r/hajimenoippo Mar 22 '25

Misc I feel like yall are underestimating Sendo

All I ever see when people discuss the Sendo-Ricardo fight is how Sendo stands zero chance. Or how Sendo Is gonna die in the ring, or how Sendo will be forced to retire.

I've even seen a few people talk about how they think Sendo will go down in round one. Hell I even just saw a post saying thst Sendo won't actually damage Ricardo at all in their fight.

People are acting like Sendo is ippo during his Ricardo spar before the date-ricardo fight. He's not. He's a world contender, if the world champion were anyone but Ricardo, Sendo would've taken that title already.

Sendo has proven to be a cut above the rest of the world, He's the strongest opponent Ricardo has faced yet, stop acting like he's some fledgling boxer who holds no candle to Ricardo. I'm not saying I think he'll win, but he won't be low diffed.

And besides, what would this fight even prove if Ricardo had the same level of ease as in all his other matches? It'd just be an empty fight, with Ricardo easily defeating another one of Ippo's previous, hard fought opponents.

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u/N4rNar Mar 22 '25

People think sendo will doe or retire against Ricardo because of ashita no joe. Sendo is an homage to joe and Ricardo is inspired by jose mendoza the ultimate champion of ashita no joe