Dunno if anyone else is reading this seeing as there is apparently no thread for this is the manga section but the latest chapter is interesting.
Psychological warfare to the max in this chapter, and Ippo is retarded so its gonna work. Bet you he's going to get the shit kicked out of him til the middle of the fight at which point the coach will say something or someone will shout at him or he will remember one of those things happening and be all like "yeah lets not think about what he said i'm gonna do what I always ALWAYS do".
Its an interesting chapter though as we haven't seen anything this serious used against Ippo before apart from the usual "I have a secret special move that will beat you". Got to see Ippo's angry face as well which is pretty creepy, almost like Mashiba.