I Am Boxer (2025) s01e04 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.
This is the I Am Boxer deathmatch,
and we're down to the final bout.
It's finally the last one.
Now, these two
must've sparked the question,
-"Who'd win if they squared off?"
-Yes.
-Here we go.
-It's a big match.
Here we go, the real deal.
[Chaehyun] It's a giant versus a giant.
[Jongkook] Myung Hyunman from the blue
corner versus Julien Kang from the red.
They're facing off in this deathmatch.
Oh!
Unbelievable.
Feels like a knockout is coming.
This is the kind of matchup
you only dream about.
And now, we actually get to see it.
I'm sure the viewers have been
waiting for this matchup.
It's the kind of fight you'd pay to watch.
Want to chip in?
[all laughing]
[Jongkook] All right.
Please get ready for the fight.
[contestant 1] He's built for strength.
[contestant 2] You don't see
physicality like that around here.
[contestant 3] Look at those shoulders.
[contestant 4] Julien's got a crazy reach.
[contestant 5] I know.
[contestant 4] Look, that's insane.
[Kang] I'm pretty confident.
I'm just gonna go all the way.
Whatever. I have to.
[Hyunman] I thought I'd better
finish him off fast and move on.
[contestant]
Captain America versus Human Weapon.
Good luck to you both. Give it your all.
All right. Box!
ROUND 1 OF 2
JULIEN KANG X MYUNG HYUNMAN
[cheering]
-[contestant] Just use the jab a lot!
-The ring looks small.
[contestants exclaiming] Hey! Oh!
[contestant 4]
Every shot looks so damn powerful.
A punch like that could kill you.
Yeah, if that overhand right lands.
[contestant 1]
If one of those lands, it's over.
[contestant 2] They punch like…
[contestant 3]
I'm shaking just watching this.
[contestant 4] One shot could drop them.
[Jongkook]
Neither of them throws light punches.
[contestants exclaiming]
[contestant 5]
This is all about the one big shot.
-[contestant 6] Man, his reach is insane.
-[contestant 7] Those arms.
He's got knockout power.
Each shot looks so heavy.
[Seongjun]
Just watching heavyweights square off
gives you a thrill because of the tension.
[contestant 1] There's a reason
heavyweight fights are most popular.
Those huge swings…
-Oh, nice counter!
-[Donghee] That was close.
[Dongeon] This is terrifying.
-Seriously.
-I'm sweating.
[contestant 4] It's nerve-racking
even without many clean shots.
[contestant 5]
Imagine how tense they must be.
They're being extremely cautious.
-Because one clean shot could end it.
-Exactly.
How do you jump in when you know
one shot could knock you out?
[contestants exclaiming]
That's gonna be tough to get through.
[contestant 2] His reach makes it hard.
[contestant 3] He can't step in
because the reach is too long.
[contestant 4]
He's good at keeping distance.
[Kang] With heavyweights,
one clean shot, and you're done.
So I was just focused on
controlling the range.
When he stepped into my range,
I hit him with a right or a jab.
[contestant 1]
It's tough to close the distance.
[Jongkook] This is easier for someone
who's good at controlling the range.
[contestant 2] Guess it's hard to
close in on Julien, even for Hyunman.
[contestant 4] How are his arms so long?
-[all exclaiming]
-Yeah, like that! Like that.
[contestant 6]
He's making good use of his long arms.
[contestant 7] His physicality is unreal.
-Julien's got freaking long arms.
-Too long.
-[chuckles] Seriously.
-Yeah, you can't find an opening.
He's doing better than I thought.
He's using his long reach
to his advantage.
-[blows land]
-Damn.
[contestants exclaim]
[contestant 1]
Man, it's like a cannon shot.
[contestants exclaim]
[contestant 2]
His punching power is insane.
-[contestant 3] That's a smart move.
-Push!
-[contestant 4] It's a smart move.
-[contestant 3] Clinching, huh?
[judge 1] It's a solid plan.
You can feel
how insanely strong they both are.
-Their strength is just…
-It's like…
[contestant 1] It's hard to fight someone
with that kind of body,
even if he's not a boxer.
[contestants exclaim]
[contestant 2] They can't step in easily.
-[contestant 3] Ten seconds!
-[referee exclaims]
[contestant 4]
I'd say whoever closes in first wins.
-Their punches are like nuclear bombs.
-[bell rings]
-[in English] Stop!
-[contestants applaud]
ROUND 1 IS OVER
[in Korean]
Julien's gonna stick to that game plan.
-Yeah, I bet.
-Hmm.
[chuckles]
Then you never know how it'll end.
He came up with a good plan.
Yeah, so Hyunman?
He should throw a jab
and then go for body shots.
Body shots, and then up to the head.
And if he closes in like that,
Julien should hit and move.
[Hyunman] Julien Kang was
keeping his distance with his lead hand.
It threw me off a bit,
and I had to figure out
how to get past it.
[dramatic music playing]
[Dex] Let's go, Julien!
[contestants cheering]
Come on, let's go!
Let's do this!
[bell rings]
-You got this!
-[referee, in English] Box!
ROUND 2 OF 2
JULIEN KANG X MYUNG HYUNMAN
[Lee] They're being cautious.
[contestants exclaiming]
[exclaiming]
[dramatic rock music playing]
[Jongkook] Oh, he got caught.
[Lee]
Julien Kang's got powerful punches too.
[contestant 2 exclaims]
[contestant 3] Man, that was close.
[contestant 4]
That could've knocked him down.
[contestant 5] If one of those lands,
you're done. This is just…
Julien Kang keeps driving
those long shots in. [chuckles]
[contestant 1] That makes it one-nothing.
-[contestant 2] Yes, go again! Again!
-[contestant 3] You got this!
[contestant 4]
He just switched to southpaw.
That might actually work better for him.
[contestants, judges exclaim]
-You got it!
-Go! Get on him!
-That's it!
-Push him off!
That's the right move.
He needs to switch to southpaw
and crack him with a hook.
[Hyunman] I changed my stance
from orthodox to southpaw.
I assumed he hadn't fought
a lot of left-handed fighters.
I tried to attack more with my left hand.
[contestant] Keep your distance! Focus!
[contestants exclaiming]
-[exclaims]
-[contestants cheering]
[Lee, in English]
Down, down, down! He's down!
[intense rock music playing]
[contestants, judges exclaiming]
[contestant 2] Down, down, down.
[referee] Two!
-Three! Four!
-[contestant 3, in Korean] He's down!
[Kang] I took a few shots there.
And after that,
I couldn't think about the next step.
Ready?
-[in English] Box!
-[contestant] Lead hand up! One-two!
[contestant 2]
Stay far away. Stay away from him.
[in Korean] This means a clean shot
really would drop him.
[contestant 4]
He's clearly not used to taking hits.
[contestant 5]
He went down from a single shot.
[contestants exclaim]
-See? A hook like that.
-[exhales sharply]
[music continues]
JULIEN KANG'S SECOND KNOCKDOWN
[contestant 2] He really is strong.
[Donghee laughs]
Hyunman's freaking strong, seriously.
-[in English] Box!
-Ten seconds!
[Kang, in Korean] Even if I get KO'd,
it'd still be an honor.
He's a great fighter.
I just wanted to fight to the end.
-Ten seconds!
-This is it!
[contestant 2, in English]
Julien, 10 seconds! 10 seconds!
[bell rings]
-[in English] Stop!
-[in Korean] All right.
[referee, in English] Stop!
-[in Korean] All right.
-All right.
MATCH OVER
-All right.
-[Jongkook] All right.
He did the best he could.
-Yeah.
-He put up a good fight.
He had the right game plan.
Julien made it to the end
because he's Julien.
Anyone else
would've been done way earlier.
[Jongkook]
We'll announce the judges' decision now.
[Lee] By unanimous decision
from both judges,
the survivor of this deathmatch is…
-Myung Hyunman.
-[contestants applauding]
BLUE CORNER
MYUNG HYUNMAN SURVIVES
The truth is, this was
the first real fight of my life.
[exclaims]
I was unlucky to get matched…
-[contestant laughs]
-…with someone like Hyunman
for my first fight, and that's too bad.
But it was a great learning experience.
Myung Hyunman was amazing today,
so I just have to admit defeat.
[Jongkook] Thank you for a great fight.
[Dex] Well done, both of you.
Thank you so much.
Well done.
[contestants cheering]
[contestant 1] I never saw that coming.
[contestant 2] This show always
goes beyond my imagination.
[contestant 3] Wow, this is insane.
[contestant 4] Boxing in an arena
like that? I never even imagined it.
[announcer] Round 3 of I Am Boxer.
The Three Rings.
-[in English] Ready.
-[Lee] Box!
[bell rings]
The I Am Boxer deathmatch.
All matches have now come to an end.
The six new survivors are…
Cho Hyunjae,
Kim Taesun,
Yuk Junseo,
Lee Chaehyun,
Kwon Ohgon,
and Myung Hyunman.
Congratulations to you all.
[contestants applauding]
[contestant 1]
That's another cool way to survive.
[Hyunjae] It's not over till it's over.
Well, I thought I bought myself
a little more time.
Next time,
I hope to make it through in one go.
I'll work hard and make that happen.
What I thought was my last chance
didn't end up being my last,
and I'm really grateful about that.
[funky music playing]
[contestants exclaim]
[contestant 3] Wow.
[Donghoe] Hey.
-[Sanggeun] Something feels different.
-[contestant 4] Right?
Everyone's energy
feels different from last time.
[contestants laughing]
Last time, we were more…
There are definitely
a lot fewer people now.
-[contestant 6] It's quiet.
-[Sanggeun] Yeah.
[contestant 7] This is everyone?
