Best Combat Sports anime — top 12 ranked

The highest-rated combat sports anime of all time, ranked by MyAnimeList user score. Tomorrow's Joe 2 leads with a score of 8.82, followed by Fighting Spirit and Fighting Spirit: New Challenger. The 12 titles below average 8.29/10 and are drawn from MyAnimeList's top 2,000.

  1. 1 Tomorrow's Joe 2 poster

    Tomorrow's Joe 2

    Ashita no Joe 2
    TV · 47 eps · Fall 1980 · Tokyo Movie Shinsha
    ★ 8.82
    71.3K members
    #38 on MAL
  2. 2 Fighting Spirit poster

    Fighting Spirit

    Hajime no Ippo
    TV · 75 eps · Fall 2000 · Madhouse
    ★ 8.78
    714.5K members
    #43 on MAL
  3. 3 Fighting Spirit: New Challenger poster

    Fighting Spirit: New Challenger

    Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger
    TV · 26 eps · Winter 2009 · Madhouse
    ★ 8.67
    334.2K members
    #80 on MAL
  4. 4 Fighting Spirit: Rising poster

    Fighting Spirit: Rising

    Hajime no Ippo: Rising
    TV · 25 eps · Fall 2013 · Madhouse
    ★ 8.61
    306.1K members
    #112 on MAL
  5. 5 Tomorrow's Joe poster

    Tomorrow's Joe

    Ashita no Joe
    TV · 79 eps · Spring 1970 · Mushi Production
    ★ 8.39
    119.2K members
    #240 on MAL
  6. 6 Fighting Spirit: Mashiba vs. Kimura poster

    Fighting Spirit: Mashiba vs. Kimura

    Hajime no Ippo: Mashiba vs. Kimura
    OVA · 1 ep · Summer 2003 · Madhouse
    ★ 8.26
    131.2K members
    #374 on MAL
  7. 7 Fighting Spirit: Champion Road poster

    Fighting Spirit: Champion Road

    Hajime no Ippo: Champion Road
    TV Special · 1 ep · Spring 2003 · Madhouse
    ★ 8.25
    160.9K members
    #394 on MAL
  8. 8 Megalobox 2: Nomad poster

    Megalobox 2: Nomad

    Nomad: Megalo Box 2
    TV · 13 eps · Spring 2021 · TMS Entertainment
    ★ 8.18
    233.5K members
    #499 on MAL
  9. 9 Fighting Spirit Special poster

    Fighting Spirit Special

    Hajime no Ippo: Boxer no Kobushi
    Special · 1 ep · Winter 2003 · Madhouse
    ★ 8.09
    64.4K members
    #621 on MAL
  10. 10 Baki Hanma 2nd Season poster

    Baki Hanma 2nd Season

    Hanma Baki: Son of Ogre 2nd Season
    ONA · 27 eps · Summer 2023 · TMS Entertainment
    ★ 7.89
    123.9K members
    #967 on MAL
  11. 11 Megalobox poster

    Megalobox

    Megalo Box
    TV · 13 eps · Spring 2018 · TMS Entertainment
    ★ 7.87
    553.3K members
    #1,023 on MAL
  12. 12 Baki Hanma poster

    Baki Hanma

    Hanma Baki: Son of Ogre
    ONA · 12 eps · Summer 2021 · TMS Entertainment
    ★ 7.62
    206.5K members
    #1,725 on MAL

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