5 Kenshin vs Takamura

The crowd was confused by Kenshin's action when they saw Takamura falling on his knees. Everybody on the gym was going mad as they never thought that the crazy powerful Takamura will fall so easily.

It was then the referee came near Takamura and started the countdown. Everybody then started to cheer for Takamura. Takamura is strongest among them and him loosing to an outsider is a shameful thing, so then cheered for Takamura vigorously.

The countdown has reached up to 6 when Takamura understood what was happening. He got even angrier as this is the 1st time somebody has beat him and that too with a single jab. This was an unimaginable shame on his part.

Takamura then gets up and took the fighting stance. The referee came to his face and asked him, "Are you okay?"

"I am fine", said Takamura while a menacing glance plastered on his face.

Then the fight began. Takamura's punch was faster and sharper than before. There was less space to dodge than before. (It seems the angrier Takamura got, the dangerous his punch got).

It was worth mentioning that even after Takamura's punch got faster, Kenshin was easily avoiding his punch very easily.

Kenshin looked at Takamura who got up and thought, "Takamura's punch is really strong, it can even hurt Low-Class Master level boxers but his fighting prowess is only at Expert Level. As there is more than a year for him to fight with the World Champion, he will definitely improve in that time period. For now, let's don't insult him any longer and finish him with a nice blow".

"It's time to end this bout", muttered Kenshin as he maintained a distance between him and Takamura. Then he took a very orthodox stance. After that, he sends two jabs followed by a right straight.

The 1st jab broke Takamura's defense, followed by the second jab which fell on his chin. Then the right straight which was sent towards his belly. The right straight's power send Takamura flying a meter back. After which Takamura fell on the floor unconsciously.

Kenshin's punch seemed heavy but he purposefully avoided any vital points as he liked his character in the anime. The entire gym was silent, even the experienced Boss Kamogawa was shocked as he didn't expect Kenshin to be this powerful.

"Damm, the newbie is very very strong", said Kimura.

"It feels nice to see Takamura-san beat like that", said Aoki.

"He is strong. Even Takamura-san cannot defeat him", said Ippo.

"DO you knew that your friend was so strong Miyata?", asked Kimura as he looked at Ichiro's shocked face.

"No, I didn't know that. From 5 years old Kenshin trained almost every day nonstop and his training regime was tiring even when I was 10-12 years old. He also learned a lot of martial arts and use them in his boxing. He, from an early age, is preparing for his goal", said Ichiro.

"What is Kenshin-san goal?", asked Ippo.

"World Champion in Super heavyweight Boxing event", said Ichiro.

After everybody was quietly discussing among themselves, everybody heard what Ichiro said. After hearing this their mind went blank.

"Wow, this guy knows how to brag. Nobody from japan has ever won a world championship in super heavyweight and above categories"

"But, he beat Takamura-san so casually"

As the crowd began loudly discussing among themselves. Kenshin got off the ring and went to a corner to start training.

As everybody at the gym saw this, they became ashamed. Then they soon began to do their training. Some people brought a bucket of water and poured it on Takamura. Soon everything went on as it is.

After everybody went to train on their own, Boss Kamogawa came near Kenshin and said, "You sure have the ability to back your words kid. I will personally teach you all the tricks and techniques that I have learned in all these years. You have a lot to learn, so get ready kid".

Boss Kamogawa was the happiest as he got a powerful fighter. He took some time off his schedule and coached Kenshin.

Kenshin was like a sponge, absorbing everything he taught to Kenshin. This made him even happier. After about 2 months there was nothing left for him to teach to Kenshin, so he said if he wants then he can go to a better gym. To which Kenshin declined and said that he came to this gym with respect to Coach Kamogawa(now Kamogawa is a coach, not the boss) and he will incorporate his current boxing techniques with what he learned from Coach and combine them and further improve them by practicing. Boss Kamogawa was really happy as he got, such a nice person to train.

Kenshin gradually became friends with Takamura and the group. Contrary to what everyone had thought, Takamura is happy as sparring with Kenshin who has more power and battle experience helped him in certain areas.

Kenshin's arrival urged everybody to train even more seriously. Though Kenshin looks cold and unapproachable, if somebody asks him to help him, Kenshin helps them. Takamura almost every day trained with Kenshin. And Kenshin to put more pressure on himself, added 20kg weight jacket above wearing 10kg weight bracelets in each arm and leg.

The 1st day he wore this, he was worn out as he was doing many things such as multiple sets of short dashes, very long runs, special exercised to increase the strength of neck and back muscles and then constantly punching for a few hours, then repeating everything above mentioned.

After about a month, he finally got used to the new weight. Then by the end of the next 2 months Kenshin improved the timing of short dashes and long runs and many other exercises. Everybody in the gym knew that Kenshin trains more than them even with 60 kg of weight. This caused awe in many hearts but they also got determined to train more seriously.

After teaching Kenshin everything he knew, Coach Kamogawa trained Ippo for the next 4 months. In the meantime, Kenshin helped Ichiro regarding his boxing and helped him improve a little bit. By the end of 6 months time period, Ichiro has put 2kg bracelets in both his legs and 1kg in both his arms and still is able to do slightly better punches than a few months back. He has improved a lot.

Kenshin also becomes more open to everybody. Though he still has an expressionless face, he can be seen smiling or laughing slightly. Aoki, Kimura, and Takamura become good friends with Kenshin. They often make a joke about him but Kenshin only lightly laughed at them. Kenshin also helped Aoki, Kimura a lot, now they were way stronger than that is shown in anime. They are now near the championship level in their respective groups.

Kenshin also helped Ippo in increasing his strength but his fighting prowess didn't increase much which is due to his cowardly nature. But Kenshin believes that it will wash away with time.

Kenshin was also happy with his improvement in these past few months as he was now a master level martial artist based on his boxing alone. He was waiting for a few months when he will be of 17 and get his pro boxers license and be one step closer towards the world championship.

So, now the match between Ippo and Ichiro was going to happen. Kenshin was also eagerly waiting for their match to begin.

[Kenshin's height - 190cm

Kenshin's weight - 98kg

Power Level - Master Level in Martial Arts

Master Level in Boxing]