There really are a lot fewer of us.
-It used to be packed.
-We've really thinned out.
I have to win and get
some screen time this round. [exhales]
[Donghoe] I wonder what we're doing today.
[Taekmin] Something fun, I hope.
It's probably another game, right?
It might be another team round
or just straight-up boxing from here.
-We have to do another team round.
-[laughs]
[laughing] I mean…
-Hi, guys!
-Hello.
-Hello.
-Hi.
-Hello.
-They've just been relaxing.
-There are a lot fewer people now.
-Yeah.
-We're down a lot of people.
-Clearly.
Way fewer people. Hi, guys.
-Well, now it feels…
-[Lee] Hi, there.
[Dex] We've gotten familiar
with each other now,
and I feel closer to them.
[Jongkook] We now have a
pretty good sense of who everyone is.
All right. Before we start Round 3,
we have an announcement. [exhales]
Yang Sellchan had to leave the show
for personal reasons.
-So we needed a replacement.
-Sellchan?
Here's our new survivor.
-[Jongkook] Here's our new survivor.
-[contestant exclaims]
-Who could it be?
-Who is it?
[contestant 2] Open sesame.
[dramatic music playing]
I have a funny feeling.
-Minuk?
-Come on, no way.
-Well, it feels like…
-No way.
[Sungmin] No, it can't be.
-I'm getting PTSD just thinking about it.
-[laughs]
No way.
[contestant] Could it be Julien Kang?
All right, let's bring in
the new survivor.
[contestant beatboxing]
[Youngho] Well, who could it be?
[contestant 2] This is exciting.
[contestants exclaiming, cheering]
-[contestant 3] I knew it.
-[contestant 4 laughs]
I knew it.
NEW SURVIVOR, KIM MINUK
[laughing]
I'm getting PTSD.
-[contestant 6 exclaims]
-Wait, another rematch? [laughs]
[contestants laughing]
[Hyunman]
I thought, "Whoa, Kim Minuk's back."
"We're in for another great fight."
[Chaehyun]
The moment I saw him, I thought,
"Yeah, he deserves to be back."
[Hyunjae] I was bummed
we couldn't see more of him in the ring,
so I was really glad to see him back.
First of all,
thank you for this opportunity.
I'll give it everything I've got
and show you what I'm made of.
[Jongkook] All right, great.
[Minuk] I'm back.
You better watch out.
[intense music playing]
-[Dex exclaims]
-[Jongkook] They're gonna be surprised.
What would they think when they see this?
-[Lee] This is gonna be fun, huh?
-[Jungkook] Yeah, I think so.
The way I see it,
this three-ring setup is basically saying,
-"Just trade shots."
-"Slug it out."
-Yeah, that's it.
-"Go at it." That's what it looks like.
-All right!
-[in English] Let's go, let's go!
-Let's go!
-All right!
Let's go!
[contestant exclaims]
[in Korean] Gosh, what's this?
-Wait, what?
-[contestants exclaiming]
What is it? What?
-Wait, what?
-This is massive setup.
-What?
-What's this?
[contestant 9]
Man, the scale here is no joke.
-There are rings.
-Oh, there are rings.
[contestant 10] Three of them.
-They're all different sizes.
-[laughs]
-That one's long.
-That looks funny.
-It's like a straight line.
-What? Why is it…
-The ring's a rectangle.
-That one's long.
[contestant 4] Why is it shaped like that?
[contestant 5]
We should be fencing in there.
[Seungjun] That was new.
I've never seen a ring like that.
First thought? "Looks fun."
[Hyunman]
I've never fought on a stage like that
in my entire career.
-Are we fighting over there too?
-[contestant 2] Wait, what's that?
Is there something up there?
-I don't see anything.
-Up there.
-Is something there?
-I'm not sure.
[contestant 5] I saw some kind
of platform over there. Let me guess.
We're supposed to push each other off?
[Jihyeok] You fall off, you're out.
Like the World Martial Arts Tournament.
[Youngho] Are we doing
this Squid Game-style?
-What's this now?
-Just a small ring, I think.
Just a small ring?
-Wait, there's water.
-There's water.
A fight on a flooded ring.
-Water?
-It's water.
-[exclaims]
-[contestant 5] It's water.
-For real?
-[contestant 4] It's water.
[slow rock music playing]
[contestant 1] This is insane.
[Youngho]
Hey, the one with water looks fun.
Water's totally my thing.
[Sungwoon] UDT's got the edge, right?
What are you talking about?
We don't fight underwater.
-[contestant 2] In any case, it's a fight.
-[contestant 3] It's a fight. [exclaims]
I guess we're going to be
fighting today after all.
If it's a fight, I'm pretty confident.
But with only the tough ones left,
I'll have to scrap hard to win.
This round of I Am Boxer is called
the Three Rings.
[contestants exclaiming, applauding]
-[contestant 1] The Three Rings?
-[contestant 2] Totally unexpected.
[contestant 3] This is crazy.
-The scale here is on another level.
-[contestant 5] It's no joke.
[announcer]
We will now reveal the first ring.
[contestant 1] What is it? Where?
[in English] Where is it?
-[in Korean] There?
-There's something up there.
-What?
-What?
Oh!
-[contestant 2] No way.
-It's coming down.
-[contestant 4] What is this, WE?
-[contestant 5 exclaims]
[announcer] First up is the cage ring.
[contestants exclaiming]
[contestant 1]
They're dropping a chicken coop on us.
[contestant 2] Are we doing MMA in there?
[contestant 3]
The cage? It's an actual cage.
[announcer] The cage ring is
a 3-meter square ring
enclosed by chain-link fencing.
-It's like a real chicken coop.
-[contestant 1] It's small.
[contestant 2] Man, that's brutal.
This is gonna get real bloody.
Might as well have our feet tied.
[contestant 4]
Do we have to die to get out?
That's the scariest one.
It was scary.
[chuckles] When the cage came down.
[contestant 1] We'll be locked in
and throwing down for real.
We're in for a real dogfight.
Is there even enough space for a referee?
-The referee's there.
-Really?
-Yeah.
-Even more cramped?
It'll be even more cramped.
[contestant 1] It'd end in a single round.
[contestant 2]
This works against amateur boxers.
They rely on their footwork.
My style's more of an out-boxer.
The cage was so small,
you'd hit the fence with one step.
I didn't want to go anywhere near it.
[announcer]
We will now reveal the second ring.
[contestants sigh, exclaim]
-That one looks sus.
-Sus? [chuckles]
[contestant 3] What is this?
-Nothing's above it, right?
-Yeah.
[Sungwoon] Is something above it too?
[contestant 6, Hunsu] What?
[contestants exclaim]
What?
-What's going on?
-What?
[contestant 1] What is this?
[contestant 2] What is it?
[contestant 3] Who are they?
What's going on?
-Wait, what?
-What?
-Two people?
-What?
-Wait, what?
-What?
-Whoa!
-What?
[contestants exclaim, laugh]
Come on, no way. What?
-A team match?
-Two-on-two?
Two-on-two? What?
-[contestants chuckle]
-[contestant 9] Two-on-two?
-What?
-What is that?
[announcer] The second ring
is the tag ring.
-Tag-team!
-It's a tag-team match.
A tag-team match?
-[contestant] All right, this is it!
-[laughs]
This is what I wanted!
It's like real-life Tekken.
[announcer] The tag ring
is an 8-meter rectangular ring
where one fighter from each team
comes out for a one-on-one bout.
If you tag your teammate in the corner,
you can swap out instantly.
Can't we just stop them from tagging?
But if you pressure them,
they naturally back up.
-This is…
-It's gonna be a dogfight.
The ring's small,
-so it'll be like a backstreet fight.
-Exactly.
I figured
things could get unpredictable there.
[contestant 1]
This setup really suits infighters
since you can't circle out
or move to the side.
-You can just go all out from the start.
-Right.
You can just tag out.
[announcer]
We will now reveal the third ring.
[contestant 1]
This one with water looks fun too.
[contestants exclaiming]
-What?
-It's gonna rain on us?
-What?
-It's gonna rain too?
Boxing in the rain.
That's cool.
[contestant 6]
This one's gonna look the coolest.
It's gonna look the coolest.
[dark ambient electronica music playing]
[announcer] The third ring
is the aqua ring.
The aqua ring is a flooded ring
where you fight under pouring rain.
[exclaims]
-That's insane.
-[cheers]
-[Lee] That's actually so cinematic.
-[Dex exclaims]
-[Lee chuckles] Seriously.
-[Dex] So cool.
Okay, I'm taking this one.
But you can't use your footwork.
You'll be tied down.
Also, bad vision.
It's fine. I never look anyway.
You can't see anything
through your guard anyway,
-so I'm doing this.
-Right.
Just moving around is going to drain you.
You're splashing through water,
and your footwork's out the window.
[contestant 1]
I noticed the floor was flooded.
I figured it'd be a tough setup
for boxers who rely on footwork.
Someone's gonna get lit up
out there in the rain.
Honestly,
I was fine with any of the three.
I'm a heavyweight,
and my striking's solid,
so I felt like I could dominate the fight.
[announcer] Each contestant of I Am Boxer
will have a fight
in one of the three rings.
In this round, three judges
including Master Don Lee
will decide who survives.
Two other judges.
-[announcer] Anyone who loses the fight…
-[contestant 1 exhales]
…is immediately
eliminated.
-…eliminated.
-[contestants groan]
[contestant 2] All right.
[contestant 3 exhales, in English]
Let's go.
[Youngho, in Korean] Fifteen survivors.
They're cutting us in half.
Guess there's no more second chances.
-No.
-Not anymore.
-[Dex] Then they've gotta go all out.
-[Jongkook] Right.
