The thirty-second comic: #272 Ashita No Joe
This was a bit disappointing. I must admit I don't have a great feeling about sports based media, as I can't always connect, and the titular Joe is an arrogant ass who never becomes likeable. He doesn't really grow away from that either and I didn't see a point rooting for him. I kept wanting him to fail, because he would need to learn from it, but except for learning more boxing moves, he didn't seem to learn more.
The action scenes look good, but don't have the weight they should have for me - probably because I don't rate boxing high, but also because I don't care much for the characters. The one I rooted for most was the one described as only being there for a coward, and beyond that I would have preferred to see it more as a disciplined character, with a naughty streak, but not to this level.
I believe there's more sports stories like this coming up, but this doesn't feel like a good start.