History ShoutOut / HajimeNoIppo

** The BGM track [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AtIhuKn2No "Stand Proud"]] from the first season of the series [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong sounds suspiciously like]] ''Rocky's'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioE_O7Lm0I4 "Gonna Fly Now"]].

** The ThemeNaming of Rickey Mouse (Rat), Ronald Duck (Rooster/Poultry), Richard Bison (Ox/Bovines), Keith Dragon (Dragon), Peter Rabbitson (Rabbit), Michael Goat (Goat/Sheep), and Richard Fox/Keith Lycaon (Dog/Canine) serve as shout-outs to the [[EasternZodiac Chinese Zodiac]].

** According to Website/{{Wikipedia}}, Aoki's signature "Look Away" technique is based on a skill that former World Middleweight Champion [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_LaMotta Jake LaMotta]] had used in his career.

** Alfredo Gonzales' spine-tingling [[OneHitKill knockout]] of Ippo is highly reminiscent of the equally spine-tingling knockout Juan Manuel Marquez delivered to octuple weight class champion Manny Pacquiao in their fourth fight.[[note]]In light of the timing between the fourth match and this chapter (2012 vs. 2014 respectively), this time the shout-out might be [[Administrivia/SquarePegRoundTrope deliberate]]. The way Ippo slumped down [[HumblePie face-first]] into the canvas is particularly Pacquiao-like.[[/note]]

* In Chapter 968, the corner discusses how Itagaki has the same [[HyperAwareness "Hypersense"]] [[SuperSenses ability]] as soccer or basketball players as well as boxers to see the field, court, or ringside in an aerial point of view, giving them full "court vision"[[note]]not unlike Shun Izuki's Eagle Eye and Kazunari Takao's Hawk Eye from ''Kuroko no Basket''[[/note]].

** [[AmbiguouslyBrown Bryan Hawk]] resembles Dee Jay whenever he flashes his [[CheshireCatGrin gigantic smile]].

* In Chapter 1,273, Takeshi Sendo and Hiroyuki Hoshi could've visited [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teotihuacan Teotihuacan]][[note]]which is 25 miles (40 km) from Mexico City[[/note]]. However, they also visited [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Castillo,_Chichen_Itza El Castillo at Chichen Itza]] in [[NoSenseOfDirection Yucatán State, Mexico]][[note]]which is 891 miles (1,433.7 km) away from Mexico City, where it would take [[RefugeInAudacity more than a few days]] to [[TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot travel by walking]] 800 miles to there and 800 miles back to Mexico City[[/note]].

* In Chapter 228, Kamogawa and Nekota discuss feints and how the most effective feints look like a real punch because they use KillingIntent. Also, it discusses how legendary old-timey Japanese boxers like [[https://www.asianboxing.info/miscellaneous/the-story-of-piston-horiguchi Tsuneo]] [[https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/48352 "Piston" Horiguchi]] fought at least 4 times a day.[[note]]Piston Honda/Hondo from ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' might be based on Horiguchi.[[/note]]

This is a list of shout-out references for ''Hajime no Ippo''.
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** This may be some coincidence, but Makunouchi and Hamada tended to have their dominant hands broken[[note]](Right for Makunouchi, Left for Hamada)[[/note]], and have their lead hands bring [[MegatonPunch devastating power]][[note]](in Makunouchi's case, it's from him [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9o4Fzw4f1E taking out his anger on a heavy bag]] after seeing Mashiba cheat to win against Miyata; in Hamada's case, the sheer force of his punches broke his left hand [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsuyoshi_Hamada#:~:text=Hamada%20fractured%20his%20left%20hand%20four%20times%20since%201981 four times since 1981]], with him needing bone grafting surgery twice)[[/note]].