[Youngho sighs] I'm excited and nervous.
It's all hitting me.
[contestant 1] Now that I've made it
this far, I want to move up even more.
[contestant 2]
I fought hard to earn this chance.
I can't get eliminated now.
-I will survive this.
-[contestant] Me too.
[Lee] The Three Rings.
Let me announce
the fighters for each ring.
[contestants exclaiming]
[Chaehyun] I'm nervous.
[Lee] Competing in the cage…
[tense music plays]
…will be 10 fighters.
-What?
-Did he say 10?
Five matches.
Number one.
[contestant] That's the last one I want.
Come on, not me. Don't put me in the cage.
[contestant] I didn't want
to fight in the cage.
I was afraid
I'd just get hit nonstop and be done,
so I definitely
didn't want to end up in there.
[Taesun groans]
This really is nerve-racking.
-Myung Hyunman.
-[contestants exclaim]
Myung Hyunman.
-[contestants exclaim]
-[contestant 1] That's insane.
[contestant 2] This is bad.
-They're putting a bull in a chicken coop?
-[contestant 3 laughing]
[contestant 4] This is crazy.
[Youngho] It's gonna be a slaughterhouse.
-Gosh, seriously.
-That's brutal.
Man, that's brutal.
Anyone getting called after this…
[Dex laughs]
[Jongkook] I bet they're all praying
it's not them.
-[contestant laughs]
-This is scary as hell.
-Whoever goes up against him is dead.
-Right from the start?
[Hyunman] Now that I knew
I was going into the cage,
I was thinking,
"Whoever ends up in there with me,
I feel bad for them."
I was confident I could beat
anyone who challenges me.
Honestly.
Number two.
[Yunchan] If you go in there, you're dead
for real. They'll carry you out.
I have a bad feeling about this.
Not gonna be me, right?
[Jongkook] Kwon Ohgon!
[contestants exclaim]
KWON OHGON - LIGHTWEIGH
SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMP
-[contestant 1] Tough lineup.
-[Juyeong] Couldn't be worse.
[contestant 2] It's going to be
really tough.
Number three.
Man, this is…
-Kim Taesun.
-[contestants exclaiming]
[contestant 1]
Are all the good ones in this group?
KIM TAESUN - CURREN
SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMP
[contestant 2] They're all pro boxers.
In that case, Kim Minuk should also…
I've had enough of that guy. [chuckles]
Number four.
Kim Hyunjun.
-[contestants exclaiming]
-[contestant 1] Oh, Hyunjun?
KIM HYUNJUN
NATIONAL MUAY THAI TEAM FIGHTER
Well, I feel bad about this.
-Lee Sanggeun.
-[in English] Oh, my gosh!
LEE SANGGEUN
JONGKOOK'S BOXING GYM COACH
-[in Korean] Coach.
-Coach.
Coach!
-The lineup's no joke.
-Yeah, you don't want to go there.
[Jongkook] Lee Daeyoung.
-[contestants exclaiming]
-Oh, man.
[contestant 3] A man full of surprises.
Guess this is as far as I go.
[Jongkook] Lim Yunchan!
LIM YUNCHAN
PRO BOXER
-[applause]
-It's Yunchan.
[Jongkook] Nam Minwoo.
NAM MINWOO
COLLEGE STUDEN
[Jongkook] Moon Jihyeok.
MOON JIHYEOK
PACQUIAO'S INTERPRETER
They're all tough fighters.
The kind who stand their ground
and trade heavy shots.
I'm scared.
[Jongkook] Lastly, number 10!
Boy, seriously…
[laughing]
They're all in the same group?
[contestant] There hasn't been
another heavyweight.
[Youngho] I bet they're all thinking,
"Not me."
Anyone but me, please.
Please.
[Jongkook] Lastly, number 10!
Kim Donghoe.
[contestants exclaiming, applauding]
KIM DONGHOE
14-TIME KNSF CHAMP BOXING GHOS
This is absolutely insane.
[contestant 2]
Why's the lineup so tough here?
[contestants exclaiming]
You're kidding.
There's only one fighter
I'm worried about.
Kim Donghoe.
[sighs]
[Donghoe] Myung Hyunman was
one of the guys who got called.
He's the one I'm watching out for.
These 10 fighters
will have their match in the cage.
[contestants cheering]
-Go, Yunchan!
-You got this!
CAGE RING
[Dex] Let me announce
the eight fighters for the second ring,
the aqua ring.
Eight?
[Junseo] I was hoping
I'd get a shot at it.
You never see a setup like that
anywhere else.
[Dowoon] It's going to be
the sexiest fight ever.
Number one, Kim Minuk.
[contestants exclaiming]
[contestant 1] That's gonna be cool.
[contestant 2] It suits him.
He's got that cinematic boxer vibe.
[Youngho] Imagine him boxing
in pouring rain. It's gonna be fire.
This is really gonna look awesome.
-[Dex] Yuk Junseo.
-[contestants exclaiming]
[Sungwoon] UDT, let's get it.
-UDT fighting in water? Sounds right.
-It's gonna be cool.
Are they just picking good-looking guys?
[Dex] Kim Taekmin.
KIM TAEKMIN
STAR ROOKIE
I told you.
With the gloves on, you're the coolest.
-[Dex] Kuk Seungjun.
-[contestants exclaim]
KUK SEUNGJUN
KNSF GOLD MEDALIS
[Dex] Im Dongjin.
IM DONGJIN
BOXING COACH
[Dex] Kim Donghyun.
KIM DONGHYUN
FIREFIGHTER
-His hair's gonna get super curly.
-Yeah, you're right. [laughs]
Right?
[Dex] Lee Dowoon.
LEE DOWOON
ACTOR
They're pretty tough too.
I'm getting fired up now.
-You are?
-Yeah.
-I want to show them.
-Lastly,
number eight.
Hong Sungmin.
-[contestants exclaim]
-Hey, that's gonna be fun.
HONG SUNGMIN
3-TIME KNSF CHAMPION
Well, there are…
There are so many tough ones
in that group.
But their styles all match up.
Damn, I'm gonna be fighting him, aren't I?
I knew it.
[groans]
-Kim Taekmin's in that group.
-I know.
You can kind of see
those two getting matched up.
They've actually had a match before.
He lost.
-Hong Sungmin lost?
-Yeah.
[Dex] Is Kim Taekmin really that good?
-[Lee] He is.
-[Jongkook] He is.
[Sungmin] I'm not sure who'd win
if I went up against Kim Taekmin.
But I'll have to face him
sooner or later anyway.
AQUA RING
Guess the rest of them
are doing two-on-two.
-So we're all doing tag-team?
-Yeah.
Shoot, tag-team?
The tag-team match was my top pick.
I'm pretty good at stepping in and out,
so I felt confident about the range fight.
With our skill? No way we'll lose.
[Hyunjae] Definitely not.
If I'm teaming up with you,
that actually works better.
It's a two-on-two fight
with three 4-minute rounds.
I'm confident in managing the clock
and outthinking them.
TAG RING - CHAEHYUN & HYUNJAE
YOUNGHO & DONGHYUN
MINWOO & GIJUN
HUNSU & JUYEONG
SUNGWOON & YOUMIN
YOHAN & DONGEON
[announcer] I Am Boxer, the Three Rings.
We'll now begin the matchup selection.
[chuckles] The matchups are important.
More important than which ring they're in.
The first fighter is
Kuk Seungjun.
[announcer] When your name is called,
step forward and wait.
Any of the remaining fighters
can challenge the person in front.
[contestant] Hong Sungmin.
-All right, I'm in too. [chuckles]
-[contestants exclaiming]
-[contestants exclaiming]
-[Jongkook] Oh, another one? Awesome.
[announcer] Choose your opponent
from the fighters who challenged you.
I'm going to go with
Kim Donghyun.
-Kim Donghyun.
-[applause]
AQUA RING
KUK SEUNGJUN VS KIM DONGHYUN
[Jongkook] Anyone
who wants to challenge Kim Donghoe,
please step forward.
[Lee] Will anyone challenge him?
-[laughs]
-[contestants exclaiming]
He went for it.
He's actually down for this?
[exclaiming continues]
[exclaiming continues]
-You're the man!
-Cool.
[contestant 1] This is crazy.
We get to see this?
[contestant 3] This is a big match.
[contestant 4] Feels
like the finals already.
Guess it's gonna be another fight
you'd pay to watch.
EPISODE 4
STEP IN, NOW!
[announcer] Round 3 of I Am Boxer,
the Three Rings.
We'll be starting with
the aqua ring.
The fight in the aqua ring
will be three 3-minute rounds.
At exactly 1 minute and 30 seconds
into each round,
it will start raining.
Here we go, the first match.
From what I saw earlier,
the rain was pouring pretty hard.
Fighters who rely on quick reads
or do a lot of slip-and-rips
-might get affected.
-Yeah.
-There'll be a lot of factors at play.
-You're right.
It's hard to predict.
It's going to mess up your vision.
You're right. If your hair gets wet,
-it'll fall in your face.
-Exactly.
Once it starts raining,
will your shots get less accurate?
I think the worst part would be
the water getting in your eyes.
-It's gonna feel refreshing.
-I know.
[Minuk] It might
actually perk you back up.
[announcer] I Am Boxer's aqua ring.
Fighters, step in.
[contestant] Who's it gonna be?
I'm excited.
[announcer] Blue corner,
-Kim Donghyun.
-[contestants exclaiming]
-[contestant 1] Good luck!
-[contestant 2] Let's go!
-[Jongkook] He's good with water.
-The pride of the firefighters.
-You got this!
-It's gonna feel refreshing.
[Lee] He's got a nice physique.
I hear he works out all the time.
