun barrel at a photo of his opponent Mashiba—are his eyes filled with hatred or emptiness? Meanwhile a Ricardo-hungry Sendo crushes sparring partner after partner, until someone unexpected answers his "challengers wanted" notice.