I Am Boxer (2025) s01e03 Episode Script

[announcer]
The winner of I Am Boxer will receive
a grand prize of 300 million won
and a top-of-the-line flagship SUV.
Let's go, guys!
-Let's go!
-Let's go!
-They're coming.
-They're in for a surprise.
-What the…
-What the heck?
[contestants exclaim]
-That's a lot.
-How many?
[Minuk] Are we taking all of these out?
[contestant]
Is it about who can go the longest?
[sighs] What are we in for?
[Lee] The blockbuster boxing
survival show.
Round 2 of I Am Boxer is…
TEAM BLUE CAPTAIN LEE DAEYOUNG
TEAM RED CAPTAIN KIM MINUK
The Six-on-Six Punching Race.
-[Youmin] A punching race? Great.
-[Daeyoung] Ah.
[Lee] All right.
Team Lee Daeyoung. To be honest,
you're coming into this round
as the underdogs.
How are you feeling right now?
Uh…
[Jongkook] Please select your opponent.
We'd like to choose…
Team Lee Daeyoung.
-[contestant 1] Oh!
-[contestant 2] Yes!
[Jaewon] Team Lee Daeyoung looks
like the weakest team.
If it's about stamina,
we've got the advantage.
Strength-wise, too.
Honestly,
I don't see a world where we lose.
We'll show you what youthful grit
and teamwork look like.
This is the rise of the underdogs.
[cheering]
[Jongkook] Great.
We communicate well as a team,
so I think we've got this.
[Minuk] I was confident.
The other team is going to lose for sure.
I don't get why they think
we're pushovers.
[Sungwoon] Kim Minuk's team is basically
like the Avengers.
But the Avengers breaking under us,
that's what everyone wants to see.
I thought, "Okay, bring it on.
We'll hit back just as hard."
We'll show you how the weakest take over.
-We've got a real shot at this.
-Yeah, I agree.
This round isn't just about skill.
-It's comes down to grit.
-[Dowoon] Right.
Let's give this a shot.
Wonder what their strategy is.
Once you start hitting,
the strategy just writes itself.
-Punch like it's your last three minutes.
-[Dowoon] Let's give it all we've got.
[Seungjun]
Prepare to see the underdogs rise.
We're giving this everything.
FIRST HALF, 1R
YOUNGWOONG, JUNYOUNG, MINUK
[announcer] The Six-on-Six Punching Race.
Team Kim Minuk versus Team Lee Daeyoung.
[in English] Ready.
[whistle blows]
[in Korean, clamoring]
We got this!
TEAM RED
-[Kyungmin] Start!
-We got this!
[huffing]
-All right.
-[Soochan] Nice shot.
[Kyungmin]
Don't stop, man! Keep going, keep going.
[Lee] He needs to hit it loose. All right.
Go with jabs. Jab, jab.
That's it.
[grunting]
TEAM BLUE
[Dowoon] Nice, that's it!
[Seungjun] I figured a big hook
would knock it down.
Keep going! Yes, that's it!
[Daeyoung] He's our ace, man.
-[Dowoon] Nice going!
-[Daeyoung] That's it!
[exclaims]
-[Dowoon] All right!
-[Daeyoung] Keep going!
Keep it up! Yes, that's it!
Team Blue really thought this through.
Just look at that guy.
-[Jongkook] Oh, he's going full combos.
-[Dowoon] All right!
That's it!
Going full force on a hundred of those
is only going to strain our shoulders.
So let's rapid-fire it.
-Good idea.
-Yeah, that makes more sense.
-[Daeyoung] He's a total ace.
-[Jongkook] There you go.
-[Daeyoung] Hit it fast!
-Yes, keep firing at it.
[Sungwoon] You got this!
You're crushing it!
[contestants clamor]
Doing great, Number One!
-[Sungwoon] That's it!
-They're only doing straight shots.
Team Blue is breezing through this.
[Dowoon] Short punches up top, guys!
-You're almost there!
-Doing great!
[Sungwoon] I went, "Huh?"
When I looked over, I saw Hong Junyoung
spending almost a full minute
working on one punching bag.
-Dang, it slid back.
-What the heck?
It won't drop.
[Junyoung] It was right on the edge,
but it just wouldn't drop.
[Jaewon] Just try another one.
Yes, switch to another one.
[Sungwoon]
I thought, "We might actually win this.
We just need to stay focused."
[grunting]
[Minuk] It was way tougher than I thought.
[Jongkook] He's totally gassed now.
About time.
[Kyungmin] Okay!
-[Jongkook] Man, he's done for.
-[grunting]
Stay strong! Keep it up!
One minute to go!
REMAINING BAGS
RED: 71, BLUE: 65
[shouts]
[Sungwoon] You got this!
You're crushing it!
Holy cow! What are you, a beast?
[Dex] Look at Team Blue's Kim Dongeon.
Wow, he's totally carrying the team.
[Dongeon] I thought,
"Keep going like this, and we can win."
[Sungwoon] Twenty seconds!
[Daeyoung] Keep pouring it out!
[Soochan] All right, the last 10 seconds!
Get ready to come back!
-Get ready!
-Prepare to return!
-[Kyungmin] Okay, come back!
-[Soochan] Come back now!
-Come, come!
-Come back!
-Come, come!
-Come back!
-[whistles blows]
-[narrator] Switch players.
-[Minuk sighs]
-[Kyungmin] You're up!
ROUND 2 OF FIRST HALF
TEAM RED
[Jongkook] That's it!
See that? He's figured it out.
[Don] Oh, the twins. The twins.
Looking good!
[Youngwoong] That's it!
[grunting]
[grunting continues]
-How are they doing?
-It's not easy.
How many have they dropped?
[Dex] Looks like Team Blue is in the lead.
[Jaewon] Losing means elimination in here.
[Dongeon] There you go!
[Daeyoung] I thought,
"Let's just go all out."
Finish this last one off!
-[Junyoung] Okay!
-[Youngwoong] Yes!
[whistle blows]
[narrator] The first half is over.
Fighters, please return
to the starting line.
-[Junyoung] Oh, crap.
-[Kyungmin] We're losing.
[Soochan] We're screwed.
[Minuk] I felt like
they were on our heels.
[Junyoung] After the first half,
I looked over to the other side
and saw they'd already dropped a ton.
So I thought, "This is bad."
-Gotta pick it up.
-This is…
We're doing super good.
You dropped the most.
-He could carry this solo.
-[Sungwoon] He's so good.
-[Youmin] That's insane.
-[Sungwoon] You're a genius.
This team barely has any left.
Wait, are there more in the back?
[Dex] Team Blue has clearly
knocked down a lot more.
[narrator]
We'll now announce the mid-game score.
The number of remaining punching bags…
Please be good…
REMAINING BAGS
RED: 27, BLUE: 16
[exclaims]
-Yes!
-We can take this!
-There's hope!
-Let's move up!
-But don't get careless.
-Stay focused.
-Let's show them.
-We got this.
-Let's go!
-It's okay, guys.
-If you're tired, just tag out.
-Okay.
TEAM RED: 27, TEAM BLUE: 16
[Dex] There's a bit of a gap.
[Jongkook] It's huge.
Think they can catch up
when they're 11 bags behind?
-[Jaewon] Just throw a lot of jabs.
-Okay.
No hooks. Just one-two combos.
Let's win this, guys!
-[Daeyoung] Who's going first?
-[Dongeon] I'll go.
Huddle up.
All right, guys.
-Three, two, one! Let's go!
-[team] Let's go!
-Let's do this!
-Hey, gather around.
-Three, two, one. Let's go!
-[team] Let's go!
Louder, guys! I can't hear you!
[Dongeon] I thought, "Stay focused until
the end, and we might actually win this."
[Jaewon] Even if it takes
everything I've got,
I'll drop as many as I can.
[whistle blows]
-Go!
-[Daeyoung] Let's go, let's go!
That's it, man!
TEAM RED
-Okay.
-[Dowoon] Good, good.
That's it.
Come on!
TEAM BLUE
-[Daeyoung] You got it!
-[Youmin] That guy's insane!
[Daeyoung] That's it!
[Dex] Look at Kim Dongeon go.
[Daeyoung] That's it!
He's a total bulldozer. [chuckles]
He's already knocked down several
right from the start.
-[Daeyoung] Keep going!
-[Sungwoon] Twelve left!
-Yes, we're winning!
-Twelve left! Eleven left!
[Daeyoung]
When I saw that, I was convinced.
We're moving up for sure.
