Joe happens to run into Wolf Kanagushi, a former boxer at a pachinko parlor. He is relieved to learn that Wolf is now working as a trainer at a boxing gym, and is no longer a Yakuza muscleman. Wolf tells Joe about the financial struggles the gym is facing
Joe fait confiance a une personne qu'il rencontre et lui prête de l'argent.
Joe reencontra Wolf Kanagushi e se prepara para a sua primeira defesa de título, no Havaí, onde poderá ver uma luta do campeão mundial, Jose Mendoza.