Макуноучі Іппо

Nationality: Japanese Boxing style: Infighter, Peek-a-Boo

Reach: 65" (165.0 cm) Weight Class: Featherweight Specialty: Liver Blow, Gazelle Punch, Dempsey Roll

Ippo Makunouchi is the main protagonist of the series. He lives with his mother, Hiroko Makunouchi, and helps with the family charter boat fishing business. Ippo is a classic power in-boxer and is well known for his Peek-a-Boo style of boxing and hard punches which include three signature punches: a rib-cracking liver blow, Gazelle punch (an uppercut variant), and the Dempsey roll technique. His signature punches appear to be modeled after Mike Tyson, Floyd Patterson and Jack Dempsey respectively.