[Youngwoong] Okay, hit higher.
Just move on to the next one!
If he can't do it, they need to swap fast.
You can come back now.
-Let's switch!
-[Youngwoong] Yes, hit higher!
It's better to switch. Go.
TEAM RED
KIM JAEWON TO KIM SOOCHAN
[Jongkook] There we go.
[Jaewon] Hurry, time's almost up!
[Jongkook] Okay, nice. He's pretty fast.
Great, he's powering through.
This is more like it.
[Jaewon] Keep going!
[Dowoon] Almost there!
[Daeyoung] If you're stuck,
just come back! Just finish that off!
-[Dongeon] Come back. No, don't.
-It's okay.
-Go!
-All right!
[Dex] As expected, Lee Dowoon's up next.
He did really well earlier.
[Sungwoon] Nice, keep going!
[Daeyoung] You're smashing it!
That's it! You got it!
You're in the zone!
[Sungwoon] You're doing awesome!
-[Kyungmin] Keep it up until the end!
-That's it!
All right!
TEAM RED
KIM SOOCHAN TO HONG JUNYOUNG
[Jaewon] Come on, keep pouring it out!
Push harder!
Let's go all the way!
[contestants clamoring]
[Seungjun] Last one! Hurry!
-Last one!
-Last one!
You're the star!
This is your moment!
-[Seungjun] Yes, keep going!
-[Daeyoung] Finish that off and come back!
[contestants cheer]
MATCH OVER
[cheering]
[narrator] The match is over.
[cheering continues]
-[Seungjun] All right!
-[Youmin] You're the star, man!
-[Sungwoon] Yes!
-[Youmin] You did so good, man!
Man, this really is an underdog uprising.
Kim Minuk must be really disappointed,
but it's not like he can let it show.
-In a team match, that's just how it goes.
-He's the team captain, too.
You were incredible!
-Seriously!
-[Daeyoung] Oh, it feels amazing.
They underestimated us
and picked us, right?
I knew I wasn't as strong
as the other team captains,
but my teammates still
put their faith in me.
I'm so proud of my team.
TEAM KIM MINUK VS TEAM LEE DAEYOUNG
TEAM ELIMINATED
-[Lee] Finally, the last match.
-[Dex] Wow.
Bet you're losing steam by now, right?
I'm tired.
This is a candy called Kopiko.
It's sugar-free.
Yes, I love sugar-free stuff.
Let's have a quick pick-me-up
before the last match.
-This takes me back.
-[Lee] It does.
It's tasty.
-[Jongkook] Here we go.
-[contestants clamor]
Let's do this!
[Minsung] I'm feeling great!
-Wait, what's this?
-Wow!
-What's this?
-Wow.
-How many are there?
-Why so many?
-What is this?
-What?
[Donghyun] I have no clue
what we're about to do.
[contestant] What is this?
Oh, this team…
Team Red's made up entirely
of amateur fighters or former fighters.
-Yeah.
-You're right.
We've got to listen
to the rules carefully.
-Let me do my part as team captain.
-[chuckles]
[Hyunjae] I was completely confident.
All six of us are elite boxers.
Top-notch skills.
Great stamina.
We're a team of real boxers.
We're the real deal.
I thought everyone looked strong.
I had zero worries.
[Dex] Now,
let's begin the team selections.
I think we're the strongest team.
I think so too.
I don't see us losing.
We got this. We've got stamina,
and we're awesome boxers.
[Jungon] Let's crush it.
[Donghyun] Who knows what we'll do?
Who knows?
-Are you a former fighter?
-No, I'm just your average civilian.
-You're a volleyball player?
-Yes.
[Donghyun] Welcome to the team.
I'm Kim Hunsu, a former volleyball player.
[Donghyun] I work at Yangju Fire Station
in the rescue unit.
I'm a bus driver.
I'll drive you straight to defeat.
The team we pick is…
Team Shin Donghyun.
We just picked them
because they looked weak.
[Dex laughs] You said it outright, huh?
Jeez…
[Donghyun] We'll beat them
and make them regret it.
In the spirit of I Am Boxer,
we'll show you how real elite boxers roll.
[Jongkook] Ah. Sounds good.
They might underestimate us,
but we'll show them how hard we can fight.
But if you look purely at the lineup,
Team Blue really seems at a disadvantage.
Exactly.
[Dex] There are just
too many elite fighters
-on the other team.
-Right.
How'd the teams end up so lopsided?
[contestants] Get ready! Let's do this!
[narrator] The Six-on-Six Punching Race.
Team Cho Hyunjae versus
Team Shin Donghyun.
[in English] Ready.
-[in Korean] Let's win this, guys!
-All right!
[Hyunjae]
We're going to win, no matter what.
-We got this!
-Yes!
SHIN DONGHYUN,
KIM DONGHYUN, HUNSU
[Donghyun]
We'll completely humiliate them.
[whistle blows]
-Go, go, go!
-[whistle blows]
-Go, go!
-[Jungon] Let's go, let's go!
TEAM RED
[Haengseok] All right!
[Chaehyun] Okay, good! Move on.
That's it!
Yes, that's it. There you go.
Go in believing you'll knock it down.
You gotta believe it. That's it!
-All right!
-[whistle blows]
TEAM BLUE
[Jongkook] Where are they going?
They're going pretty far back.
[Lee] They're going far.
[Jongkook]
Oh, they're starting from the back.
They've got a strategy.
[grunting]
[Minwoo] Let's go, guys.
We're fast, all right!
[Yohan] Nice! Hit with power!
All right!
-[Minwoo] Push as you hit it!
-Nice, nice!
REMAINING BAGS
RED: 95, BLUE: 93
[Jongkook] They're fast.
They're super fast.
Oh. Team Blue over here is way faster.
KIM DONGHYUN
FIREFIGHTER
That's it!
KIM HUNSU
VOLLEYBALL PLAYER
[Dex] Team Blue's actually doing great.
Okay, doing great.
[Haengseok] We gotta push harder!
-Push harder, man!
-Hit it harder!
TEAM RED
Hit it hard!
CHO HYUNJAE
ELITE BOXER
It won't budge.
[Haengseok] Damn it.
[Chaehyun] Is it stuck at the end?
[Jungon] Move on to the next one!
Just move on!
[Hyunjae]
I managed to push it to the edge,
but it kept getting stuck there.
I was so frustrated
that I felt like I was losing my rhythm.
Guys, they're falling behind!
Guys, they're falling behind!
TEAM BLUE
[grunting]
Okay, bam, bam! Bam, bam! That's it.
-All right.
-[Dex] Put your weight behind it.
[Jungon] Doing great, guys!
REMAINING BAGS
RED: 89, BLUE: 72
We're doing great.
We gotta push harder!
He's going too slow.
[Chaehyun] Hyunjae has dropped one so far?
[Jongkook] Man, look at Cho Hyunjae.
[Lee] Ah.
He's not delivering at all.
-This is bad.
-Oh.
[narrator] Switch players.
[Hyunjae] Come back, guys!
[Chaehyun]
Everyone needs to get back here!
-Wait until everyone's back.
-Run, run, run!
-Okay, you're up!
-Good luck!
FIRST HALF, ROUND 2
Damn it!
[Hyunjae] I just regret not doing better.
I felt like I was dragging the team down.
When I looked over to the other side,
it seemed like they'd dropped a ton.
It made me really anxious.
REMAINING BAGS
RED: 73, BLUE: 58
FIRST HALF, 2R
LEE CHAEHYUN, LEE HAENGSEOK, PARK JUNGON
[grunting]
[Jongkook] That's not how you do it.
Those pity-pat punches won't work.
[Haengseok] It's not dropping! [grunting]
Oh, man…
[Haengseok] Elite boxers like us usually
throw sharp, clean punches
that snap off at the end,
so the punching bags don't swing much.
[Hyunjae]
I hit them like I usually do in training,
so it was just tiring me out for nothing.
Wait, why is he training here?
This side's playing the game,
but they're just boxing.
[Donghyun]
Power mattered more in this round.
Our team was stronger physically,
so I thought we had the edge.
[narrator] First half is over.
-How big is the gap? Are we behind?
-What?
I really can't tell
if we dropped more or less.
We dropped way more… Or is it less?
No, we're good.
We definitely dropped more in the back.
How big is the gap?
[narrator]
The number of remaining punching bags…
TEAM RED: 50, TEAM BLUE: 42
[Jongkook] An 8-point gap.
-All right!
-Okay, we're good!
-All right! We got this.
