[SLOW UPDATES] For What its Worth (Hajime No Ippo x Male Reader)

Round 0: Info

２０１０, Ｔｏｋｙｏ, Ｊａｐａｎ

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"We seriously don't have any drinks with us?"
"No, and stop fuckin' asking that. It's going to be a couple more minutes until he comes in- just be patient."
"What's the chance we even get picked to ask our questions? There's tons of other reporters in here."
"Who knows? Just wait."
A door opens, and a man exits and heads to the stage/conference table. 
He appears to be in his 30s, a muscular build, around 5'11 in height, and a scar across his chin.
The crowd of people cheer and whistle as he moves across the stage, he waves to everyone and then sits down.
"Still looks like a fucking beast."
"Expected from a retired boxer of his era. All of them we're beasts, but he was the biggest one."
The man taps the microphone.
"𝙃𝙤𝙬'𝙨 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩?"
The crowd returns with a volley of cheers and clapping and whistles-
"𝙂𝙡𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚'𝙨 𝙧𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙪𝙥. 𝙒𝙚'𝙡𝙡 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨."
"A gentle giant."
"You got that right."
The man points to a reporter in the front row, he stands up,
"Mr L/N, a lot of people are wanting an answer to why you decided to retire out of nowhere. Can you give us an answer why?"
"Dude's asking permission to get an answer. Goes to show how respected that guy is."
Mr L/N leaned forward into the microphone.
"𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙣, 𝙢𝙮 𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙥 𝙖𝙨 𝙬𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠."
The crowd laughs, some gasp.
"He's still the unfiltered man we all know."
"𝙄'𝙫𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙡𝙚𝙨- 𝙞'𝙢 𝙤𝙡𝙙. 𝙉𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨. 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙬𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙄'𝙢 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙠𝙨. 𝙍𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙜𝙤? '𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙗𝙤𝙭𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙧𝙩. 𝙄𝙩 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩: 𝘽𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙖 𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙥 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙛𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙙𝙤 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙩.' 𝙄'𝙢 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙜𝙪𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚. 𝙄'𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙜𝙪𝙮 𝙖𝙡𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮."
The man nods, sitting back down. The crowd lights up again, everyone raising their hands to get their question nudged in.
The man points at another person in the crowd, she stands up,
"With how everything is changing due to your retirement in the boxing world, do you believe that you'll be a large impact in how people view boxing going forward?"
Mr L/N smiles, leaning forward to the microphone.
"𝙒𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬, 𝙄'𝙙 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙨𝙤. 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙧, 𝙢𝙮 𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨, 𝙄 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙠𝙞𝙙- 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨, 𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙖𝙨𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙙𝙤 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙙𝙤 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙪𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙤𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙙." 
"If that's not inspiring, I don't know what is."
"For sure, let me see if I can get his attention from back here."
Mr L/N points to the man who stands up in the back.
"Great, Mr L/N, years ago- when you defeated the undefeated champion Ricardo Martinez, your words we're, I quote: ' Don't count the days, make the days count'. Do you think that had any impact on aspiring boxers?"
"Stupid fucking question dude. Could've asked anything else. Of course it d-"
"𝙇𝙚𝙩 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮, 𝙤𝙠? 𝙄𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙖 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙤𝙮 𝙬𝙝𝙤'𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚- 𝙝𝙚'𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙩. 𝙃𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙤 𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙤. 𝙃𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩'𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚, 𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛. 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨. 𝙃𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙭𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙭𝙚𝙨, 𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙪𝙧𝙨- 𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙯𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡. 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙨? 𝙃𝙚'𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙. 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙅𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙛𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙨. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛, 𝙄𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙠𝙞, 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙨 𝙔/𝙉 '𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙥' 𝙇/𝙉. 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙔/𝙉 𝙙𝙤? 𝙇𝙚𝙩 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙." 

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thought i'd rewrite this while im at it. i thought it'd be a good chance 
expect this to actually go somewhere and see a good HnI story