Manga like BOX

Ashita no Joe

Also known as Ashita no Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life , Sports

A young drifter named Joe Yabuki wanders through the slums of Tokyo, but when the local ruffians try to give him a hard time he teaches them a rough lesson with his fists. The spectacle sparks a gleam in the eye of an old drunk who happens to be watching—Danpei Tange, a failed boxer and former coach who sees something special in the boy. He pleads with Joe to train with him off, but the cocky young fighter brushes him. Later, though, when Joe is arrested and put in a juvenile detention facility, he realizes that he’s going to need to hone his raw fighting skills if he wants to survive. Thus is born a partnership that might just take Joe all the way to the top…



Tags: Tragedy , Boxing , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Rehabilitation , Urban , Orphan , Class Struggle , Anti-Hero , Disability , Athletics , Shounen , Primarily Male Cast , Delinquents , Prison , Foreign , Historical , War , Yakuza

Rikudou

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sports

Riku experienced a lot of pain and tragedy in his early life. After his father's death, a former-boxer Yakuza man taught him how to do a basic punch, and that punch saved his life when he had to defend himself from his mom's drug dealer. He ended up taking the drug dealer's life, marking him as a killer. Criminals continued to come after him, leading to more tragedy for the people who attempted to care for him. All of this drove him to ask that same former boxer to teach him to become stronger, which led him to a rundown gym, his door to the world of pro boxing!

Tags: Boxing , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , Tragedy , Heterosexual , Yakuza , Prostitution , Gore , Time Skip

Hajime no Ippo

Also known as Hajime no Ippo: Fighting Spirit!.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Sports

Makunouchi Ippo has been bullied his entire life. Constantly running errands and being beaten up by his classmates, Ippo has always dreamed of changing himself, but never has the passion to act upon it. One day, in the midst of yet another bullying, Ippo is saved by Takamura Mamoru, who happens to be a boxer. Ippo faints from his injuries and is brought to Takamura boxing gym to recover. As he regains consciousness, he is awed and amazed at his new surroundings in the gym, though lacks confidence to attempt anything. Takamura places a photo of Ippo’s classmate on a punching bag and forces him to punch it. It is only then that Ippo feels something stir inside him and eventually asks Takamura to train him in boxing. Thinking that Ippo does not have what it takes, Takamura gives him a task deemed impossible and gives him a one week time limit. With a sudden desire to get stronger, for himself and his hard working mother, Ippo trains relentlessly to accomplish the task within the time limit. Thus Ippo’s journey to the top of the boxing world begins.



Tags: Boxing , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , Disability , Coming of Age , Heterosexual , Bullying , Delinquents

Rokudenashi BLUES

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Sports

Maeda is a new student in the Teiken High School. He stutters when he's nervous and he's rather clumsy. He gets noted immediately because he hits a teacher during the entrance ceremony. Some clubs search to enlist him as they see in him a force they can use to get even with other clubs. But Maeda is a loner and has only one dream: becoming boxing champion. His first objective is to beat the leader of the boxing club. "Rokudenashi" translates as "good for nothing".

Tags: Delinquents , School , Boxing , Shounen , Episodic , Primarily Male Cast

BLACK-BOX

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

His father is doing time for murder. His brother was arrested for murder. The second son of the family, Ryoga Ishida, is under suspicion of being involved with his brother. Under his fathers order he takes on his boxing pro test.

Tags: Seinen , Boxing , Primarily Adult Cast

RRR

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

Rikitaro is a musician whose dream is to become a rock star just like Jimi Hendrix or Jim Morrison, but at the age of 27 that dream is fading away rapidly. Ooishi is a 3 time world boxing champion who recently retired and is now in the entertainment world, shooting a boxing reality show. These two unlikeliest of people cross paths one day but both of them think nothing of it until weeks later. Rikitaro is given one last shot by a record label to sign a deal but before that, they need him to get into better shape so that he is easier to sell. He stumbles upon a boxing gym which also happens to be the same gym Ooishi is filming his show. As fate’s wheels start to turn, neither man realizes that they will work together to train the best boxer ever, even better than Ooishi himself.



Tags: Seinen , Boxing , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Nudity , Revenge , Family Life

Genikasuri

Also known as Genikasuri.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Sports

After one fateful match, former professional boxer Ryo Harima awakens from a two-year vegetative state to find out his career is over, his father has died, and he's been betrayed by his gym… Broken and fueled by rage, he vows to make it to the top of the boxing world, but this time as a promoter. Prepare yourself for a story about manipulation and money from the dark corner of the boxing world!!!



Tags: Boxing , Seinen , Martial Arts , Revenge , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist

Holyland

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Psychological

Yuu is a high school kid who doesn't really fit anywhere. To find a place he can belong, be accepted, he will do anything. However one thing leads to another and he is forced to fight to keep his place, his holyland.

Tags: Martial Arts , Gangs , Delinquents , Philosophy , Boxing , Coming of Age , Primarily Male Cast , Bullying , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Educational , Drugs , Suicide , Tragedy , Meta , Urban

The Boxer

Also known as The Boxer.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sports

You’ve got the raw talent. Or you’re the underdog. But do you have the heart? Do you have what it takes? Let’s see what you’re made of. The real fight starts now!



Note: Includes 30 extra chapters.

Tags: Boxing , Philosophy , Martial Arts , Athletics , Male Protagonist , Full Color , Primarily Male Cast , Tragedy , Religion , Bullying , Time Skip , Meta , Military , School , Heterosexual , Ensemble Cast , Long Strip

Sakanaya Champion

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

Tags: Boxing , Male Protagonist , Shounen