Hajime no Ippo 75 fin
The finale. Ippo vs Sendo fight II round 7, after Date beating Ippo as a challenger, he went for the world title, the Japanese featherweight title spot was open, leaving Sendo and Volg fighting for it. Sendo wins with a questionnable judge outcome. But Sendo doesn't feel like a champ and he wants to fight Volg again, unfortunatly he has to leave and go back to Russia as his club terminated his contract.

Without Volg, the only man who can challenge him is Ippo, and thats what happens. They don't fight for the belt, they fight for each other's pride! Ippo takes it to the final rounds through his tenaccity and willpower, both fall down multiple times and get up stronger, they become stronger as they fight, limitations cease to be limitations and the cornermen can't throw in the towel, they both wanna see how far they can take this, despite possible permanent damage to the boxers. Sendo's smash and Ippo's liver blows were dealt in big quantities. Ippo Makunouchi stats: 13 fights, 12 KOs, 1 loss
Were it not for the liver blows that caused Sendo to have a slower reaction in the 5th round, his last smash would've crushed Ippo. Nevertheless, ippo masters the complete version of his technique: liver blow, Gazelle punch and Dempsey roll all in one:
My verdict: it was a great anime, every fight was exciting even when the protagonist wasn't fighting. It was inspiring, it focused on the hardships of becoming a boxer and gaining strength, training, resist wordly desires, willpower and the fighting spirit to never give up. The opponents were not bad guys, matter of fact you sympathize with them, they all wanna reach a certain goal and the show does a good job explaining why. Its a must watch even if you don't like boxing.
My score is an 8 or 9.