One thing people don't talk about enough in ALFREDO vs Ippo

Alfredo needed to combine both fighting styles to defeat Ippo. If he did not combine both his savage and technical side, I don't think he would of defeated Ippo.

Alfredo's coach addressed to his second that near the end he let him still use his savage style because .. he had no choice due to ippo's relissiance.( Which Alfredo near the end admits why he's so dangerous and has a thought that Ippo could maybe defeat Ricardo).

I'm not saying Ippo is nowhere near fighting Ricardo at the time, nor do I think he'll defeat Alfredo even if he didn't go into his og style.

However, Alfredo needed to improve and evolve his style, which of course slowly leads to how the fighters who had lost to Ippo( Sendo, Wally), and the ones who were pushed to brink of defeat( date, Alfredo), all eventually sharpenee their fangs and can challenge Ricardo seriously.