It has been six months since the tragic accident in Joe and Rikiishis fight. Joe believes he has overcomed Rikiishis death and decides to make a comeback. Joe does make a successful comeback by scoring 5 KOs by body blows. Joe is then given a shot at the national title as a means by the boxing commission to put him down. The champion, Tiger Ozaki makes use of Joes habits and ends up making Joes corner throw in the towel. Joe is afraid to throw punches at the face because of what happened to Rikiishi. Youko, Joes love interest and the owner of the gym where Rikiishi trained at recruits a world ranked boxer from Venezuela, Carlos Rivera, to get Joe back on his feet and pursue his boxing career to the regional and world ranks.

(Source: ANN)