-Seriously, we can win this.
We can win this, so don't get careless.
-[Minwoo] Let's go.
-[Donghyun] We can win this.
[Chaehyun] Okay, we're good! All right!
We're eight behind?
[Ohgon] Stay focused. It's not over yet.
It's not over.
[Ohgon] I hate losing, you know.
I really didn't want to lose.
-I'll go first.
-[Hyunjae] You wanna go first?
I'll start from here.
When I come back in,
the second person can start there.
I just can't figure it out.
Let's just rotate the four of us.
[Minsung] The four of us?
[Dex] Kwon Ohgon needs to step up here.
He must be feeling the pressure.
-[Jongkook] Yeah, I bet.
-Right.
-Let's go!
-Let's go!
We got this! We got this!
-Let's do this!
-All right!
Donghyun, come back when you're spent.
Okay.
[announcer] Ready.
[Ohgon] I'll drop as many as I can
and make sure we turn this around.
[Jaehyuk] I'll show you what I'm made of.
[whistle blows]
-Let's go!
-Go, go, go!
-[whistle blows]
-Go, go, go!
Almost there!
-All right!
-Yes!
KWON OHGON
LIGHTWEIGHT, SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMP
That's it! You got the hang of it!
[Hyunjae] Kwon Ohgon, go with straights!
Let's go, Ohgon!
-Nice, he's good.
-[Lee] He is.
He's really good.
-That's it.
-[Lee] There you go. Nice going.
Kwon Ohgon is steamrolling.
But that guy's no slouch either.
[grunting]
All right!
KIM DONGHYUN
FIREFIGHTER
Looking good!
Wow, he's fast.
[Lee] Both teams are tearing through them.
RED: 41, BLUE: 36
[Lee] That guy's powerful.
[exclaiming]
Hey, come back!
Great job. You did awesome.
SHIN DONGHYUN
MUAY THAI FIGHTER
Whoa, that guy's insane.
-Damn he's…
-Man, he's good.
Wow.
REMAINING BAGS
RED: 41, BLUE: 32
Nice, nice, nice!
-Almost done!
-There's not many left!
They've totally got the hang of it
over there.
That's it, that's it, that's it!
[Lee] And they tag out fast.
-They're hustling hard.
-This team really knows how to play.
Kwon Ohgon should get out of there.
They should switch him out.
[contestants shouting]
[Haengseok] You can switch now! It's fine!
[Hyunjae] Kwon Ohgon,
if you're tired, get back here!
Kwon Ohgon, you're gassed! Pull out!
Come back, man!
Hey, just get back here!
[Ohgon]
I heard them yelling for me to switch,
but since I'm the heaviest on our team,
all I could think was,
"Rather than waste time switching,
I'll just take down one more."
-They're in trouble.
-Man, this is bad.
-[Lee] It's a 20-point gap right now.
-Well, if it's 20…
We're ahead by 20!
-We're up by 20.
-All right!
[grunting]
-Awesome!
-Let's finish them off!
[Hunsu]
Let's have our captain finish it off!
-Last one!
-Let's go, captain!
-Darn it.
-We messed up big time.
[Haengseok] Ohgon, you're doing great!
Keep pushing until the end!
[grunting]
[Donghyun] Let's go!
-All right!
-That's it!
-[whistle blows]
-[contestants cheering]
TEAM SHIN DONGHYUN WINS
We did awesome!
[announcer] The match is over.
-[Ohgon] I should've done better.
-No, good job.
Couldn't dial in.
[Donghyun] Wow, this is insane.
We actually won.
It felt like we'd won the whole world.
I feel like a weight's been lifted.
-[Lee] Goodness.
-Oh, man.
The lineup here, though.
They're great fighters,
-but what can you do?
-They're all so…
It can't be helped, I'm afraid.
What can I say? It's all on me.
Honestly, I feel like I let my team down.
I don't think I did my job very well
as team captain.
If we'd lost, we'd be in there with them.
[sighs]
Seriously, man.
This stings. [chuckles]
Losing sucks, huh?
[Lee] Round 2 of I Am Boxer is over.
Well done, fighters.
As a result of Round 2,
the four winning teams,
a total of 24 fighters,
have survived and will advance
to the next round. Congratulations.
As for the four losing teams,
a total of 24 fighters,
have been eliminated
from I Am Boxer.
[Donghee sighs]
Guess we're done here.
I really felt the regret.
Honestly, I just felt empty.
[Junyoung] Guess I'm going home.
[Lee] You all fought hard.
But…
But…
You will be given one more chance.
[Youngho] Are we having a fight?
[Hyunman]
I might get another shot at this.
This chance will not be given to everyone.
Out of the 24 who were eliminated,
those who get to fight the deathmatch…
are only 12.
[dramatic music playing]
[Junyoung] Exactly half.
[Youngwoong]
So not everyone's getting this chance.
[Taesun] This is too cruel.
[Jongkook]
Man, how are we gonna do this? Don.
The one I feel worst about letting go…
That would be Kim Minuk.
[Lee] He is such a skilled fighter.
His style is so explosive.
I really liked that.
All those elite boxers teamed up
-and got knocked out together.
-All in one go.
That's true.
We can't lose all of them now.
I wish I could save all of them, but…
You should decide then.
-No, don't say that. I'm just as lost.
-[laughs]
-Hey.
-I can't do this.
Seriously, this is giving me a headache.
-Man, this is tough.
-[chuckles]
All right then, let me explain
how the deathmatch
on I Am Boxer will work.
This deathmatch will be fought one-on-one.
Each bout will be 2 rounds of 3 minutes.
[contestant 1]
Two rounds of three minutes.
[contestant 2] Basically, six minutes
straight without a break.
[contestant 3]
Those two rounds will decide your fate.
[Youngwoong]
Stamina is going to be a huge factor.
There is never an easy day.
If there is no winner
within the two rounds,
the decision will go to the three judges,
including Master Don Lee.
[Jungon] Please let me go one more time.
[Chaehyun]
I've still got the stamina for the ring.
I hope I get picked.
[Seongjun] We were thrown a lifeline.
I just wanted to grab it.
[Yejun] I really wanted it.
I thought,
"Let's climb back up from here."
[Dex]
I've never seen a fight this up close.
[Sanggeun] So who are the 12 going to be?
[Youngho]
They'll probably start calling names here.
Then even if you're not on the list,
you just have to wait till the end
-without knowing.
-Sweating bullets.
[sighs]
At least we lose half the competition.
[both chuckle]
[Jongkook] Let me announce the first
matchup of I Am Boxer's deathmatch
right now.
The pressure is on a whole different level
compared to the first day.
-This is how society works.
-[contestant chuckles]
Welcome to reality.
The first fighter
to enter the deathmatch is…
[Minsung] Please, let it be me.
The suspense is killing me.
Who will it be?
[Lee] Pyeon Yejun.
[all exclaiming]
[Sungwoon]
Gotta give it to him, he's good.
Didn't Pyeon Yejun
get pretty famous recently?
[announcer] His KO win has hit
11 million views. This is "Pyeonstar"!
Pyeon Yejun!
[commentator] Here comes Pyeon Yejun!
There's another kick.
Now it's the punches.
The MMA guys these days
are really good at boxing.
The MMA guys' skills have shot up lately.
[Jungon] Let's go, Pyeon Yejun!
You got this!
[Yejun]
Wow, I couldn't believe I was called.
I was like,
"I have to win this and move up."
Who is he going up against?
The guy who sat right behind him?
[Jungon] I was confident I could take him,
so I was hoping to get called.
[Minsung] I'm curious how he'd do
against one of Cho Hyunjae's amateur guys.
Wonder how that'd go.
The fighter facing Pyeon Yejun is…
All those elite boxers teamed up
and got knocked out together.
-That's true.
-It's such a waste.
-Like Cho Hyunjae here.
-You're right.
Same goes for him.
-Lee Chaehyun.
-Right.
They're both great fighters.
[Dex] They're some of the fighters
I really wanted to see box.
[Lee] The fighter facing Pyeon Yejun is…
Cho Hyunjae.
-This is gonna be fun.
-[contestants applauding]
[Hyunjae] I was happy,
but with all my teammates
sitting in the elimination zone,
I couldn't be all that happy.
-Remember, it's two rounds.
-Let's go, cap!
-Stay calm.
-You got this.
Stay focused.
Give it everything you got, man.
-[contestant 1] This should be fun.
-[contestant 2] Who's gonna win?
I'm ready to go do-or-die out here.