[Jongkook] He didn't build
that body for show,
-but to use power.
-[Dex] Real fighting muscle.
He's won all seven of his fights in KSAF.
-That fireman was in the special forces.
-[contestant] Oh, was he?
[announcer] Red corner, Kuk Seungjun.
-Let's go!
-[clamoring]
-[contestant 1] Looking good!
-[contestant 2] Let's go!
-Looking good!
-Handsome guy.
[exclaiming continues]
-[contestant 1] He's tall too, 186 cm.
-Man, he's got great length.
Nice physicality.
[contestant 3] He looks
like an actor or a model.
KNSF GOLD MEDALIS
KUK SEUNGJUN
SOLDIER TURNED FIREMAN
KIM DONGHYUN
Is he an out-boxer?
Seungjun? No, an infighter.
He stands his ground
and digs in with his shots.
Heavy, painful shots.
-He presses forward on anyone he faces.
-[breathes heavily]
[Donghyun] Actually,
I knew who Kuk Seungjun was.
He won gold at the KNSF
and tried out for the national team.
He still trains with a works team.
But I think
he might actually let his guard down.
Pro or amateur,
if my rear hand lands clean,
I can beat them.
There are only a few of us left
who box for fun.
I'm not gonna lose.
I'll fight till the end.
I'll treat this as my stage to shine
and prove myself.
-All right!
-You got this!
I get it. I feel the same way.
-Let's go, 119.
-[applause]
The fireman here has got a great body.
But boxing isn't about muscles.
[exclaiming]
[Seungjun] But boxing isn't about muscles.
-[contestants exclaiming]
-[chuckles]
Some people do think it's about muscles.
-Yeah, I've seen plenty.
-[laughs]
Why do I feel attacked? [chuckles]
Why do I…
I'm into competitive boxing,
so someone who just boxes for fun
wouldn't really be a match for me.
I'll show him
what real boxing is.
-All right!
-Come on, let's go!
[contestants exclaiming]
[contestant 1] Let's go!
[contestant 2] Let's go, Mr. Fireman!
But a regular guy
versus a works-team boxer?
-Box!
-[bell dings]
-Box!
-Stay focused!
ROUND 1 OF 3
KUK SEUNGJUN X KIM DONGHYUN
[contestant exclaims]
[contestants clamoring]
Whoa, what?
[exclaiming]
[exclaiming continues]
-Keep your distance!
-Wait, what?
The fireman's no soft touch.
They're going at it from the start?
That's wild.
What? He's so good.
He could knock him out with that.
[Donghyun] Because the ring was flooded,
our feet got tied down.
I was confident in my stamina,
so I figured
I should keep pressing forward.
Looks like Kim Donghyun's plan
is to throw big swings.
Those could knock you out.
That's knockout stuff.
[Seungjun] I simply thought the water on
the floor would just bother me a little,
but it was surprisingly hard to deal with.
[contestant 1] Stay calm!
[contestant 2] They can't do
those quick, light steps.
It's hard to back up.
Going forward is easier.
[Seungjun] If you move around
too much with your footwork,
you could slip,
and that slip
could even lead to a knockdown.
Seungjun, don't move around too much!
-[contestants exclaiming]
-[gasps]
ROUND 1 OF 3
KUK SEUNGJUN X KIM DONGHYUN
It's raining.
All right! Let's go!
Looking great!
[contestant 1] That's crazy.
[contestant 2] Total dopamine rush.
[exclaiming]
[contestant 1] This is insane!
[contestant 2] That's so cool.
It's really like a movie scene.
[contestant 4] Good, good, good!
Let's go, let's go!
[contestant 6] Stay calm.
[contestants exclaiming]
Oh, my.
-It's like Nowhere to Hide, the movie.
-[contestant 2] Yeah, Nowhere to Hide.
Now this is the stuff that fires you up.
They're fighting like
this is a single-round fight.
[contestant 1] They should save
their energy.
[contestant 2] Keep going till the end!
Nice body shot.
[contestant] Go to the body!
The body, Seungjun!
-Oh, nice body shot.
-Good one.
Kuk Seungjun is known for
his killer body shots.
Oh, so he's good at body shots?
[Lee] He needs
to rest, but Kim won't let him.
-He won't let him breathe.
-[Jongkook] He won't get off him.
[Donghyun] When I took that body shot,
-it really threw me off.
-[contestant exclaims]
[contestant 1] How is he
still standing after that?
[contestants exclaiming]
He landed quite a few shots there.
-[bell dings]
-Stop!
-[contestants clamoring]
-[contestant 1] That was cool. So cool.
That was so cool.
[contestant 3] The grit.
[Youngho] That was amazing.
Awesome.
What a fight.
See that? He just keeps going like this.
Kim Donghyun had a close call there.
Those body shots, though.
Kuk landed it
right as Kim threw his right.
He throws it with both his left and right.
[Jongkook] That piles on the damage.
If you get clipped after that,
you're done.
I had only one thought.
Body shots all the way.
Aiming for a body-shot KO
and going in hot
as an infighter.
He took, like, 15 body shots.
I'm not kidding.
-The guy can take hits.
-He's holding up well.
[Donghyun] I just kept telling myself,
"You can do this."
The fact that I didn't go down
when he hit me
meant I could take it.
So I thought, "Just hold up till the end."
"You've got this."
ROUND 2 OF 3
KUK SEUNGJUN X KIM DONGHYUN
-[bell dings]
-Box!
Yes, keep pushing in.
Keep pushing in, and bang!
[contestants exclaiming]
You're doing great, Donghyun!
-Right from the start again?
-[contestant 4] They're going at it.
[exclaiming continues]
[contestant 5] That's some crazy stamina.
He keeps driving in.
-Oh, boy.
-All right!
[contestant 7] They've
both got amazing stamina.
[Jihyeok] Let's go!
[exclaims] You got him!
Man, he's got a great punch.
[Seungjun] I was really trying to finish
the fight, throwing with everything I had.
But he just wouldn't go down.
[contestant] Cover up your body!
Oh, that uppercut.
-His durability, though.
-I know, right?
[Seungjun] When I land clean body shots,
even pros can't take them.
But he was actually countering them,
and I took a lot of shots
I didn't see coming.
Don't let him hit you!
[contestants exclaiming]
[contestant] Nice uppercut.
Kim's throwing uppercuts knowing his chin
opens up when he goes to the body.
Those uppercuts are dangerous.
-Let's go!
-All right!
-[exclaims]
-[Hyunman grunts]
He's getting hit.
[Jongkook] He's got
a great short-range shot.
He's putting up a really good fight.
How's the fireman so good?
He's not even a pro.
[contestant 1] Oh, nice body shot!
Nice body shot!
-He caught him.
-[exclaim]
[exclaim]
-That looked bad.
-He just took three shots.
He's not going down.
-Cover up your body!
-He was doing so well.
[Lee] He's got great stamina,
and he just won't stop firing.
[Jongkook] He's throwing nonstop.
[Lee] He moves his head as he punches,
and that's great.
[Donghyun] I've never fought
a trained competitive boxer before,
but if I just keep pushing in
and stay on him like glue,
I might find an opening.
[contestant] You're awesome, Mr. Fireman!
Looks like he's getting a bit tired,
but he's still throwing.
-Ten seconds!
-Keep going till the end!
Keep going till the end!
[contestants exclaim]
[contestant 1] That one landed clean.
This is crazy.
ROUND 2 OF 3
KUK SEUNGJUN X KIM DONGHYUN
-[bell dings]
-Stop!
[contestants exclaiming]
-Wow.
-That was cool.
He's still standing after that?
That's amazing.
-That's fighting spirit.
-He's got real grit.
When Kuk Seungjun digs to the body
and throws uppercuts,
they come whipping in from behind.
-That swing is so…
-Like this.
It's pretty unique.
[Lee] It's called a bolo punch.
You find the right timing.
With your left hand,
you dip and bring it up like this.
Yeah, he didn't even feint.
Kim Donghyun's holding up really well.
[Dex] He's
like a zombie that won't go down.
[contestant 1] Those shots were
powerful enough to drop him.
[contestant 2] He's got a chin,
but it's really his mental strength.
Honestly,
I'd already hit my limit by then.
I'd taken too many body shots.
It was getting hard to breathe,
and I felt weak in the knees.
I kept thinking about
dropping to my knees,
but I'm here representing firefighters.
If I keep fighting to the end
without going down,
then people
might see us as more dependable.
That thought kept me going.
-Let's go, Mr. Fireman! Keep going!
-[contestant 2] Come on!
-[contestant 3] Just keep going!
-[contestant 4] Go, Mr. Fireman!
-This is the last one!
-Don't give up!
[contestant 7] Let's go!
Keep going! Keep going!
Last one!
[bell dings]
-Box!
-[contestant 1] You got this!
[contestant 2] Focus!
[contestant 3] Nice jab.
-He's got crazy stamina.
-You got this!
-[contestant 6] Seungjun!
-Now it's all mental!
[contestants exclaiming]
-That one landed.
-Way to go!
[contestants exclaiming]
[contestant 1] He's still holding up?
His mental strength is insane.
-[contestant 3] Go, Seungjun!
-Let's go!
[Seungjun] I looked him in the eye
and saw the fight in him.
I had to give it to him.
His mental strength is unreal.
I figured if I let my guard down,
I might be the one going down.
[contestants] Let's go!
[Jongkook] Wow, that's real boxing.
Go, Mr. Fireman!
[contestant 1] Don't give up, Donghyun!
-Yes! Damn, that body shot.
-This is it!
[contestant 3] Go, Seungjun!
[Lee] Seungjun is leaving it
all out there too. He's fighting hard.
[contestants exclaiming]
[contestant 1] Focus, both of you!
