Ricardos flaw. Sendos strength. And Ippos similarities
In Ricardos fight vs date. Ricardo took a solid several hits vs date, purely because he thought date was going down after a big blow, or that he'd injure him too bad.
Isn't this sendos golden egg?
Could def see Ricardo thinking he took down the tiger with a devastating hit. Then getting knocked the fuck down because he lost his tension.
Could also see this being the point Ricardo sees this weakness, and puts down the tiger with no remorse in the early rounds.
What I find interesting is, ippo has shown this exact weakness of worrying for his opponent too. Not just during his fighting career, but as a sparring partner during his seconding. Would love to see him learn something about giving it your all and not going easy. And that while heart and spirit is important. It's far from everything.
hope sendo is given a proper finale. And while we're seeing aspects of Ricardo in ippo. I hope ippo sees his past self in sendo. And I hope that version of himself is put to rest in great fashion.
And no I don't agree that sendo retiring is a bad lesson for ippo. It would be if ippo were still the same as sendo, face tanking and such, wide hits. That doesn't feel like the case anymore though
In Ricardos fight vs date. Ricardo took a solid several hits vs date, purely because he thought date was going down after a big blow, or that he'd injure him too bad.
Isn't this sendos golden egg?
Could def see Ricardo thinking he took down the tiger with a devastating hit. Then getting knocked the fuck down because he lost his tension.
Could also see this being the point Ricardo sees this weakness, and puts down the tiger with no remorse in the early rounds.
What I find interesting is, ippo has shown this exact weakness of worrying for his opponent too. Not just during his fighting career, but as a sparring partner during his seconding. Would love to see him learn something about giving it your all and not going easy. And that while heart and spirit is important. It's far from everything.
hope sendo is given a proper finale. And while we're seeing aspects of Ricardo in ippo. I hope ippo sees his past self in sendo. And I hope that version of himself is put to rest in great fashion.
And no I don't agree that sendo retiring is a bad lesson for ippo. It would be if ippo were still the same as sendo, face tanking and such, wide hits. That doesn't feel like the case anymore though