While searching for a final prodigy to train, legendary boxing coach K stumbles across a bewildering scene—an apathetic teenager simply standing still as his bullies throttle him. But Coach K sees more than this, sees the precision, grace, and uncanny perceptiveness in the boy’s movements. He knows right away that this is the fighter he’s been waiting for. Yet when he tries to recruit him, the boy with the lifeless eyes only asks one question: “Is it any fun? Hitting people…Is it fun?”
After landing Baeksan in the hospital, Yu finds himself taking up K’s offer to join his gym. The legendary coach sweeps Yu away and gives him a new hairstyle, a new place to live, and a new goal: become king of the boxing world! But K’s other prodigies aren’t too keen on a clueless, scrawny newbie receiving all their trainer’s attention… Still, Yu may have bigger fish to fry—his first professional fight has been set, and he’s facing the infamous “rookie killer,” John Taker. Can Yu’s innate genius hold a candle to years of experience and underhanded tricks?!
WHO WILL COME OUT ON TOP? Every boxing fan is raring to see the matchup between Yu and Qasim, the two inhumanly strong rookies setting fire to the professional scene. And Qasim himself won’t be satisfied until he’s crowned champion a top a throne of pummeled opponents—Yu included! But Qasim’s not the only one with his sights set on K’s new prodigy. The number one light weight boxer, Jean Pierre Manuel, is enamored by the perfection he sees in Yu. Just how far is he willing to go to reach that same height…?
ITS GRUESOMENESS MAKES IT ALL THE MORE BEAUTIFUL… BEHOLD, THE PINNACLE OF BOXING TECHNIQUE!! The highly anticipated lightweight championship fight continues! With Yu landing a shocking blow and Jean Pierre knocked down, everyone is left dying to know—can Jean defend his belt, or will Yu win his first world title? Meanwhile, watching this all unfold is Yu’s old schoolmate Injae, who is making his own foray into professional boxing. Injae’s got the spirit and resolve, but does he have the prowess to win his debut match…?
And the lightweight world champion is…Yu! With one weight division conquered, K sets his protégé’s sights on the next target: junior welterweight. This inevitably pits Yu against Yuto Takeda, a tenacious boxer who earned his belt through nothing but hard work—the antithesis to Yu’s natural talent. Will Yuto prove to be the first force powerful enough to derail Yu’s unstoppable path of destruction…?
The fight for the junior welterweight belt continues as Yu and Yuto duke it out, with Yuto’s tenacity making it difficult for even Yu to keep him down. But Yuto’s refusal to give up may prove dangerous when paired with Yu’s inability to know when to stop…! Meanwhile, Yu’s explosive rise has piqued the interest of the infamous Santorino brothers, a duo notorious for the extreme measures they take to psych out the competition. When Carmen starts spending more time with Yu, the brothers soon clock her as someone important to him—putting her at risk of falling victim to their underhanded schemes!
Coach K’s words echo in Yu’s ears, the image of Carmen’s unconscious body still fresh in his mind. Dirty tricks had always been a possibility—the Santorinos were known to use underhanded tactics like bribing referees and doping to gain an edge in their matches. But attacking Carmen took things too far…and Yu is going to make Fabrizio pay. When the day of the middleweight championship arrives, the audience quickly realizes they have bought tickets to a showdown between a man and a monster. Yet the true monster may not even be in the ring at all…
In the final seconds of Yu’s bloody beatdown against Fabrizio Santorino, an unexpected figure steps into the ring to stop the fight—the legendary boxer J! Coach K seethes at the sight of his grand finale ruined, but J isn’t in his crosshairs just yet. His primary focus is Yu’s inevitable battle with Aaron Tide—K’s last pupil and possibly the greatest boxer of all time. Before the two can clash, though, Yu must trample many more fighters, including the cruiserweight world champion, Viktor Grigoryev, and his fiery mohawk!
Yu has almost conquered the boxing world, and all that’s left is to defeat Aaron Tide and claim the heavyweight belt. But before their long-awaited match, Tide’s sudden retirement throws a wrench in that plan. Despite the setback, K continues to prepare Yu as if the fight will happen. He knows the inner workings of Aaron’s heart —and he’s sure that this isn’t a battle his former pupil can simply run away from. And a surprise visitor to Aaron’s front doorstep could be the push he needs to enter the ring for one last brawl...
How did a man like K become so hellbent on seeing the pinnacle of human superiority? How did a boy like Yu lose the light in his eyes? Two very different paths converged in space and time and led to this very moment—a moment of life and death, human and monster, power and omnipotence. As Yu and Aaron circle the drain, a god may be born...or a life may be taken!
The dark basement room was all he knew growing up. Eating the same meal, sleeping on the hard floor, and nursing his wounds day after day after day. But when an outsider wanders into the boy’s small world, something new trickles into his life—hope. However, hope is a fickle thing, and as it’s stripped away, the boy from the basement stares down his final opponent inside a boxing ring, nothing left to live for except crushing anyone who stands in his way.
With every punch, every bit of flesh ripped and drop of blood spilled inside the boxing ring, Yu asks J, “Why are we here? Why do we live in this world filled with so much sadness and pain?” But despite a hurricane of blows that could end his life at any moment, J marches toward Yu, because there’s something he needs to tell that hopeless boy he met on the street…And as Yu’s story comes to an end, Injae takes on the mantle for his own story as a boxer!
Injae has dedicated his life to boxing, and in return, he’s been rewarded with a title match against Siha Lee—a genius who can predict all his opponent’s moves. Meanwhile, Baeksan Ryu has surrendered his life to crime after his humiliating loss to Yu all those years ago. He wanders from one meaningless fight to another…until a fateful encounter gives him the opportunity to change course. Injae and Baeksan stand faceto- face once more, now as equals—as boxers—to prove they are different from the kids they were in school. The tales of two fighters collide in this thrilling finale of The Boxer!