* In Chapter 5, "1965 Uppercut", when Genji Kamogawa first teaches Ippo to throw the uppercut, Ippo executes a perfect textbook uppercut identical to the uppers of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eder_Jofre Éder Jofre]].[[note]]Kamogawa remembers seeing Jofre throw the exact uppercut on May 18, 1965, when Jofre fought [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighting_Harada Masahiko "Fighting" Harada]], the only boxer to actually defeat him, and twice at that.[[/note]]

* Mamoru Takamura's tumultuous weight control experience is similar to Nishi Kanichi's weight control experience. Both are [[TheBigGuy particularly large, naturally heavyweight men]] forced to cut down to middleweight, and as a result, they suffer greatly due to starving themselves to half-death in order to compete.
* Takamura's fight against Morris West is quite reminiscent of Joe's fight against Kim: Both Mamoru and Joe struggle at first, getting beaten around the ring, before launching a comeback assault[[note]]In Mamoru's case, [[BerserkButton believing that he's being smirked down upon from Bryan Hawk and Morris himself]], and in Joe's case, [[TraumaButton bleeding so badly that it causes Kim to do nothing but hysterically screech at the sight of blood]][[/note]] before savagely punching their opponent [[RingOut right out of the ring]].
* A panel from the Rikiishi vs. Joe match [[https://i.imgur.com/6BPIQGz.png looks similar]] to a panel from the Hawk vs. Takamura match.

* Mamoru Takamura's tumultuous weight control experience is similar to Nishi Kanichi's weight control experience. Both are [[TheBigGuy particularly large, naturally heavyweight men]] forced to cut down to middleweight, and as a result, they suffer greatly due to starving themselves to half-death in order to compete.
* Mamoru Takamura's fight against Morris West is quite reminiscent of Joe's fight against Kim: Both Mamoru and Joe struggle at first, getting beaten around the ring, before launching a comeback assault[[note]]In Mamoru's case, [[BerserkButton believing that he's being smirked down upon from Bryan Hawk and Morris himself]], and in Joe's case, [[TraumaButton bleeding so badly that it causes Kim to do nothing but hysterically screech at the sight of blood]][[/note]] before savagely punching their opponent [[RingOut right out of the ring]].

** Dr. Sanada has a specific FinishingMove called the ''[[AntiArmor "Tsubame Gaeshi"]]'', thrown with a right-handed body blow (usually targeting the guard of his opponent) followed up by a right uppercut going through the guard. Creator/MikeTyson used a similar move throughout his career, with it being his more famous combo.

* Shinobu Iga, one of Mashiba's opponents who also severely beat up Aoki, is heavily reminiscent of Creator/MikeTyson[[note]](particularly both the Tyson from his early days and the Tyson from his days with Don King)[[/note]]:

** Baron Kurita himself takes elements of D'Amato's TrainingFromHell regimen to keep Iga in tip-top shape, while also having shades of Don King's [[{{Slimeball}} slimy, sleazy behavior]], and [[LargeHam bombastic personality]].

** This may be some coincidence, but Makunouchi and Hamada tended to have their dominant hands broken[[note]](Right for Makunouchi, Left for Hamada)[[/note]], and have their lead hands bring [[MegatonPunch devastating power]][[note]](in Makunouchi's case, it's from him [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9o4Fzw4f1E taking out his anger on a heavy bag]] after seeing Mashiba cheat to win against Miyata; in Hamada's case, the sheer power of his punches broke his left hand [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsuyoshi_Hamada#:~:text=Hamada%20fractured%20his%20left%20hand%20four%20times%20since%201981 four times since 1981]], with him needing bone grafting surgery twice)[[/note]].

** Ryo swings his left arm [[SinisterScythe like a scythe]] in the anime, which is the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiZwEm5PI8w same movement]] Hearns does to confuse his opponents before he does his elbow-first "lazy" jab[[note]]that he could whip out and turn into a body blow, an uppercut, or a looping left hook to the chin depending on how his opponent reacts[[/note]]. His [[MultiDirectionalBarrage option-select jab]] also helps setup his finishing blow, the Chopping Right.

* [[Characters/ClassicalMythologyMortalsAndDemigods Keith Lycaon]] is a reference to a king who served Zeus human meat, which enraged the god enough to turn him into a wolf. A werewolf, if you would, hence the term ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycanthropy_(disambiguation) "Lycanthropy"]]''.