I'm afraid I'll have to crush him
and move up.
[contestants exclaim]
Wait, Pyeon Yejun's only 18.
Geez, he's 18?
When I was 18,
I had my very first 4-round fight.
-[Jongkook] For real?
-Really?
-[Lee] Pyeon Yejun's got strong momentum.
-Right.
[Lee] He's small, but strong.
[Jongkook]
But last time I watched Cho Hyunjae,
I noticed he fights like an out-boxer.
-Yes, that's right.
-[Jongkook] Really stylish.
[Lee] He's super fast.
Their styles are totally different,
so it'll be fun to watch.
[Lee] Let's begin.
[contestants] Let's go!
KAFAC BOXER CHO HYUNJAE
VS 18-YEAR-OLD MMA FIGHTER PYEON YEJUN
[contestant] Let's go, Pyeon Yejun!
Box!
-[referee] Box!
-[bell rings]
-[contestant] Close the distance. Step in!
-Go!
-That's it!
-Get in there!
HYUNJAE X YEJUN
[contestants exclaiming]
-There you go!
-All right!
-You're doing great!
-Nice!
[Dex] Pyeon Yejun's coming on strong.
[contestant 2] All right!
-Nice one!
-He caught him.
[Sungmin] It's all about timing!
Keep your rhythm!
[Seongjun] Throw the lead first! Great!
[contestants exclaiming]
Nice!
[Yejun] I got a little momentum early on,
so all I was thinking
about was getting a KO.
Yejun, you're doing great!
[Sungmin] Just fire away!
The head. That's it.
[Jongkook] No… Oh, nice! Nice dodge.
Wow, he's reading him well.
[Minwoo] Go for the body first!
-All right!
-[Lee] Keep those feet moving.
-Stack up those points!
-Nice uppercut!
[contestants] All right! Nice shot!
-Looks like he'll win this.
-That Pyeon Yejun kid.
He's something else, isn't he?
[Hyunjae] His punches early on
had this unusual trajectory.
They came in slow,
out of my field of vision.
It threw me off a bit.
Hyunjae, your distance!
-Close the distance!
-Keep it short!
[Sungmin] Hyunjae, just loosen up!
There! Good!
Just let it go!
[Hyunjae] I tried to find my rhythm,
and loosen up by circling around the ring.
Yes, use the jab. That's it.
[Minsung] All right, nice lead hand!
Throw a feint, a feint!
That's it!
-[Jongkook] There you go.
-Nice footwork.
-All right.
-He's got to step in.
[Sungmin] Nice speed!
-All right!
-Nice shot!
Hyunjae, you're getting into your rhythm!
Hyunjae's footwork is waking up now.
[Sungmin] Punch then guard!
Punch then guard!
-All right, doing good!
-That's it!
-There you go!
-Nice one!
[contestants exclaiming]
-[bell rings]
-Okay, time!
Yejun, you're a beast!
-You did awesome!
-[screams]
-[Hyunman] He looks a little tense.
-[Donghee] He does.
I think he's just not warmed up yet.
[chuckles]
Early on, he got caught by a punch
he didn't see coming.
That looping hook.
When you get hit by something like that,
it stuns you for a second.
Most boxers go into their usual pattern
out of habit.
They open with that standard pattern.
"Bam, bam, bam."
He was probably expecting that, but then…
That looping shot came out of nowhere.
It must've rattled him early on.
[Dex] He certainly seemed stunned.
-But still, he pulled himself together.
-Mmm.
Cho Hyunjae was a little shaken
in the beginning,
but as time went on,
he started finding his pace again.
[Jongkook]
That wasn't completely one-sided.
[Yejun]
My shots were landing one after another,
so I thought it'd be an easier fight
than expected.
You're the man!
[contestants cheering]
He's famous for that.
All right, nice!
-Do whatever you want!
-[contestant] Great!
Hyunjae, the body's open on the left.
Last round! Stay focused!
Keep it together!
-Yejun, breathe!
-Deep breaths!
Loosen up when you throw!
[Jaehyuk] Just do your thing!
Stick to your style!
[contestant] Let's go, Hyunjae!
-Last one, last round!
-[bell rings]
-[contestant] Let's go!
-Let's go!
HYUNJAE X YEJUN
[Haengseok] That's it!
One more, one more!
That's it!
[contestants exclaiming]
[Ohgon] Uppercut incoming!
-He's finally loosened up.
-[Minsung] There you go! All right!
One more! Bam!
Go again!
-All right!
-Drive it in!
All right!
Drive it in!
-Nice, doing good!
-That's it!
[Yejun] Cho Hyunjae's footwork
got pretty aggressive.
He came in pretty hard.
If you want to slow down his feet,
you need to do some damage.
You gotta get rough with it!
Rough it up, man!
-You got this!
-Let's go!
All right!
-That's it!
-He's caught!
Get in there!
All right!
[Hyunjae]
I saw Pyeon Yejun's hair whip back,
and that's when I thought,
"Round 2 is all mine now."
Hyunjae's too fast.
-Yeah?
-[Lee] His counters. Yes.
[Donghoe] Nice!
He needs to step in.
That's it!
[Lee] Good counter there!
That's it!
[Haengseok] Feint and fire!
[contestant] All right!
He'll knock him out if he lands one!
Go for it! Crash into him hard!
[contestant] Keep going!
[contestants exclaim]
[Jungon] Nice, nice! That's it!
[Ohgon] Doing great, Hyunjae!
[cheers]
[contestants cheering]
HYUNJAE X YEJUN
You've got to finish it!
You've got to finish it!
-That's it!
-[bell rings]
[referee] Stop! Stop, stop.
All right!
Man, they're good. [chuckles]
[Lee] Both fighters
put on a hell of a fight. Well played.
That was fun.
So this is why people watch pro fights.
-It's seriously entertaining.
-You're a pro too, man.
[chuckling] I know, but still.
[Jongkook] Man, this is…
This is tough.
Really tough.
[Dex] Pyeon Yejun was no joke.
-He's good. Got that confidence.
-He is.
But if it's "power boxing"
like Don Lee said, it's Yejun.
[Yejun] I pushed with momentum early on,
so I think that gave me the edge.
Still, red did a bit better.
In terms of both balance and skill.
[Hyunjae] I was pretty dazed in Round 1.
But in Round 2, I fought with no regrets.
[Jongkook] Judge one scores it for
Cho Hyunjae from the red corner.
RED CORNER CHO HYUNJAE WINS
[contestant] It's only the first judge.
Judge two scores it for…
Cho Hyunjae from the red corner!
[Haengseok] All right!
-Awesome!
-Yes!
The survivor of this deathmatch is
Cho Hyunjae.
-[Ohgon] Nice game!
-You fought well!
RED CORNER CHO HYUNJAE SURVIVES
[Sungmin] Yejun, you fought well!
Good job. Well done.
-Really well done.
-He fought well.
I really wanted to move up so badly,
so I stayed focused and gave it all I had.
I'm glad it paid off. Thank you.
Well done.
I really wanted to win.
I'm really disappointed
I couldn't.
That's all.
-Well done!
-You did great, kid!
This is heartbreaking.
[Yejun]
Even though I was given a second chance,
I couldn't seize it.
That left me with a lot of regret.
I'll keep working hard
to grow into a better MMA fighter.
-Great job. It's okay. Well done.
-I'm soaked.
-Thank you.
-Well done.
-Well done, Yejun.
-You did amazing.
Hey, you were awesome up there.
[Jongkook]
He's only 18, though. That's wild.
His future's bright.
All this for losing
that damn punching bag challenge.
-They're in heaven, we're in hell.
-Here we are, sweating bullets. [laughs]
[Lee] Let me announce the next matchup
of I Am Boxer's deathmatch.
The fighter to enter the deathmatch is…
[Dowoon] Who's it gonna be?
Yuk Junseo.
[contestants clamoring]
[applauding]
He's crazy competitive. He's ex-UDT.
This is making me nervous.
-[Lee] He really works hard.
-[Jongkook] Yeah, he does.
He's got grit, real grit.
I hope Yuk Junseo really shows
what he's got this time.
[Jongkook] Yeah, when I saw him last time,
he definitely had punching power.
[contestants clamor]
[contestant] Nice.
[contestants clamor]
I'm going in
thinking this is my last shot.
I'm going to give everything I've got.
I'll push full throttle.
[contestant 1] Who's he up against?
-That's what matters.
-[contestant 2] Who's it gonna be?
