Why does Takamura only accept to fight in Japan?
Recently I was wondering why Takamura only accepts to fight in Japan. In all his world title fights, Takamura only fought in Japan, even though, most of the time, he was the contender, which is unusual. Throughout the manga, Kamogawa and Yagi have always made it very clear that it's difficult to schedule world title fights for Takamura, and this is most likely due to the fact that he only wants to fight in Japan. Yagi probably had to give up a good part of the profits from the fight in the negotiations just to convince champions, such as Eagle, Hawk and Dragon, to go to Japan, their opponent's homeland, to defend the belt.
That's why I was thinking about some reason for this, but none of them seem very convincing. What do you think? Is it because Takamura doesn't care about money? Or because he's afraid of flying on a plane lol? Or because he insists on the guys of Kamogawa's gym being there to celebrate his conquers with him? I'm not sure, but all of the reasons seem unlikely to me.
Takamura has a desire to become the strongest in the world by conquering all the heavier weight classes, and he clearly wants everyone to know about it. Fighting outside of Japan would definitely make him more famous. Furthermore, Takamura has always shown that he wants to achieve his goal as soon as possible, and being known and fighting overseas would definitely make his path easier.
Recently I was wondering why Takamura only accepts to fight in Japan. In all his world title fights, Takamura only fought in Japan, even though, most of the time, he was the contender, which is unusual. Throughout the manga, Kamogawa and Yagi have always made it very clear that it's difficult to schedule world title fights for Takamura, and this is most likely due to the fact that he only wants to fight in Japan. Yagi probably had to give up a good part of the profits from the fight in the negotiations just to convince champions, such as Eagle, Hawk and Dragon, to go to Japan, their opponent's homeland, to defend the belt.
That's why I was thinking about some reason for this, but none of them seem very convincing. What do you think? Is it because Takamura doesn't care about money? Or because he's afraid of flying on a plane lol? Or because he insists on the guys of Kamogawa's gym being there to celebrate his conquers with him? I'm not sure, but all of the reasons seem unlikely to me.
Takamura has a desire to become the strongest in the world by conquering all the heavier weight classes, and he clearly wants everyone to know about it. Fighting outside of Japan would definitely make him more famous. Furthermore, Takamura has always shown that he wants to achieve his goal as soon as possible, and being known and fighting overseas would definitely make his path easier.