Ippo's second last opponent of the series Let's be honest,Billy McCalum ain't winning this match as the storyline and plot armour around Ricardo won't allow him to win. As he will lose this match, he will definitely be looking out for a rematch and that's where Ippo comes into the picture. Ippo would have fought and won some fights by then after coming out of retirement and Even Billy would have won some fights to get his rematch.Ricardo like he did with Sendo and Gonzalez, would like to fight the winner of Ippo and Billy. So Ippo will fight Billy McCalum before fighting Ricardo as series finale.