** The blue afterimages that appear whenever Ippo summons the Dempsey Roll in the anime is highly reminiscent of the Super Combos of ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Super Street Fighter II Turbo]]'' and beyond.

* Shinobu Iga, one of Mashiba's opponents who also severely beat up Aoki, is heavily reminiscent of Creator/MikeTyson (particularly both the Tyson from his early days and the Tyson from his days with Don King):

* Shinobu Iga, Mashiba Ryo's opponent, is heavily reminiscent of Creator/MikeTyson (particularly both the early days and his days with Don King):

*** Meanwhile, Eiji Date's two-round TKO first match with Ricardo Martinez is reminiscent of the blow-out match of [[CurbStompBattle Duran vs. Hearns]], which was also a two-round routing of Duran by the hands of the Hitman.
*** It could also refer to the two-round destruction of Taiwan's [[https://www.reddit.com/r/hajimenoippo/comments/1aml6n3/date_vs_ricardo_first_fight_inspiration/ Rocky Lin]] when he fought the real-life version of Ricardo Martinez, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uGrb4GDxJY Ricardo Lopez]], back in 1992 in Japan.

* Eiji Date's comeback story after a long hiatus is reminiscent of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Foreman George Foreman's]] own return to the ring after 10 years of retirement. Foreman was also mentioned by Kamogawa in Chapter 189.

** Ryo swings his left arm [[SinisterScythe like a scythe]] in the anime, which is the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiZwEm5PI8w same movement]] Hearns does to confuse his opponents before he does his elbow-first jab that could whip out and turn into a body blow, an uppercut, or a looping left hook to the chin depending on how his opponent reacts. His option-select jab also helps setup his finishing blow, the Chopping Right.

* Then there's ''"Shinigami"'' (Grim Reaper) Ryo Mashiba. He employs the [[LongRangeFighter Detroit Style]] or the [[StoneWall Philly Shell]]. His signature moves are his [[RapidFireFisticuffs Flicker Jabs]], [[FinishingMove Chopping]] [[MegatonPunch Right]], and [[PunchCatch Elbow Block]]. He's overall a huge shout-out to legendary boxer [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hearns Thomas "The Hitman" Hearns]].

** Ryo swings his left arm like a scythe in the anime, which is the same movement Hearns does to confuse his opponents before he does his elbow-first jab that could whip out and turn into a body blow, an uppercut, or a looping left hook to the chin depending on how his opponent reacts.

** This may be some coincidence, but Makunouchi and Hamada tended to have their dominant hands broken[[note]]Right for Makunouchi, Left for Hamada[[/note]], and have their lead hands bring [[MegatonPunch devastating power]][[note]]In Makunouchi's case, it's from him [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9o4Fzw4f1E taking out his anger on a heavy bag]] after seeing Mashiba cheat to win against Miyata; in Hamada's case, the sheer power of his punches broke his left hand [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsuyoshi_Hamada#:~:text=Hamada%20fractured%20his%20left%20hand%20four%20times%20since%201981 four times since 1981]], with him needing bone grafting surgery twice.[[/note]].

** This may be some coincidence, but Makunouchi and Hamada tended to have their dominant hands broken[[note]]Right for Makunouchi, Left for Hamada[[/note]], and have their lead hands bring [[MegatonPunch devastating power]][[note]]In Makunouchi's case, it's from Kamogawa teaching him the Gazelle Punch and the Liver Blow, and in Hamada's case, it's from breaking his left hand[[/note]].

* In Chapter 228 Kamogawa and Nekota discuss feints and how the most effective feints look like a real punch because they use KillingIntent. Also, it discusses how legendary old-timey Japanese boxers like [[https://www.asianboxing.info/miscellaneous/the-story-of-piston-horiguchi Tsuneo]] [[https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/48352 "Piston" Horiguchi]] fought at least 4 times a day.[[note]]Piston Honda/Hondo from ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' might be based on Horiguchi.[[/note]]