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Author: BlackDragon

Dec 31st 2008 at 2:44:09 PM

I dunno about 'superpowers', but I recall an opponent from HajimeNoIppo who seems to fall under this... Compared to Ippo, he's a weakling, and he's got no badass knockout techniques. In fact, he's never scored a knockout in his career... and yet, he gives Ippo a run for his money by playing mind-games, making frequent use of clinches, and using a stance that allows him to easily reach with point-getting jabs, while sacrificing his ability to score heavy blows. Definitely not badass, and the audience hates him, but by playing with the rules, he manages to win most of his matches. He would've beaten Ippo too, if he hadn't accidentally scored a solid blow on Ippo during a dodge, and gotten entranced with the 'feel' of the knockout punch. Seeing that Ippo had been weakened by his nonstop, failed, attempts at hitting him, he tries for a knockout - and of coruse, Ippo counters to score one of his trademark last-second KO's.

He's nowhere near the power-level of ANYONE else, but he makes masterful use of what he does have, and while it doesn't make him popular, it does make him win.