Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! is a tV series anime that premiered in fall 2000, produced by MADHOUSE.

About the production: the story comes from a manga, there are 75 episodes of about 23 minutes and its current status is "finished".

Its main genres are comedy, drama and sports, with themes such as Boxing, Male Protagonist, Primarily Male Cast and Shounen.

On AniList, Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! has an average score of 87%, one of the highest scores on the site, and appears on 148,484 users' lists.

The franchise continues in or follows from: Hajime no Ippo: Champion Road.

Makunouchi Ippo has been bullied his entire life. Constantly running errands and being beaten up by his classmates, Ippo has always dreamed of changing himself, but never has the passion to act upon it. One day, in the midst of yet another bullying, Ippo is saved by Takamura Mamoru, who happens to be a boxer. Ippo faints from his injuries and is brought to the Kamogawa boxing gym to recover. As he regains consciousness, he is awed and amazed at his new surroundings in the gym, though lacks confidence to attempt anything. Takamura places a photo of Ippo's classmate on a punching bag and forces him to punch it. It is only then that Ippo feels something stir inside him and eventually asks Takamura to train him in boxing. Thinking that Ippo does not have what it takes, Takamura gives him a task deemed impossible and gives him a one week time limit. With a sudden desire to get stronger, for himself and his hard working mother, Ippo trains relentlessly to accomplish the task within the time limit. Thus Ippo's journey to the top of the boxing world begins.

Official synopsis from AniList.