-It's all mental!
-Keep going!
Show us what firefighters are made of!
ROUND 3 OF 3
KUK SEUNGJUN X KIM DONGHYUN
-Ninety seconds!
-Keep going!
-This is it!
-Don't give up!
[contestant 5] Hold on!
Stay with it and focus!
[contestants exclaiming]
They're really giving it their all.
[contestant gasps]
Push through!
-They look gassed.
-This is it!
[contestant 4] They're really amazing.
[contestant 5] It's almost over!
You're almost there!
That's pure mental strength.
[contestant 1] Man, that's real grit.
-Box!
-[contestant 1] This is a great fight.
[contestant 2] Come on,
come on! Keep going!
Keep going! No regrets!
[Lee] See that? He's still throwing.
-Right, it's incredible.
-Yeah.
[Dex] Wait, Kuk Seungjun is exhausted too.
-He is.
-He's exhausted.
He's tired too!
It's not about technique now!
Just keep throwing!
It's all instinct now.
[contestants exclaiming]
-That's it!
-Keep going till the end!
-Don't go down.
-Don't give up!
Wow, how do you…
-I admire them, seriously.
-This is epic. Let's go!
[contestant 1] It's almost over!
[contestant 2] It's all instinct now!
[contestants panting]
[contestant 1] Keep going till the end!
-Ten seconds!
-Gotta keep going!
[contestant] Ten seconds!
Ten seconds! Show us!
[Seungjun] I gotta finish it.
Let's fight to the end.
[contestants panting, grunting]
Come on, keep throwing!
Final push!
[contestants exclaiming]
ROUND 3 OF 3
KUK SEUNGJUN X KIM DONGHYUN
[contestant] That was insane.
-[contestants cheering]
-[applause]
[contestant 1] You were awesome!
[cheering]
That was really… [chuckles]
[contestant 1] That was insane.
[contestant 2] What a fight.
[contestant 3] That was incredible.
That's the real Korean Zombie right there.
[contestant 5] Impressive!
[Dex] Wow, that's so cool.
[contestant 6] That's sportsmanship.
There are fights that are fun,
and fights that are cool.
[contestant 7] This one was
both fun and cool.
[Lee] You were really, really awesome.
Both of you.
-[Jongkook] Seriously.
-[Lee] It was like watching a movie.
By judges' decision…
[Donghyun] I think I showed everything
I came here ready to show.
I have no regrets.
[Seungjun] He was such a tough opponent,
and I really gave it everything I had.
The winner is…
-Kuk Seungjun from the red corner.
-[contestants clamoring]
-[contestant 1] You put up a good fight!
-[contestant 2] Nicely done!
-[contestant 3] That's so cool.
-[contestant 4] Well done, both of you.
[contestant 5] That was
a highlight moment.
He put up a hell of a fight.
[chuckles, sighs] Kim Donghyun fought
so well.
It was a great fight. Thank you.
[Jongkook gasps, chuckles]
Kim Donghyun, you were really awesome.
Although my fight
in the boxing ring ends today,
out there on the job, in my real ring,
-I'll keep fighting even harder.
-[contestants cheering]
Thank you.
[contestant 1] Go get 'em!
-You're the best!
-You're amazing!
-Man, that was insane.
-[contestant 4] Go get 'em!
Hunsu, you said you wanted
to be a fireman, right?
-Yeah, and now I want it even more.
-[chuckles]
I'm definitely becoming a fireman.
Boy, next up we've got
two orthodox infighters.
-Both of them?
-Yeah.
Their reach, weight, and everything else…
-They're similar, right?
-[Jongkook] They are.
[Dex] They have a lot in common.
[announcer] I Am Boxer's aqua ring.
Blue corner,
Yuk Junseo.
[contestants clamoring]
-[contestant 1] Go, Junseo!
-[contestant 2] Let's go!
Good luck!
[announcer] Red corner,
Lee Dowoon.
-[contestant 1] All right.
-[contestant 2] Good luck!
-You got this!
-Let's go, let's go!
-A good-looking pair.
-A good-looking pair.
Handsome guy.
[contestant 1] He looks so good.
[contestant 2] It's like he's
right out of a movie.
[contestant 3] Do you know
the other guy's background?
-He's just a regular guy.
-[exhales sharply]
In Round 1, he looked like
he had the basics down.
Well, he wanted to join the boxing team
at a sports high school.
[Jongkook] Anyone
who wants to challenge Lee Dowoon,
please step forward.
[Junseo] It's important
who you get matched with
since it's a one-on-one fight after all,
so I challenged the guy
I thought I could beat.
[Dowoon] Even when we had
90 people in Round 1,
Yuk Junseo was the one I wanted to fight.
-[contestant 1] Hello.
-[contestant 2] Hi.
-Hey.
-Hi.
-Hello.
-Hello.
-Could I get a handshake?
-Oh, sure.
Pleasure to meet you.
-I've watched your show.
-[Junseo] Really?
Thank you.
[Dowoon] You look unreal in person.
[Dowoon] Junseo and I are not boxers
by trade.
[contestant] He's fast.
[contestants exclaim]
I want a match with Yuk Junseo.
His style's similar to mine.
I don't know about anything else,
but I think I can beat him in boxing.
I felt totally fired up.
I'm gonna get past you and move up.
Sorry, man.
-All right!
-Go crazy, guys.
-[contestants exclaiming]
-[applause]
-Let's go!
-Make it fun. Make it big!
-Box!
-[bell dings]
-[contestant 1] Let's go!
-[contestant 2] All right!
ROUND 1 OF 3
LEE DOWOON X YUK JUNSEO
One-two! Let's get it!
[contestants exclaiming]
Coming in hot from the start, as expected.
[contestant 1] He's just a born fighter.
[contestants exclaiming]
[Jongkook] He's just throwing nonstop.
Junseo's got some serious strength.
See? Born fighter.
[contestant 1] I think he
just fights on instinct.
[contestant 2] Wow, he's got a good punch.
Looks like he's getting hit,
but Lee's actually doing well,
keeping his guard tight.
-He's reading his pattern.
-[Jongkook] He is. He's observing for now.
[Dowoon] It was my plan
to take a few shots at first.
If he kept pressuring me like that,
I figured I'd wait for him
to let his guard down
and land a good counter.
[contestants exclaiming]
-Oh!
-Watch out for the big ones!
That's it. That's how you do it.
[Dex] Good! Stay calm!
He's holding his own.
-All right, all right!
-Nice!
[contestant 3] They're doing great.
One minute and 30 seconds! Let's go!
-Jab!
-Be confident!
-Nice jab.
-Great!
He keeps working the jab.
He's got to dig in deeper.
It's not landing.
[Junseo] I was landing my jabs,
but my one-twos weren't connecting.
They kept missing
or getting blocked when he rolled.
So I tried to be as accurate as I could.
[contestant 1] All right!
They're on a similar level.
Not many of their shots are landing.
Keep your guard up.
Ten seconds!
-[contestants exclaiming]
-[gasps]
-He got Junseo.
-You got it!
Go for the big one!
Cover up and go for the big one!
-Go, get in there!
-Go, step in!
-Go, go, go!
-This is it!
-[bell dings]
-[referee] Stop!
[Dex] That was a close call just now.
He was wobbling for a second there.
[Junseo] I took a few big ones
trying to close in.
Going into Round 2,
I knew I had to get my head on straight.
First of all,
Yuk Junseo keeps working his jab.
-He keeps throwing.
-[Lee] Yeah.
He's keeping the range pretty well too.
But Lee Dowoon's got the mental toughness.
[Jongkook] He does,
but his shots are missing something.
[Dex] He should throw more.
-Go, Junseo!
-Let's go!
-You got this!
-Keep going like this!
[contestant 5] Go, Dowoon!
[contestant 6] Let's go!
-[Youngho] You're doing great. Let's go!
-[bell dings]
-Let's go!
-All right!
[contestant 3] Come on, let's go!
-Dowoon, be confident!
-You've gotta go first!
Just push in.
-Yes, there you go!
-All right!
[contestants exclaiming]
[contestant 1] All right, great!
Good! Nice one.
Don't just stand there!
-There!
-Yes, that's it!
Yes, that's how you throw it.
[Dex] Lee Dowoon's got real weight
behind shots like that.
[Junseo] He was landing a couple
of those big, dangerous shots,
so I tried to keep my distance
and avoid them.
[contestant 1] Nice moves!
[contestant 2] He looks
even more confident than his last fight.
[contestant 3] Counter right away!
Pick up the pace!
[contestants exclaim]
[exclaiming]
[exclaims]
He ate that one!
[contestant 1] Come on, let's go!
[contestant 2] Go to the body!
[contestant 3] Yuk Junseo's got
real power.
See how he's going after him?
[contestant 5] Junseo's got this round.
That's got to hurt.
[Lee] Dowoon, jab! You've gotta fire back.
[contestant 1] You've gotta go now!
Go now!
Don't just sit in guard! Fire back!
[Lee] You've got to attack!
[contestant 1] Dowoon, jab!
You've got to use
every last bit of strength.
-He shouldn't be backing up right now.
-[Jongkook] Exactly.
Dowoon, you've got to throw more!
[Dowoon] Taking his shots for real,
they were so heavy.
-Damn!
-Wow.
They hurt and made my head spin.
I was shaken, to be honest.
It's not going well for Lee Dowoon.
He's getting roped in.
[contestant 1] Ten seconds!
He's been waiting for too long.
[Lee] Fight back! You've got to fire back!
This isn't the time to wait!
Dowoon, step in!
[contestant] All right!
No, his shots aren't landing. See?
You've gotta keep moving!
Be more confident!
-[bell rings]
-Stop!