The fighter facing Yuk Junseo is…
[contestant 3] Maybe BM?
[Lee] Moon Youngwoong.
Oh, his father coached…
Wait, what was his name?
He coached Naoya Inoue.
[Sungmin] The pro from Japan.
[Jihyeok]
I remember him being pretty good.
[Yunchan] He could take this.
When I fought him last time,
he rocked me hard.
He swung me as soon as we started.
I was like, "Damn it."
-[contestant 1] Go, Sellchan!
-[contestant 2] He's good.
That's the Japanese style,
precise and technical.
[contestant 1]
He definitely has that Japanese vibe.
Whoever I face, I'll stay confident
and give it everything I've got.
[BM]
There's a weight class difference here.
[Hyunman] Yeah, this guy's bigger.
-He has a bigger frame.
-[Donghee] Oh, yeah?
There's a weight difference,
and a height and reach difference.
Moon Youngwoong has the clear edge here.
-He's heavier, bigger, and longer.
-[Jongkook] That's right.
[Dex] And his boxing experience too.
It's seven years versus one.
That's a huge difference.
[Juyeong] And he's from Teiken.
That's not a gym you just walk into.
[Yunchan] The way I see it,
Yuk Junseo won't even last a minute.
[contestant 1]
Is Yuk Junseo gonna be okay?
[contestant 2] The gap's big enough
to call this a mismatch.
He can't take this. The level gap is real.
-Really?
-He might get KO'd, for real.
[Youngwoong] There's a big difference
in our boxing experience,
so I think I've got a real shot
at winning this.
I may be behind in time and experience,
but I've made it this far,
so I'll do my best and see it through.
-Let's go!
-Let's go!
[Sungmin] You got this!
Let's go!
Let's begin.
-Box!
-[bell rings]
-Let's go!
-Let's do this!
YOUNGWOONG X JUNSEO
[contestants clamor]
Whoa!
[contestant] He's coming on strong.
[Sungwoon] Whoa!
Whoa!
[referee] Break, break!
-Guy's got fire.
-He's got power.
[Dex] Hey, Yuk Junseo's doing good.
Box!
[Dongjin] Nice reflexes.
-[contestants clamor]
-Hey!
[O3ohn] He's got good moves.
[contestants clamor]
Man, he's fiery.
He's like a wild horse.
[Junseo]
Since he's taller and bigger than me,
I only had one option.
Just go in, eat less, and land more.
That was the only thing on my mind.
[contestants clamor]
[Jihyeok]
You can feel how heavy his punches are.
He's staying tight on him.
Man, that's a smart game plan.
[Dex] He's a real heavy hitter!
Early on, I kept thinking,
"This isn't going well."
I pushed through the round like that.
[Sungmin] Keep those feet moving.
[BM] All right!
[contestants yell]
[Dex] He's a heavy hitter!
[Youngwoong] That was a style of boxing
I'd never experienced before.
He was super aggressive,
and his punches had a lot of weight
because of his physicality.
That threw me off a bit at first.
He's lost his flow, huh?
Maybe he just fights well.
-He's throwing off his rhythm.
-Right.
[Kyungmin] Just throw! Trade with him!
[Minuk] Nice jab.
-Oh, no!
-[Sungmin] Counter!
-He's a natural.
-He's a total natural.
He's got that fighter instinct.
Yeah, he's got it.
[Jaehyuk] Those kinds of punches
are harder to dodge.
They come in at weird angles.
-[contestant 1] Oi!
-[contestants yelling]
[Sungmin]
You need to take the initiative now.
[Dongeon] That jab landed.
-[Dowoon] Is that a nosebleed?
-Is it?
-Is his nose bleeding?
-He has a nosebleed.
Just a few seconds into the first round,
I took two or three combo shots.
That's probably
when my nose started bleeding.
I didn't want to let that shake me,
so I figured I had to be
even more aggressive.
YOUNGWOONG X JUNSEO
It's all about your grit!
-That's it, go harder!
-Go!
-Yuk Junseo, keep going!
-Nice, that's it!
[bell rings]
Nice, guys!
[contestants cheering]
He's a natural-born star. That was insane.
[Sanggeun] What a plot twist.
He's got a hot body, he's good-looking,
and he's great at boxing too.
You mean me?
It's crazy that an amateur
can do that well at all.
It's not easy for a non-pro
to box like that for three full minutes.
[Soochan] Hey, Youngwoong.
You have to close the distance.
[tense music plays]
I clearly wasn't prepared
for that kind of style.
I kept thinking,
"I have to break through this somehow."
Then I decided to clear my head
and just go for it like him.
"If that's what you're going to do,
I can play that game too."
[Junseo] Either I knock you down
or you knock me down.
-Yuk Junseo!
-You got this!
Let's go!
-Let's fight!
-Come on! Last three minutes!
Go right in, go!
[bell rings]
YOUNGWOONG X JUNSEO
-All right, let's do this!
-Let's go, guys!
Careful, your chin!
Get right back at him!
-[contestants yelling]
-[cheers]
Wait, what?
-Wait, what?
-[Hyunjae] Did he just cross-counter?
Keep the distance!
Aim for the body!
Aim for the body!
[Ohgon] Is that a knockdown?
[referee] Slip, slip!
Slip, slip.
It's just a slip, you're good!
[Dongjin] Both of them are going all out.
[Youngho] What a fiery match.
-Let's go!
-You got this!
-Let's go!
-Last round, guys!
Let's fight to the max!
Keep it long. Work the jab.
Use the jab. That's it.
Keep your eyes on him!
All right!
[Chaehyun] You gotta box
like it's a real fight to win.
[Donghee] They're both spent.
[Hyunman]
Now it's all stamina from here on out.
Break, break!
[BM] Keep breathing!
-Breathe!
-Deep breaths!
-Last round!
-Keep going!
Last minute, last minute!
This is it!
YOUNGWOONG X JUNSEO
One minute left!
-Jab first!
-Throw the right!
Work the jab!
[Sungmin]
Now, hooks! Both hands, both hands!
You saw that? Damn!
[contestant clamoring]
Think of this as a real fight!
One of them is gonna go down.
-Keep going!
-Let's go all the way.
Drive into him! Drive into him!
Just drive into him!
Keep going all the way!
Drive into him! 10 seconds left!
-This is it!
-Let's finish this strong!
YOUNGWOONG X JUNSEO
Pour it all out!
Keep throwing!
That landed hard.
[contestants clamoring, cheering]
-[bell rings]
-Stop!
[contestants cheering]
-That was super fiery.
-Insane.
That was one hell of a fight.
Total testosterone overload.
No, that was awesome.
-That was fun.
-Totally unexpected.
Yeah, totally.
[Jongkook] All right then,
we'll announce the judges' decision now.
Who's it gonna be?
I think Yuk Junseo might win.
He landed a lot of aggressive shots.
[contestant 1]
He did land a couple of big shots.
[contestant 2]
Actually, I think he might lose.
-At the end, though…
-Yeah, he got a bit wobbly.
[contestant 3] If we're talking rounds,
Round 2 should go to red.
[Jongkook] Judge one scores it for…
[Hyunman] I'm curious about this one.
[O3ohn] Yuk Junseo from the blue corner!
BLUE CORNER YUK JUNSEO WINS
[Seungjun] He was a total beast.
Judge two scores it for…
[tense music plays]
Moon Youngwoong from the red corner!
RED CORNER MOON YOUNGWOONG WINS
-Yes, all right!
-For real?
-This could go either way.
-Yeah, he took Round 2.
[Jongkook] According to the judges so far,
it's a draw.
-Then Don Lee will…
-Yeah, Don Lee will decide.
[Junyoung]
The Master makes the final call.
[Kyungmin] Who will he pick?
[dramatic music plays]
[Youngwoong] I gave it everything I had
in those two rounds,
so I had no regrets.
[Junseo]
The fight flowed exactly the way I wanted.
The plan was to push forward
and stay aggressive.
So I thought I won, for sure.
The survivor of this deathmatch is…
Yuk Junseo from the blue corner.
BLUE CORNER YUK JUNSEO SURVIVES
Yuk Junseo from the blue corner.
[contestants gasping]
[applauding]
That's insane.
-[Jongkook] Congratulations.
-Well done!
-You both did great.
-Amazing game.
-Every match is epic.
-Yeah.
He held his ground impressively well.
[panting] I'm grateful to the judges
for giving me this win,
and I'll continue to push forward
with a learner's mind-set. Thank you.
Yuk Junseo might've been the underdog.
But this is the rise of the underdog.
