Manga like Sakanaya Champion

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 , Disability , Anti-Hero , Athletics , Shounen , Primarily Male Cast , Delinquents , Prison , Foreign , Historical , War , Yakuza

0-Sen Champion

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

Tetsuya Nakanishi is a trapeze artist working in a circus troupe in Hawaii. He started boxing after being discovered by former boxer Jimmy Smith, and won many fights and overcame many crises with his special punch, the "cross-shaped triple strike," which he adapted from his father, a famous Zero pilot. After winning the championship in New York, Tetsuya returned to Japan, his parents' home country, with Coach Smith, his daughter Marie, and his best friend Sanpei to make it in the Japanese boxing world.

Tags: Male Protagonist , Boxing , Shounen

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 , Disability , Ensemble Cast , Coming of Age , Bullying , Heterosexual , Delinquents

Megalo Box: Shukumei no Souken

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sports

The series is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the original manga. In the new story, a man called JD (Junk Dog) participates in fixed boxing matches in an underground ring in order to live. Today, he enters the ring again, but he encounters a certain person. JD wants to take on a challenge that risks everything.



Tags: Boxing , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Shounen

BOX

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

Ichizu Tsuchida was abandoned by his parents at the age of 5 along with his older sister and entered an institution.

In order not to be thrown away from the world with the trauma of being abandoned by his parents, he entered the ring as a professional boxer and challenged the fight.

However, as soon as he went up to the ring, his head turned white and he couldn't move his body all the time and lost the match.

It was Hideki Takayama, a senior in the same gym and Japanese featherweight champion, who encouraged him in his despair. Such a respected Takayama loses to Kihara in a defensive battle.

Tags: Boxing

Ikegami Ryouichi Maboroshi no Comic Kessakusen Gym

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

Four stories written by four renowned authors and all drawn by Ikegami Ryouichi.

Tags: Seinen , Anthology