Episode
Fighting Spirit: Clinch
Overview
Start of Ippo vs Kobashi match, Ippo is loosing by points because of Kobashi's strategy.
Details
- Series
- Fighting Spirit
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 18
- Air date
- 2001-02-05
- Runtime
- 24 min
Episode context
Clinch is Episode 18 in The First Step of Fighting Spirit. It aired on 2001-02-05. The runtime is 24 min.
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