That's what makes this fun.
-Right.
-Because you never know.
But in the end,
in a survival format like this,
-if you only match pros with pros,
-Right.
-then…
-It defeats the purpose.
You need those twists
where an underdog beats someone.
-That's something you never get to see.
-That's right.
The fighter to enter the deathmatch is…
-[Ohgon] This is killing me.
-[Minsung] I'm losing my mind.
[Lee] Kim Minuk.
[Minuk]
I'll win and move on, no matter what.
[Lee] Myung Hyunman.
[Hyunman]
I've got to get past him fast and move on.
[Lee] The fighter facing Kim Minuk…
The fighter facing Myung Hyunman
is .
Come on, that is cruel! [exclaims]
[Kyungmin]
My heart's pounding just watching this.
-[referee] Box!
-[bell rings]
Between the two of us,
we've probably sighed
like 2,820 times.
Please, I'm nervous.
Pick me.
I've still got a lot to show.
Please…
[Lee]
The fighter to enter the deathmatch is…
Lee Chaehyun.
[contestants applaud]
[Juhyun] Man, I'm gonna lose my voice.
[Jaehyuk] He's fast. He's no heavy hitter,
but he barely ever gets hit.
-He's quick.
-He's coming in hot.
He's freaking fast!
TEXTBOOK BOXING IN ITS PUREST FORM
Wow, he's good.
[Chaehyun]
I'm the definition of a real boxer,
so I figured I'd get picked.
I thought, "I finally got my chance."
"I need to show 200% of myself."
Lee Chaehyun's been boxing for 13 years.
Basically, he's at his prime.
In other words, he's a total elite boxer.
-Thirteen years says it all.
-Hmm.
[Lee]
And the fighter facing Lee Chaehyun is…
Park Seongjun.
-[contestant 1 exclaims]
-[contestants applaud]
PARK SEONGJUN
BLACK CMBAT FIGHTER, "UNDERDOG"
Let's go, Park Seongjun!
[Seongjun] I knew he'd call my name.
Somehow, I always get matched
with tall, good-looking guys.
This match is no exception.
He was my opponent in Round 1.
-Ah.
-Hmm.
[Seongjun] During the first fight,
I thought he was just an actor
doing some casual boxing,
so I let my guard down a lot.
[Lee] Kuk Seungjun from the red corner.
[Seongjun] I'm still furious at myself
for doing so poorly in that fight.
I was finally thrown a lifeline,
so I grabbed it. I just wanted to grab it.
I'll show them who MMA's "Underdog"
Park Seongjun really is.
[Dex] He's been doing MMA for 10 years.
-[Jongkook] That's right.
-He's got tons of experience,
-so he should be pretty sharp.
-Yes, 10 years in the game.
But Lee Chaehyun's nickname is
-"Pro Killer."
-That's right.
-So you never know with these two.
-Right.
PARK SEONGJUN VS LEE CHAEHYUN
Lee Chaehyun looked
all sweet in the photo,
but he looks totally fierce in the ring.
-[Lee] He's good-looking.
-[Dex] He is.
Very dashing.
Athletes these days
are all handsome, aren't they?
They're charming.
Tiny faces like that? Hard to hit clean.
Right, exactly.
-Unlike me, who gets hit a lot.
-You don't even try to dodge.
-I just guard up.
-You don't even bother.
Like, "Go ahead and hit me."
-Exactly.
-You just push through.
You never know.
And with underdogs,
you can't help rooting for them.
[Sungwoon] I really hope he shows everyone
just how tough MMA fighters are.
[Lee]
You can't tell who'll win this fight.
You really can't.
[dramatic music plays]
-Let's get this rolling!
-Come on, let's go!
You got this, Chaehyun!
-Let's go, Underdog!
-Let's go!
We're in for a real treat with this one.
All right, box!
-[bell rings]
-Box!
Hey, you're rushing!
No need, take it easy!
[Dex] He's fast. Whoa!
SEONGJUN X CHAEHYUN
He's fast.
[Jongkook] All right, nice jab.
Jab, then one-two!
-There you go!
-That's it!
-All right!
-Great instincts!
He's got a killer jab.
[Lee] Great, that jab's nice.
-Come on!
-He's good.
-Man, that jab-slip-cross.
-Hit and move.
That's it!
He ate that counter head-on!
He's super fast.
That rear hand is super dangerous.
He's crushing him.
-He's good.
-To the center, to the center!
[Chaehyun] Hitting without getting hit,
that's the kind of boxing I like.
And the goal was to do just that.
Do a feint!
That's it!
[contestant] Whoo!
[Minwoo] He's just eating them.
[Lee] Park Seongjun's coming in too close.
[Jongkook] He left his face wide open.
Cover up before you go in.
All right!
That's it!
[contestants cheer]
Whoa!
Down, down, down!
[contestants cheer]
That's it! Whoo!
PARK SEONGJUN KNOCKED DOWN
[O3ohn] His legs gave out.
[Donghee]
That one landed right on his face, huh?
This is getting good!
-Five, six, seven…
-[Seongjun] I got knocked down.
I tried to drag him
into the messy brawl I wanted,
but I think he knew I was gonna do that.
-Seven, eight…
-[Yejun] Take it slow, man.
It's fine! Breathe! Just breathe!
[referee] Come in, box!
[Jaehyuk] There's a fire in his eyes now.
Underdog, power through!
Circle around! Don't get hit!
-Yes, that's it.
-Nice.
He's amazing. He's not getting hit.
Man, it's not going well for him.
Ten seconds!
He's too fast.
He's so good. Really tough to handle.
He's too fast to catch.
All right, good!
-He can't catch him.
-He's getting thrown off.
-See that?
-[bell rings]
[Lee] That really messes you up,
breaking your rhythm.
[Yejun] He's seriously good.
[Dex] Lee Chaehyun's definitely has skill.
[Jongkook] Yeah, he's good.
Real good.
It drives you crazy.
You try to go in, but…
-He keeps throwing off your timing.
-Yeah.
-It's maddening.
-And he's landing those straights
with rock-solid balance,
so the damage keeps adding up.
[Taesun]
You need to close in on him all at once.
[Seongjun] I was really pissed at myself.
"Why am I doing so badly?"
"Why am I getting hit this much?"
I couldn't shake that thought.
So I tried to pulled myself together,
thinking, "No, I can do this."
[Chaehyun] He couldn't land a single
clean shot on me the entire round,
so the momentum swung completely my way.
[O3ohn] Let's go, you got this!
This is it! Show him what you've got!
SEONGJUN X CHAEHYUN
-[bell rings]
-Box!
[Jaehyuk] Go rough, go rough!
-All right, nice jab!
-Nice shot!
[contestants] All right!
[contestant 1] Keep it short! All right!
[Jungon] He ate that again!
-Doing good!
-Use your lead hand!
[Yejun] Don't get flustered!
Just stay calm, and keep your guard up.
[Jaehyuk]
Don't go first, just counter! Corner him!
That's it!
[Sanggeun] Nice!
[Hyunjae] Don't get flustered!
-Stick to countering!
-[Jungon] Nice jab!
[Hyunman]
He's throwing whatever he's got left.
This looks dangerous.
-[Yejun] Loosen up and throw.
-All right!
-[Taesun] You have to go in now.
-[Yejun] Yes!
[contestants cheering]
Good one, man!
[cheering]
-[Hyunman] That was a bit dangerous.
-[Jongkook] He landed one.
Go again! Go again!
Swing with confidence, man!
[Jungon] You've landed one shot so far!
-[Haengseok] Nice!
-[Jungon] That's it!
[Sungmin] Double jab!
-[Hyunjae] All right!
-[Jungon] There you go!
[groans]
[Jongkook]
He's got him. He's got him again.
He's got him.
-[contestant] All right!
-[Hyunman] That's done some damage.
[Minwoo] Stay sharp!
You know it doesn't hurt! Get in!
Stay focused! Stay focused!
[contestants shouting]
[Taesun] Oh, he's dialed in.
[contestants cheering]
[Taesun] He's good.
[contestants clamoring]
-He clipped him.
-Yeah.
[Dongeon] Man, his durability is crazy.
How is he taking all those shots?
[Youmin] Keep it up till the end!
[Junseo] Whoa, look at him.
SEONGJUN X CHAEHYUN
-[Jongkook] Ten seconds, guys!
-Ten seconds!
-Ten seconds!
-[Yejun] Almost there!
[Donghee] Let's go, let's go!