[contestants exclaim]
[contestant 1] He's good. Junseo's good.
[contestant 2]
I think Yuk Junseo's gonna win.
[Dex] Looked like
Lee Dowoon's shots weren't really landing.
[tense music]
[Dowoon] I honestly thought
Junseo would gas out fast,
but he wasn't getting
as tired as I expected.
I was pouring out everything I had.
I just kept thinking, "Throw one more,"
no matter the situation.
[Junseo] It was only three rounds,
so I wasn't thinking about saving energy.
I figured I'd go all-out
and take every round.
-[contestant 1] Last one!
-[Jongkook] This is the final round!
-Keep going like this!
-Let's go!
Let's go!
[contestant 3] You got this!
[contestant 4] Dowoon, push harder!
You keep waiting, you lose!
[Jongkook] Don't back up now.
If you hesitate now, you lose.
-[contestant 1] Last one!
-This is it! Let's go!
ROUND 3 OF 3
LEE DOWOON X YUK JUNSEO
-Come on!
-[referee] Box!
[contestant 4] Final round! Keep it up!
[contestant 5] This is it! Make it happen!
[commentators exclaim]
[Donghoe] All right, great!
[intense music plays]
-[contestant 1] He's firing nonstop.
-He has him cornered.
[contestant 3] Wow, that was intense.
[contestants exclaim]
[contestant 5] Go to the body!
-[contestant 6] More! More! More!
-Close in!
-[contestant 7] Oh, oh, oh.
-[contestant 8 exclaims]
[contestant 8] Uppercut!
[contestants exclaim]
-He's got a good punch.
-Go, go, go!
He seems to know when to throw.
[contestants exclaim]
[contestant 2] His shots must be heavy.
[contestant 3] He's a real fighter.
-Born fighter.
-[laughs]
-[cheering]
-[contestant 4] All right, nice!
[contestant 5] This is it!
One minute left!
-Let's go!
-Dowoon, you've gotta go now!
[Lee] Dowoon, step in!
-[contestant 7] Let's go!
-That's it!
-[Jongkook] Go, push in! More! More!
-Go after him!
Great!
Push in! More!
[contestant 1] Keep going! Keep going!
[Jongkook] That's it. Get in there.
[contestants cheering]
[Junseo] He was keeping his distance,
so I figured
I'd push in more aggressively.
I thought I'd better close in on him
and keep pushing forward.
[contestants exclaim]
-Rush him again!
-[contestant 2 exclaims]
[contestants exclaim]
[contestants exclaim]
That's it! Now!
[contestant 1] All right!
[contestant 2] Keep going!
[contestant 4] Pour it out now!
[contestant 5]
This is it! Your last chance!
You can do it!
[Dowoon] He was like a raging bull.
He beat on me
at the same pace all three rounds.
It almost felt like he was schooling me.
[laughing]
"Come on, don't just stand there."
-[contestant 1] Almost there!
-Go, go!
[Jongkook, Dex] Ah…
[contestants exclaim]
[Sungmin] Oh!
[exciting music plays]
[contestants exclaim]
-You've gotta go! Go!
-You've gotta go!
You've gotta go now!
[contestants exclaim]
[contestant 1] Go! You've gotta go now!
-[contestant 2] Go! Get in there!
-Come on!
-You've gotta go!
-[contestant 4] Why stop?
-What the heck?
-[Hunsu] You've gotta go!
[Dowoon] I landed that shot clean,
but it didn't seem to do anything to him.
It felt like
I got overwhelmed by his stare.
I just couldn't push in.
[contestant 1] Get in there!
[contestant 2] You're running out of time!
-[contestant 3] Ten seconds!
-Ten!
[contestant 5] Just push in!
[contestants exclaim]
[contestant 6] You wanna have regrets?
-[contestant 7] You've gotta go!
-[contestant 8] Oh!
[contestants exclaim]
Don't let him breathe!
[contestants exclaim]
Pour it out!
Go for the big one!
[referee] Stop!
[exclaiming]
-At the end…
-It was like a movie, trading in the rain.
[Hunsu] That was a cool fight.
It was so cool.
[Minuk] It's moving.
I thought he was gonna give up.
Good for him.
[Lee] By judges' decision…
[contestant 1] Gotta be Junseo, right?
-[contestant 2] Definitely, yeah.
-Definitely.
[contestant 4]
But Lee connected the combo at the end.
[laughing] Yeah, at the end.
By judges' decision,
the winner is…
[tense music playing]
Yuk Junseo from the blue corner.
-[cheering]
-You got it! Way to go!
-[contestant 2] He's built for the water.
-Wow!
You're awesome!
[applause]
[Junseo] I somehow made it to Round 3,
so I want to survive to the end.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime challenge,
so I'm gonna do my best to survive.
[tense music playing]
[announcer] I Am Boxer's tag ring.
The match will begin now.
The fight in the tag ring
will be three 4-minute rounds.
Once per round,
fighters can switch out by tagging gloves.
There's no tag team in boxing.
-[Lee] No.
-Nothing like that.
-[Dex] I mean…
-[Jongkook] This is new.
…we've never seen anything like this.
-No cross-weight fights or team events.
-[Jongkook] Right.
[Lee] They never fight as a team.
[contestant] This is so original.
[announcer] When your name is called,
please step into the ring.
[commentators gasp]
[contestant 1] Who's up first?
[contestant 2] Who's it gonna be?
[contestant 3] Who is it?
[contestant 4, softly] Who?
[contestant 5] Here we go.
Who's up first?
[contestant 6] Who's going first?
Let's have some fun.
[Hyunjae] Well, I'm a little nervous.
[announcer] Red corner.
Lee Chaehyun, Cho Hyunjae.
[Hyunjae cheers]
-All right, let's go!
-Let's go!
All right!
[contestant 4]
They're one of the tough ones.
[contestant 5] Both KAFAC boxers.
[Dex]
They're the pride of the Korean army.
They're both from
the Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps.
[Hyunjae] I wanted to team up
with Lee Chaehyun from the KAFAC.
[Chaehyun]
I picked Cho Hyunjae straightaway.
KAFAC boxers pairing up? That's not fair.
[tense music playing]
[announcer] Blue corner.
Park Sungwoon, Jin Youmin.
-[Sungwoon] Oh no!
-Let's go!
[Junseo] Hey, you scared me.
[Seungjun] Love that energy!
[Dex laughs] Wow, that's some real grit.
[Jongkook] They need to use their size.
[Dex] Right, they need to use
their weight advantage.
Hyunjae and Chaehyun were the ones
I thought would be the toughest to beat,
so I was a bit on edge.
But I'm bigger than both of them,
so I figured I'd just knock them out.
[Dex] I'm sure a lot of you
are excited about this match.
Before we start,
let's hear the fighters' thoughts.
[Chaehyun] I'll show you I can fight well
no matter what kind of ring I'm in.
[Dex] Spoken like a true soldier.
He kept it polite.
[Sungwoon] I heard they're from
the Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps.
I'll knock them out
and get them discharged.
…and get them discharged.
[contestants exclaim]
-Good one.
-He got them.
[cheering, laughing]
[Jongkook] Oh, boy.
[Lee] That's bold.
[Dex laughs]
That's some serious determination.
[Dex sighs]
[contestant] Wow, hey.
[Lee] Well, he really is a lot bigger.
-[Jongkook] He is.
-Yeah.
It's not just his weight.
-His reach too. He's much taller.
-[Lee] That's right.
[Lee]
Chaehyun and Hyunjae are both out-boxers
who rely on speed.
I know they're good, but can they
overcome the weight difference?
-[Lee] Right.
-[Jongkook] And the ring.
[tense music playing]
On paper, Red should win, but…
I know. It's not gonna be easy.
[Jihyeok] I wonder who's gonna go first
between those two.
[Nam Minwoo] Probably the heavyweight.
Is the heavyweight gonna come out first
and clean them out?
[announcer] The match will begin now.
Fighters going first,
step into the ring.
[Dex]
I think it's Park Sungwoon. I knew it.
PARK SUNGWOON GOES FIRS
-Go, Toongsoon!
-All right!
[Jongkook] Lee Chaehyun's going first.
[contestant 3] Let's go, Chaehyun!
-[contestant 4] This is gonna be fun.
-Well, this is…
[Dex] I think it's a nice way
to kick it off, for both of them.
-You got this!
-Good luck!
[Hyunman] You can see the size difference.
[contestant 5] Who's gonna win?
[announcer] The match will begin now.
[Jongkook exclaims]
Box!
-[Hyunjae] Don't go in first.
-All right!
-Go!
-[Hyunjae] Loosen up.
-Okay, good.
-[Youmin] Just do what you always do.
[Hyunjae] All right, nice!
Tuck your chin and loosen up!
Hey, nice jab!
Chaehyun, shoot it up!
-That's it.
-[cheering]
All right, good.
See? You get pushed back like that.
[Taesun] He's faster than I thought.
[referee] No clinching.
[Dex]
Getting pressed down like that drains you.
Shoot it up! Throw it upward!
That's it! Doing great!
He's good.
There you go!
Cover up, all right?
-[Dex] Park Sungwoon can take hits.
-That's a real fighter right there.
All right, good.
-But we'll have to see if he can last.
-[Dex] Right.
[contestants exclaim]
[contestants exclaim]
You got him!
-Wait, what?
-What?
[contestant 3] What?
[contestant 4] Wow, that looked heavy.
-[Minuk] Sungwoon hasn't taken any shots.
-[Daeyoung] Right.
[Minuk] Chaehyun's taken quite a few.
This is gonna be tough.
Chaehyun, loosen up a little.
Chaehyun, stay calm!
[contestant 6] Stay calm!
