Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! - Champion Road is a special anime that premiered in spring 2003, produced by MADHOUSE.

About the production: the story comes from a manga, there is 1 episode of about 90 minutes and its current status is "finished".

Its main genres are comedy and sports, with themes such as Boxing, Martial Arts, Shounen and Male Protagonist.

On AniList, Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! - Champion Road has an average score of 80%, a very good score, and appears on 34,843 users' lists.

The franchise continues in or follows from: Hajime no Ippo: THE FIGHTING! and Hajime no Ippo: Mashiba vs Kimura - Shikei Shikkou.

As the new Champion, Ippo must protect his title against some of the best boxers available. Makunouchi Ippo is the new Featherweight champion of Japan and is now ready for his first title defense. His opponent, the former Jr. Featherweight champion and a medical student, Sanada Kazuki. In addition to this feud, Sanada is being coached by Kamogawa's former rival, Hama Dankichi. What makes things worse is that Sanada works at the same hospital where Kumi is a nurse at and everybody at the hospital wants Sanada to win. Not only does Ippo have to defend his title, he has to reclaim his love. (Source: Anime News Network)

Official synopsis from AniList.