[Kyungmin] They're going hard all
the way through. Pretty impressive.
-[bell rings]
-[referee] Stop!
-[Taesun] Well, that was…
-[Chungil] He won way too easily.
-He breezed through it.
-[contestants applauding]
-[Seungjun] Man, he's good.
-[Dongeon] These amateurs…
Their style freaks me out.
Man, Lee Chaehyun
-showed us what boxing really is.
-That was real boxing.
Boxing isn't a brawl. It's a sport.
We'll announce the decision now.
The survivor of this deathmatch is…
Lee Chaehyun.
BLUE CORNER LEE CHAEHYUN SURVIVES
-Well played.
-[Jongkook] Good game.
-Congratulations.
-[Jongkook] You both did so well,
fighting your hearts out.
[Haengseok] He's so cool.
Lee Chaehyun's on another level.
He's just too good.
First off,
I'm really glad that I got the win.
I'll keep working hard
to climb even higher.
[applause]
I lost the first fight
and got back in through the extra pass.
And you gave me
another huge chance this time,
but I still couldn't make the most of it.
I'm really mad at myself for that.
I promised my wife
I'd take her to Las Vegas. [chuckles]
I'll just take her somewhere even better.
-I love you, Jihyun.
-[Juhyun] You're the man!
[cheering]
I'd better do that too.
-You're the man!
-You did awesome!
POST-MATCH BREAK
[Dex chuckles] Hey, you're like a bull.
[chuckles]
It's making you itch to fight, huh?
I've learned a lot in theory.
Like, the shoulder should go…
Right. When you punch?
But I can't do it in practice.
You need to put in some work.
[Dex] Yeah, that's it!
-[Lee] It takes a lot of practice.
-[Jongkook] It's tough.
[chuckles] It's really hard.
[Lee] It's the shoulder pop.
[Jongkook]
You don't even need to swing big.
Your shoulder just snaps naturally.
You gotta pick it up over the years.
-Yeah, like that.
-You have to pop it.
-It's something I can't teach you how.
-[Jongkook chuckles]
I don't understand the mechanics of it.
Let's continue with the next matchup
of I Am Boxer's deathmatch.
The lineup's still stacked.
-Man, I'm losing my mind.
-It's nerve-racking.
I'm losing my mind.
Most eliminated fighters are strong.
[chuckling] Right.
[Donghyun] I hope none of them come back.
If they come back,
I'll have to fight them again.
[sighs]
[Lee]
The fighter to enter the deathmatch is…
[dramatic music playing]
Kim Taesun.
Kim Taesun.
[contestants clamoring]
I knew it.
[Juhyun] The resurrected prince.
[Seungjun]
Always coming back, like a phoenix.
[Taekmin]
He should change his nickname to that.
-Look at how happy he is.
-I know.
Lucky guy.
And the fighter facing Kim Taesun is…
Who's it gonna be?
A rematch?
[gasps]
Oh, Kim Minuk?
[Minuk] I had a feeling I might go up
against Kim Taesun one more time.
-[Lee] Kim Minuk!
-[contestants clamoring]
[Sellchan] Wow, round two!
It's a rematch!
[shouts] That's brutal! [exclaims]
[contestants applauding]
Honored, sir.
[Lee] We've got a rematch, everyone.
KIM MINUK VS KIM TAESUN
[Sungmin] Taesun kept saying
he wanted to fight him again.
Finally, it's happening.
Well, he beat me once, after all.
[contestant] Hey, get out of there.
[contestant 2]
He puts weight behind each one.
You can see the precision.
[Lee] The winner of this match is…
Kim Minuk from the red corner.
[Taesun] It was seriously devastating.
I never want to lose to him again.
Looking forward to this.
I'll prove it
with my real skills.
[contestants cheering, applauding]
[Seungjun] He seems really serious.
Kim Taesun's usually the playful type,
but he's dead serious right now.
If he wins this,
he's a real phoenix.
Beating the guy he already lost to once.
I'll put in the effort
and make it through again. Thank you.
[Dowoon] Since he's beaten him before,
I think he'll fight the way he did then.
Kim Minuk looks confident.
He's got that signature calmness.
This match has two rounds after all.
-Yeah. You're right.
-Anything can happen.
And last time,
Kim Taesun poured everything out
-and still lost.
-Right.
-So how's he gonna approach it this time?
-Yes.
-Exactly.
-Yes, that's the key.
-[Dex] If he changes it up, that means…
-[Lee] Right.
…he learned something from the experience.
That'll be interesting to see.
[Lee]
I'm really curious how this will play out.
[Minuk] I was confident.
There's nowhere left to run,
so I'll just have to step over him
and climb back up.
[Taesun] If I lose again…
Even the thought of it is terrifying.
I have to win this time.
-Let's go!
-Let's go!
FORMER ASIAN SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMP
KIM MINUK
[Juhyun] Let's do this!
-This one's going to be fun.
-Totally.
Box!
[bell rings]
-All right!
-You got this!
MINUK X TAESUN
[Jongkook] They're sizing each other up.
[contestant] His jab's just…
[contestant 2] It's heavy.
[contestant 3] Nice stance.
-[Yejun] He's gotta go first. That's it.
-That's it.
This is tense.
My palms are sweating.
-[Jaewon] Nice body shot!
-There!
Nice body shot.
[Soochan] Love how relaxed he is.
[Seongjun]
His rhythm's completely different.
-[Juhyun] From last time?
-[Chungil] He's a lot more careful.
[Juhyun] He shouldn't be scared, though.
Play the offense, the offense.
[Chungil] He's moving slow today.
[Yejun] Got to go in first, man.
Wait, he's not usually like this.
-Taesun looks a little intimidated.
-Right?
Taesun seems really tense.
I usually fight with more energy,
but I couldn't help feeling
the pressure today.
"If I lose again, I'm done for."
"What if Plan A doesn't work?"
"What's my Plan B?"
Thoughts like that kept swirling,
and I got pushed back early on.
[Sungwoon] Nice!
-That's it!
-He's got it.
[Jongkook] They landed at the same time.
-[Jaehyuk] Swing with confidence. Nice.
-Come on, swing first!
Nice, keep up the footwork.
-[Yejun] He's cornered.
-[Seungjun] That's it.
-Go, go!
-Okay, now go for it.
Go for it!
-Go! This is it!
-Go!
Oh!
[Minwoo]
How is he landing that from there?
[Yejun] Watch out for the right uppercut!
[contestants exclaim]
[O3ohn] He's tracking his movement.
This range actually favors Minuk.
[Minuk] I can inflict more damage
when I'm backed into the ropes,
so I signaled for Kim Taesun
to come in, but he didn't.
[Dongeon] "Fine, I'll go then."
[contestants clamoring]
[Sungmin] I love cheeky stuff like this.
[contestants cheer]
[Kyungmin] Damn, nice angle.
Kim Minuk's got the flow on his side.
[banging]
-Ten seconds!
-[Sungwoon] Round 1 is over.
-They didn't spend much energy.
-A lead uppercut!
[all shouting, cheering]
MINUK X TAESUN
[contestants cheer]
That connected hard.
Nice! Now, rush him!
That's it!
MINUK X TAESUN
[bell rings]
-[bell rings]
-[contestants cheer]
[Jaehyuk] Nice one!
-Way to go!
-[Juhyun] That was a great rush!
-[Chungil] You're loosening up!
-[Jaehyuk] You got this!
-He landed that combo. Bam!
-And that straight. Bam!
-It's a whole different fight this time.
-Holy cow.
He was dominating,
until those two shots landed at the end.
-He let his guard down.
-That's what it looked like.
[Donghee] Minuk staggered a bit there.
[Dongjin]
That last shot really caught him clean.
Ten more seconds,
who knows what would've happened?
[Hyunman] That was dangerous.
At the end of Round 1,
I lost my balance for a second
and took two solid shots.
That definitely drained my stamina.
Those hits.
[Jaehyuk] He looks a bit worn out.
[chuckles]
[Taesun] I thought, "This is going good."
[Jaehyuk] Let's go, Kim Taesun!
Stay cool!
[Taesun shouts]
-[Juhyun shouts] Let's go!
-[Jaehyuk] Come on!
-[contestants] You got this!
-[Jaehyuk] Keep it up!
-Good going!
-[Yejun] Let's move up again!
[Dowoon] He has to step it up this round.
Well, he's a natural competitor.
-He's gotta be aggressive now.
-This is gonna be intense.
I know. Round 2 is gonna be fire.
-You never know with boxing.
