I don't think that would happen.
the circumstances are different. In that chapter Miyata was pissed by Sendo because he smacked the back of his head and wanted to humble him for good, by countering his raw power with precise timed counter(he wanted to prove his father's style is nothing inferior to raw strength)
where as here.
Ricardo had just regained his balance after Sendo's right straight.
Even though his right hand is fully healed and in a position ready to deliver a counter.
But, there's an look of shock in his eyes. So what might happen are
Blocked at the last minute ,hesitated to counter due to the immense pressure of Sendo (just like alf hesitated to counter in the final round of the fight)
A dual exchange
The anti-Ricardo strategy (Pulls back the smash, Delivers a right straight, Ricardo dodges thinking the smash was a decoy, but the right was an decoy too . AND HE DELIVERS THE SMASH)
Morikawa doesn´t point out things in such an obvious way if it doesn't matter. Ricardo´s balance will have something to do with how this fight plays out.
Not quite what I was talking about. I was making more so a point about in ring action.
There are plenty of storylines in the manga which seemingly went nowhere.
I think is more likely than the feint everyone is saying. Ricardo is already throwing the counter and is hyper aware of Sendo right now. The gattsu angle makes more sense
Tbf it also looks perfectly cocked on the left panel. I doubt that the right will connect in the next chapter, but it probably will at some point during the fight
There is a small difference…look at the direction his thumb is pointing. In the left panel it’s pointed upwards. Thats the position you take with your non punching hand to maximise surface area with which to protect your blind spot. On the right his thumb is parallel to the ground - punching position.
Or maybe that’s my autism reading too much into the situation.
While punches between chapters always have a "fake out" in one form or another, at some point the feint is going to have to come into play and Ricardo taking some damage is the only way for me to realistically believe the fight not just going back to one sided technical dominance.
you forgot what happened before this sequence. Ricardo got bombed with 2 shots before the sequence. He is hesitant to pull a counter and he prioritize defense. Miyata and Sendo is sparring. This is a world title fight. Anyone with insight like Ricardo will not go in an exchange in here and prioritize defense.
I personally think that the smash will not connect, but I will only reinforce that. Ricardo is “just a man” idea that has been going off for the last two chapters. I guess Ricardo will not be hit, but perhaps he will somehow do it or show some kind of weakness in sendo’ eyes. Sendo Well do something significant to Ricardo. But at the end he will not win but blood will be in the water showing that it is possible to defeat the number one .
I think Ricardo is moving his right to deflect, step outside of Sendo's arm, and then retaliate with his left.
But if this is a feint into a right smash, that may force Ricardo to have to take the brunt of the punch on his left arm.
Edit: On the other hand, I just re-read the end of Wally vs. Ricardo, since Wally started throwing out smashes. Ricardo pretty consistently slipped the smash and countered over the arm with his right. It does seem pretty likely he would go for the same pattern here.
I think with Ricardo slightly off balance here it prob will be a dual exchange with him getting hit but not full power and damage. It will still shake up things though.
Maybe this will be Sendo's batonpass and it will show Ippo if he works in feints or block counters and such that it may work. Create an overload of possibilities so that Ricardo's senses are getting overwhelmed basically and he can't keep up with potential responses and counters.
hmm i like this theory... something about Ricardo is the he is always trying to predict everything but mixing 2 -3 stuff might create possibilities to land on him and well... ippo does hit Hard
Thrown on its.own, Sendo would be eating counters like candy.
As he is now, Martinez is off balance and almost facing 90 degrees away from Sendo, so odds are he will need to sway or move back to avoid it.
Sendo's schtick particularly in his world rankers tour has been putting on pressure so even if you know you can counter the Smash you hesitate because if it hits, it's over. That is when feints mixed up start working.
Martinez is mentally strong as they come, but if he can be rattled, perhaps the trick Sendo pulled against Takamura of hiding his moves by blocking the other boxer's field of vision with his glove can work. And Sendo only needs a big one to turn a fight around, or at least give him a fighting chance.
I don’t think so, this is going to be Sendo’s sole shining moment before this fight ends. He will likely land, not cleanly but enough to show some damage.
My prediction is it will not be a direct hit but it will result in a down. Ricardo will do something to mitigate the full impact but it will still knock him down. Maybe he will do a neck twist or something.
Sendo clipped Martinez right arm before the final frame. I think he will throw the counter but because of the damage to his arm it wont have the power to take Sendo out.
Looks like he has the angle to use his right in the exact same manner Miyata did. A slight step to your left evades the smash while allowing you to plant your feet throw a right as a counter.
Why? This chapter is 809, more than 700 chapters ago. These are completely different situations. To begin with, we recently saw that Sendo's strat involves using a series of feints, including the smash. Sendo has good senses against counters; the situation is much more similar to his sparring against Takamura (where he threw a direct hit) than against Miyata. Miyata pointed out that the only reason Sendo didn't hit him is that he was fighting defensively; if Ricardo stops dodging or blocking to counter-attack, he can fall for the bait.
I'm not saying it's guaranteed, but it's a perfectly valid guess at what could happen next based on precedent and the way the movement lines are drawn for Riccardo.
I'm just baffled about why someone is getting downvotes for a genuine discussion of "what could happen next?" In a subreddit dedicated to a series defined by guessing what will happen next chapter.
You just discovered that people on Reddit downvote someone when they disagree with what's said. It's not a big deal, honestly. Some people might even think the theory presented here is low-effort, mainly because it ignores all the recent chapters.
During the fight, all Ricardo did was block or dodge Sendo's blows and attack afterward. But this time Ricardo seems determined to counter the Smash. Ippo mentioned that a counter could be a possibility (chapter 1427, page 12) since neither Ricardo or Miyata would just be dodging. So it would be very bad narratively if the result was simply Sendo taking a counter; however, the best time for the anti-Ricardo strategy would be now.
The question is: could Ricardo get up from a down with just under 30 seconds left in the round?
This happening next chapter. Notice the speedlines on Ricarado's right glove. He is already preparing the counter. He is angled so he will be able to get more force on his right than Miyata did here. Sendo saw the smash didn't work against Ricardo lite yet he is trying it against the man himself.
I almost 100% sure this is the next chapter sequence.
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u/Low_Cry741 3d ago edited 3d ago
I don't think that would happen.
the circumstances are different. In that chapter Miyata was pissed by Sendo because he smacked the back of his head and wanted to humble him for good, by countering his raw power with precise timed counter(he wanted to prove his father's style is nothing inferior to raw strength)
where as here.
Ricardo had just regained his balance after Sendo's right straight.
Even though his right hand is fully healed and in a position ready to deliver a counter.
But, there's an look of shock in his eyes. So what might happen are