
Ep. 41
Rikiishi Tooru`s Challenge
📅 January 6, 1971🕐 25 min
Synopsis
New Year 1971. Even while conscious of the bout with Rikishi, Joe leads a peaceful life among his friends. Rikishi, however, having acknowledged Joe's evolution in the Wolf bout, throws himself into training with no break for the New Year. And he makes a drastic decision: to drop from featherweight to Joe's bantamweight — two classes down — through a brutal weight-cut plan.