[Chaehyun]
In a square ring, I can use my speed
and control the fight.
But in that ring,
he kept pressing with power,
and it really threw me off.
Go to the body and throw some feints.
Throw it upward!
-[all laughing]
-What was that?
[Hyunjae]
You're doing great. Work the jab!
[contestant 4]
Feints! That's it! Keep going!
Yes, that's it!
-There you go!
-Hey, shoot it up!
The shots are not doing anything to him.
[contestant 1] Now, up! Throw a hook!
-That's it!
-[Youmin] Keep going like that!
[contestant 3] Awesome!
-Extend it!
-"Bring it on." [laughs]
[Lee] He might think
those shots are ineffective,
but they wear you out
if you keep taking them.
-[Sungwoon] Keep it coming!
-[referee] No turning.
[contestants exclaim]
Keep it coming!
[contestants exclaim]
[all shouting]
[Lee] Nice counter.
[Jongkook] Slip and rip!
That was a slip and uppercut.
-Wow.
-[Dex] Just when he stepped in…
[Jongkook] Slip and uppercut.
It didn't seem like the right time,
but he was waiting for it.
That's why he kept provoking.
"Come at me."
[Hyunjae] It's okay, it's okay!
[contestants exclaim]
Stay calm, Chaehyun! Stay calm!
Hey, you're strong!
You're doing great!
[Hyunjae] Wanna switch?
[Youmin] Keep going!
-[contestant 1] Nice one!
-Great.
[Youmin] Toongsoon, go to the body first!
[Dex]
Wait, Park Sungwoon's looking a bit tired.
-[Jongkook] Yeah.
-[Dex] He's…
[Jongkook]
His punches are starting to lose steam.
[Dex] He's getting tired now.
He's starting to breathe heavy.
Toongsoon, keep moving!
-Chaehyun, quick shots and get out! Yes!
-All right!
[contestant 2] Uppercut!
-[Hyunjae] Nice one.
-[referee] Swap!
[contestant 3]
Hyunjae, you need to move quick!
-[Youmin] You want to switch?
-He should save his energy.
It's better to switch.
[contestant 4] Save your strength.
[Lee] Jin Youmin's up.
Let's see if he can keep up
with Cho's speed.
[Nam Minwoo]
Hey, he's gonna be even faster.
-One minute left!
-[referee] Let's go!
-Box!
-A pro versus an amateur.
[contestant 2]
They're fighting for their pride.
ROUND 1 OF 3
CHO HYUNJAE X JIN YOUMIN
[contestants exclaim]
[referee] Whoa, man.
-[contestant 3] Strong opening.
-He's crazy strong.
Wow, that grit.
Box!
[contestant 2] Yes! That's it!
-[contestant 3] That looked heavy.
-[gasping]
A pro would definitely have
the upper hand in this ring.
[contestant 5]
Yeah, there's no where to run.
The ring really changes the game.
[Hyunjae] It was tougher than I thought.
The ring was different,
and he kept coming in with his head down.
It was a bit frustrating.
[Hyunjae]
Still, I was confident in my speed,
so I figured
I'd just throw a lot and throw fast.
-[contestant 1] Nice!
-Good going!
[contestant 3] Wow, they're fast.
[contestant 1] Smart moves!
Hyunjae's so good.
[Chaehyun] Doing great, Hyunjae!
[Lee] Jin Youmin keeps…
He keeps going in with his head down.
He's aiming too low, isn't he?
[Jongkook] He doesn't have to do that.
[contestant 1] Stay calm!
[contestant 2] Ten seconds!
[Lee] He doesn't have to do that.
-[Jongkook] No, he doesn't.
-[referee] Watch it.
[Dex] He's hitting a lot of arms
instead of the head.
[contestant 3] Cho's good at clinching.
[referee] Stop!
[contestant 4] Good, good, good.
[contestant 5] Well done.
-That was good.
-Yeah.
Oh. It's not that
Jin Youmin lacks technique,
-so why go in blind like that?
-He's fired up today.
I think that's his plan today,
to keep pressuring.
But with his head down like this,
his aim naturally drops.
Toongsoon is so much better
than I expected, by the way.
[contestant 1] Park Sungwoon was like…
He's got a heavy punch.
[Youmin]
Toongsoon, take your time in there.
-He's good.
-You're winning.
[tense music playing]
[Sungwoon]
After taking a few shots, I realized
there's not much to those elite boxers.
I was ready to fight it out.
I bet Red's got a lot to think about.
[Hyunjae] You need more rest?
-Are you all recovered now?
-[Chaehyun] Yeah, I am.
-I'm not tired.
-[Hyunjae] All right.
-It's the weight difference.
-Mmm.
-I was…
-[Hyunjae] You should…
-Get more snap in your punches.
-[Chaehyun] Faster?
Get more snap in them.
-I tried to take him head-on at first.
-[Hyunjae] It's fine.
Should I go first?
[Chaehyun] What if the big one comes out?
[Hyunjae]
I'll try to get him with quick shots.
If it doesn't work, you can tag in.
We can switch then.
[announcer] Fighters, step into the ring.
-[tense music playing]
-[Jihyeok] Come on, let's go!
Who's up… Oh, damn.
Damn.
[Jihyeok] What? You sure?
[Seungjun] Oh.
RED CORNER'S FIRST FIGHTER IN
ROUND 2: CHO HYUNJAE 118 CM/98 KG
[Dex] Cho Hyunjae versus Park Sungwoon.
-He looks like a giant next to him.
-Yeah.
I can't wait to see this.
[contestant 4]
There's a serious weight difference.
They're 34 kg apart.
-Oh!
-[contestant 2] Come on, let's go!
[Sungwoon] A fly's buzzing in my face.
Let me kill it.
[Hyunjae] I'll prove to you
that boxing isn't about size.
[bell ringing]
Box!
ROUND 2 OF 3
CHO HYUNJAE X PARK SUNGWOON
-Box!
-Move after you hit!
-Great!
-Yeah!
-You're doing great!
-Go, go!
-[Youmin] That's it!
-You got it!
[contestants cheer]
[Youmin] Hold your ground!
[Sungmin] Awesome! That's fantastic!
[contestant 6] How fast!
[Sungmin] Awesome! That's fantastic!
He's so fast. Wow.
[Sungmin] That's fantastic!
-Hyunjae, have fun with it!
-Nice!
-Just have fun with it!
-Way to go!
[Jongkook] He's gotta corner him first.
-Punching while he chases won't work.
-[cheering]
Hyunjae, you're doing awesome!
Sungwoon, try to land some one-twos!
[Hyunjae] Assuming he'd gas out
pretty fast, I tried to throw
as much as I could, as fast as I could.
And it worked.
-Hyunjae's good.
-[referee] Watch the head.
Work the body first!
[contestants exclaim]
-You're doing great, Toongsoon!
-Let's go, Hyunjae!
-Hyunjae, you're doing awesome!
-Go!
-[contestants exclaim]
-Try to throw it up from underneath!
-[contestant 3] He looks tired already.
-That's it!
-Shoot it up!
-It's okay!
-That's it, Sungwoon! Uppercut then hook!
-There!
[referee] Watch your head.
[Youmin] There you go! You caught him!
[Dex] Park Sungwoon's gassed.
-He's looking exhausted.
-[Daeyoung] Yeah.
Come on, focus!
[contestant 1] Good! That's it!
-He's gassed! Just have fun with it!
-Guard up!
You caught him!
-That's it!
-Yes, you caught him!
-You can tag out!
-Great!
[Lee] He's gassed out.
Park Sungwoon's gassed out.
-I'm exhausted.
-[laughing]
What the heck?
-He's gassed out.
-All right!
BLUE CORNER SWITCH: JIN YOUMIN
-Toongsoon's exhausted.
-No! [laughing]
[Dex] He's totally gassed out.
Sungwoon, breathe! Breathe!
[Lee] Between Cho Hyunjae and
Park Sungwoon, Cho Hyunjae's the winner.
-Between the two.
-[Dex] You're right.
[Jongkook] Totally.
Okay, good!
[Hyunjae] Take it easy.
You're bigger than him.
RED CORNER SWITCH: LEE CHAEHYUN
Ready? Box!
ROUND 2 OF 3
LEE CHAEHYUN X JIN YOUMIN
-Hey, hey, oh.
-[contestants gasp]
[contestant 2] Hey!
-[Minuk] Hey.
-[contestant 3] Oh, hey.
[Jongkook] He caught him with that.
-[exclaiming]
-He's rushing.
[contestant 4] He's going in.
-That's it!
-Chaehyun!
[Lee] He's going for a KO.
He's going for a KO.
Jin Youmin's going for a KO.
[Youmin] I figured I should crash in fast
and keep the pressure on
before he could get any distance.
He's coming in strong.
Read him before you throw!
-Yeah, he keeps throwing hooks.
-Hooks to the head.
-Way to go!
-[Jongkook] To the head.
Chaehyun's getting roped in.
[contestant 4] Chaehyun! Focus, man!
[contestant 5] Keep going!
-Stay calm!
-Cross-hook-uppercut.
[Dowoon] Stay calm!
Chaehyun! Cross-hook-uppercut!
-Cross-hook-uppercut!
-[Dex] Chaehyun, focus!
-All right!
-That's it!
-[contestant 8] Stay calm!
-That's it!
Nice.
Chaehyun, distance. Keep your distance.
Yes, that's it.
That's it. You got it.
[Hyunjae] Nice defense.
-[referee] Thirty seconds!
-Keep going!
-All right, 30 seconds!
-[Dex] Just 30 seconds!
-Yeah!
-All right!
-Nice one!
-[referee] Watch your head.
All right, Chaehyun! Doing great!
One last shot! One last shot!