-Exactly.
We'll have to see
how this round plays out.
[intense music plays]
MINUK X TAESUN
[bell dings]
-Let's go, Taesun!
-Let's do this!
[Kyungmin]
Feels like the real fight's starting now.
[Soochan] Feints, feints!
[Kyungmin] That's it!
[Jaehyuk] Move! Gotta keep moving!
-[Yunchan] He looks a bit pissed.
-[Juyeong] Yeah, he does.
-He'll start pressuring now.
-Yeah.
Minuk's kind of like a lion.
He's got that presence.
[Juhyun] Yeah!
Come on, one for one! All right, nice!
[Minwoo] His speed's on another level.
[sighs]
There's that snap in Minuk's punches.
[Yejun] Stay calm.
[Jaehyuk] It's not over yet. Stay sharp!
[people exclaiming]
That's it!
They're both landing shots now.
[Sungmin] Keep moving! Keep moving!
Taesun, hit and then move!
[Taesun] I'm known as a power puncher,
but my reach is one of my biggest weapons.
This time, I tried to use that advantage
and fought from
the longest range possible.
[Sungmin] Taesun, slip in a quick shot!
Nice left shot!
[contestants exclaim]
[Yejun] Taesun avoids shots well.
[Seungjun] He covers well too.
[contestants] All right!
There you go, counter punch!
[contestants exclaim]
[Soochan] Go again, jab lightly.
[Chungil] Wait, he's done a 180.
[Yejun] Keep it loose!
-His strategy's a bit different now.
-[Jaehyuk] This is Round 2.
[Junyoung shouts]
[Yejun] His punches look weaker now.
-[Juhyun] Relax.
-[Kyungmin] He's just standing still.
[Junyoung exclaims]
[referee] Break!
[Dowoon] No, you've got to keep throwing.
[Juhyun] Oh, man. He's gassed.
His stamina's dropping.
MINUK X TAESUN
-Ten seconds left.
-Ten seconds!
[tense music playing]
[contestant] Okay, that's it!
[Sungmin] Empty the tank! Final push!
-Pour it all out!
-Let's go!
Pour it all out!
-Ten seconds!
-Ten seconds!
-[bell dings]
-[referee] Stop!
-[bell dings]
-All right!
-[Seungjun exclaims]
-[applause]
[O3ohn] Wow, that was insane.
-[Juhyun] Taesun did pretty well, though.
-[Jaehyuk] Yeah.
-He held his own.
-He fought way better than last time.
[Donghee] He may be older now,
but he's still got it.
Minuk doesn't even compete anymore.
Man, that was a great fight.
-This was so fun.
-Way more fun than expected.
-It was way more fun.
-It was awesome.
All right, we'll announce the decision
right now.
[tense music plays]
[BM] How do you even call this?
Red landed more clean shots overall,
but that last punch
from blue really connected.
[Seungjun] That was huge.
As for Round 2, I think
Kim Taesun landed more effective shots.
[Jaehyuk] I think blue will win.
He landed more punches.
Judge one scores it for…
[Minwoo] Can't wait to hear this.
Kim Taesun from the blue corner!
-Kim Taesun from the blue corner!
-[Jaehyuk] Yes!
[applause]
[Juhyun] All right!
[Dex] Judge two scores it for…
[tense music playing]
[Minuk] I honestly thought I had it.
[Taesun]
I've been eliminated twice already.
I really wanted to win.
[Dex] Judge two scores it for…
[Juhyun] Kim Taesun from the blue corner!
[Dex] Kim Taesun from the blue corner!
-[Juhyun exclaims]
-[applause]
[Lee] By unanimous decision,
the survivor of this deathmatch
is Kim Taesun.
Thank you very much!
BLUE CORNER KIM TAESUN SURVIVES
[Seungjun] Wow, he got his revenge.
[Dowoon] He's incredible.
Our phoenix!
-He survived this.
-He actually did.
-He keeps coming back.
-He did it.
[Taesun] "I've still got it," I thought.
Life's about grinding your way up.
So grind I will.
Now, these two
must've sparked the question
"Who'd win if they squared off?"
I'm sure the viewers have been
waiting for this matchup.
The fighter to enter the deathmatch is…
-Who will it be?
-Who will it be?
Who will it be?
[Seungjun] Whoever survives,
I hope he's not too strong.
[Youngho] I wonder…
[Lee] Myung Hyunman.
[contestants exclaim]
[O3ohn] The time has come.
-[Donghoe] Oh, my God.
-[Hyunjun] Of course it's him.
Oh!
[Taesun] Here we go.
[energetic music playing]
[sucks teeth]
Sheesh.
-He's huge.
-He's really huge.
[Yejun] Damn, his physicality is unreal.
[Juhyun] He's built for strength.
He's a born powerhouse.
I know.
[Sellchan] You don't see
physicality like that around here.
[Taekmin]
I feel intimidated just looking at him.
[Dongjin] I'd be scared.
Imagine fighting him.
MYUNG HYUNMAN
FORMER KICKBOXING HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP
[Minuk] I don't think there's anyone
who can beat him here.
Honestly, I could die facing him.
[Juhyun]
Are they trying to kill us or what?
[Jaehyuk]
Now this is a literal deathmatch.
[Minsung] But there's no one in there
who can take him on.
[Seungjun] But you never know up there.
Everything can flip.
The fighter facing Myung Hyunman is…
I think I know who it is.
[Yunchan] I think he knows it too.
He knows he's the only one
who can face him.
[Lee] The fighter facing Myung Hyunman is…
Julien Kang.
[contestants exclaim]
[Youngho] Man, I knew it.
-[applause]
-[contestants exclaiming]
This is it!
Let's go, let's go!
[Hyunjae] Wow, look at those shoulders.
[Chaehyun] He really is huge.
[Haengseok] He's massive.
[Minsung]
It's like the battle of the giants.
[Chaehyun] It's a giant versus a giant.
[Ohgon]
Shouldn't there be two referees for this?
Boy, why am I shaking?
Feels like a knockout is coming.
[Minsung] I can't picture it.
[energetic music playing]
[Youngho] Everyone would definitely
want to see this.
This is the kind of matchup
you only dream about.
And now, we actually get to see it.
MYUNG HYUNMAN
[Lee] Hyunman is about 16 kg heavier,
but Julien has a 12 cm reach advantage.
JULIEN KANG
That kind of reach gap
is basically bigger than a full fist.
But with heavyweights, you never know.
Just as single shot could end everything.
It can go either way.
[Donghoe] Really can't predict a thing.
[Seungjun]
This bout already feels heavier.
[Dongeon] With their weight class and all.
-I bet there will be a knockdown.
-For sure.
[Hyunjae] But with that kind of body,
Julien Kang won't get hit easily.
[Kang] Honestly, I thought
I had a real chance of winning.
I thought if I just do what I do
in practice every day,
I could definitely win.
There's no going back now.
I have to be the one to move up this time.
[Hyunman] I was like, "Guess I'm going up
against the top celebrity fighter."
He's got amazing athleticism
and combat instinct,
but he's not a pro.
So I thought I'd better
finish him off fast and move on.
I really felt like I could drop him,
or maybe even KO him.
[Taesun]
My heart's pounding just watching this.
[Lee] All right, this is set
to be a fantastic bout.
-Box!
-[bell dings]
[Dex] Let's go!
-[bell dings]
-Let's go!
JULIEN X HYUNMAN
[Jongkook] They're treading carefully.
Throw the jab!
The jab!
Break it up!
Break it up!
[Jongkook] Oh, he got him! He got him.
[Lee] Julien Kang's got serious power
behind his shots.
Damn…
Julien Kang keeps driving
those long shots in.
[O3ohn] Going for one big shot.
[Dex] A punch like that could kill you.
-I think they're pretty evenly--
-[contestants gasp]
He got hit? Whoa!
[contestants shouting]
[shouting]
[contestants exclaiming]
[exclaims]
Down, down, down!
He's down!
[Sungmin] I never saw that coming.
[Junseo] Wow, this is insane.
[Taesun] Boxing in an arena like that?
-[Juyeong] Wait, what?
-Huh?
[announcer] Round 3.
Three rings.
[Lee] I really can't tell.
[contestants exclaim]
[all exclaim]
[Dowoon] This is gonna get real bloody.
Bring it on!
He's got to go in.
-[Minsung] That's it!
-[Sungmin] You're almost there!
You gotta go for it!
[Hyunjae] I will survive this.
[contestants exclaiming]
[upbeat music playing]