One last shot! One last shot!
[bell rings]
-All right!
-Good!
-Nice going.
-[applause]
[Jongkook] Well done!
He's got crazy stamina.
Those guys train all day, every day.
Park Sungwoon in the blue corner
-can't seem to recover.
-[Jongkook] Doesn't look like it.
He looks like he's about to puke!
He can't breathe.
He doesn't have the gas.
[laughing]
Three minutes isn't enough for him.
[contestant 4] Get it together!
If a heavyweight moves around
too much early on,
he'll be gassed in the later rounds.
I've been where
Park Sungwoon is right now.
He needs a good 10 minutes
before he can do anything.
-[Jongkook] He can't recover right now.
-It'll all be over by then.
[Dex] Exactly. That's why Jin Youmin
has a lot on his shoulders right now.
We can do this.
We're almost there.
They're tired too.
Just take it easy and throw less.
[Sungwoon]
After Round 2, I was totally gassed.
But it didn't look like
Youmin had fully recovered either.
So I figured I'd go first in Round 3,
buy him some time to recover,
and then let him finish it.
-He came in with his head down.
-Deep breaths.
-It really threw me off at first.
-Hey.
[Hyunjae] Don't load up.
Tap, tap, slip, then bang!
-Only load up when you're sure.
-[Chaehyun] Okay.
[announcer] Fighters, step into the ring.
Keep those feet moving.
-Go, Chaehyun!
-Let's go!
[Dex] Looks like Lee Chaehyun
will keep going a bit longer
and let Cho Hyunjae finish it.
Hang in there, Toongsoon!
This is the last one!
-Let's go, Sungwoon!
-Sungwoon, keep it together!
[cheering]
Chaehyun, you got this!
This is the final round!
[bell rings]
-Show your grit!
-All right.
-Box!
-Focus!
[Dex] Come on!
-Chaehyun, he's gassed!
-No, no!
[Hyunjae] Don't go for the big one!
Tap, tap, slip, then throw!
[Youmin] You've gotta go in!
[contestants exclaim]
-[contestants exclaim]
-[Daeyoung] That's it!
-You caught him!
-That's it!
-Chaehyun, give me one!
-Gotta move!
Don't just stand there after you throw!
Come on, keep fighting!
Keep fighting!
This is the last one!
He's losing focus in his eyes.
[Sungwoon] I was dead tired,
but he was bouncing around like nothing.
Go, Chaehyun!
Just a little longer!
-Almost there!
-Have fun with it!
Get in there!
[exclaims]
-What?
-[contestant 3] Hey, that was close.
[Jongkook] A cross-counter.
-Wow.
-[Dex] That slip and rip…
[Jongkook] He got caught while slipping.
[contestants exclaiming, cheering]
-[contestant 1] That landed!
-He could've knocked him out.
[contestant 3] It's all mental now!
-[contestant 5] Chaehyun, stay sharp!
-It's all mental!
[Youmin] Toongsoon, take it easy!
[contestants exclaiming]
[contestant 6] All right, keep going!
-[contestant 7] He's exhausted.
-[contestant 8] He's gassed out.
[contestant 9] All right!
[exclaims, cheers]
That landed clean!
[contestant 9] All right!
[contestant 1] Nice slip and rip!
[Jongkook] He ate that counter.
[contestant 2] He's gassed!
[contestants exclaiming, cheering]
-[contestant 2] Switch!
-[contestant 3] Switch now!
-[contestant 4] He's gassed!
-[contestant 5] Tag out!
[contestants laughing]
[contestant 6] Well done.
[contestants laugh, exclaim]
[contestant 7] You did your best!
[Dex] He's totally wiped out.
-He's totally wiped out.
-[Dex] He's wiped out.
Man, he's wiped out.
All right, good. Let's see.
[exclaims] This is the last one.
[Youmin] I kept reminding myself
of how hard Park Sungwoon fought
and pushed to give it my all to the end.
-You got this!
-Come on, let's go!
RED CORNER LAST FIGHTER:
CHO HYUNJAE
[Hyunjae] This round is all mine.
I'm gonna give it everything I got
and make it happen.
-You did your best!
-Go lower!
ROUND 3 OF 3
CHO HYUNJAE X JIN YOUMIN
[contestant 1] You've gotta keep moving,
Hyunjae! Just go crazy!
[Jongkook] That's it. Yeah, that's better.
-Keep going.
-Do what you gotta do!
Go for it! That's it!
All right, nice counter!
[contestant 3] Stay calm!
[contestant 4] Read him before you throw.
-[contestant 5] Read him first.
-I think this is gonna decide it.
[contestant 2] Just pour it out!
-[contestant 1] That's great!
-[contestant 2] Nice one! [exclaims]
He can't touch you!
[sighs]
He's got quick feet and a sharp eye.
He's reading all his moves
and dodging every shot.
How's he seeing all that?
[Lee] His movement is spot on.
[contestant 1] He's amazing.
He'd be so hard to hit.
[exclaiming]
-Nice one!
-One more! Throw a feint!
Nice one!
-That landed perfectly.
-That's it!
[Lee] He's got him in the corner now.
-Yes!
-Strike first!
[Lee exclaims]
[contestants exclaiming]
[contestant 1]
You've gotta keep going! Keep going!
[Jongkook] Man, I remember Jin
being better than this.
-[Lee] They're on different levels.
-Yes.
[contestant 1]
Here it comes! Here it comes!
You've gotta do something! There you go!
[contestant 7] You've gotta keep throwing!
Don't just sit in guard!
I started getting hit
right at the start of Round 3,
and from there
I lost my sense of distance.
It was a really rough round.
[contestants cheering]
[contestant 1] Damn, he's good.
[Lee] He's dodging everything.
[contestant 3] Way to go!
[contestant 5] Hyunjae's getting tired!
[contestant 6] Stay sharp!
-No, no!
-Fire back!
[contestant 6] You've gotta keep throwing!
[contestant 7]
Here it comes! Here it comes!
[contestant 8] Come on! You got this!
-[Jongkook] He's exhausted.
-[Lee] He's gassed out.
[contestant 10] Let's go, Jin Youmin!
Do what you gotta do.
[Lee] Cho Hyunjae's reading him
like a book.
[contestant 11]
He's got one hell of a gas tank.
[contestant 12] Just have fun with it!
I could read all of Jin Youmin's patterns
and handle him easily.
[contestant 10] Go to the body! Yes!
-Thirty seconds!
-Hyunjae, pour it out!
-[Dex] You have 30 seconds left!
-[Jongkook] Focus!
-Focus!
-That's what I'm talking about!
-Nice going!
-Go to the body! The body!
[contestant 2] Don't overdo it!
Just keep it going!
[Dex] You've gotta go for it!
-Ten seconds!
-[contestant 4] Ten seconds!
[contestant 3] Just keep having fun!
-[contestant 2] All right, nice!
-[contestant 3] Great!
-[Jongkook] His stamina, though.
-Man, it's over.
Come on!
ROUND 3 OF 3
CHO HYUNJAE X JIN YOUMIN
-[bell rings]
-[Lee exclaims]
[contestant 2]
They did a really great job.
[contestant 3] The KAFAC duo was insane.
-He's so good.
-Hyunjae won.
Cho was incredible at the end.
I know. If it wasn't for that…
-Uh, Hyunjae was just…
-Yeah.
Looked like he figured out everything
once he cornered Jin.
From there he just went…
Yeah, there's no way
to beat an out-boxer that good.
They put on such an exhilarating fight.
[Lee] They were great.
[Dex] Nice!
-[Jongkook] Great job.
-That's hot.
[referee] Come on, get in here.
[contestant 2] He can't get in.
-Come on.
-Somebody, call him an ambulance.
[contestant 3]
He does look like he needs one.
I think Sungwoon needs to rest a bit more.
[contestants laugh]
[contestant 1] Both of them
look pretty much out of it.
[Lee] Uh,
you guys left everything out there.
-It was cool.
-Stand tall!
[announcer] We will now announce
the result.
[contestant groans]
The winners of this match are
Lee Chaehyun, Cho Hyunjae
from the red corner.
-[contestants exclaim]
-They really did well.
[contestant 1] Way to go!
-[contestant 2] They were great.
-[contestant 3] Yeah.
The KAFAC salutes you. Attention!
-Salute! Loyalty!
-Loyalty!
-[contestants cheering]
-At ease!
[contestant 4] How cool.
[chuckling] Park Sungwoon,
I hope you're feeling a bit better now.
You're a passionate young man
who gave it everything,
but sadly,
you've been eliminated from I Am Boxer.
[sighs]
I was hoping to flip the script,
but I guess I came up short.
The KAFAC boxers really live up to…
They live up to their name.
I learned a lot.
-What?
-Slow down.
-You were great! Whoo!
-[upbeat music playing]
-All right!
-Awesome fight!
[contestants exclaiming]
-That was fun.
-Yeah.
-It went by in a flash.
-I know. This is fun.
[contestant 1] We get to see this?
-Feels like the finals already.
-What a big match.
Box!
The best versus the best.
-If that lands, he's done.
-Insane.
[contestant 2]
They might break down the cage.
[contestants exclaiming]
[contestant 3] Look at that combo.
[exclaims]
[contestant 1] Here it comes.
Gotta keep going till you drop.
[contestant 2] That's savage.
-[contestants exclaiming]
-Whoo!
[Jongkook] The reigning undisputed unified
light heavyweight champion!
-[contestant] Seriously?
-[in English] Champ, come in!
[exclaiming]
-[in Korean] This is insane!
-[in English] My name is Dmitry Bivol.
When I heard about Korea
and the boxing show,
of course I didn't have any doubts.
I wanted to come.
[upbeat music playing]