Wally
Boxing Abilities
Wally fighting Ippo.
Having been raised in the jungles of an Indonesian island, Wally has great physical abilities as a result of climbing trees and jumping tree branches while playing with the monkeys. His physical abilities were grown to the point that they are equal to, if not greater than, a primate's. Boxing-wise, Wally possesses an absolutely colossal amount of natural talent, stated by Ricardo Martínez to be the highest he has ever seen[10], and he is is considered by many to be a genius. While barely knowing even the basics of boxing and its rules, Wally was able to easily become Indonesian champion after a mere three official fights.
His innate sense and physical prowess allowed him to perform high-level techniques, such as the unique dodging and swaying used by Hawk, the Smash Sendō uses as a trademark finisher and Mashiba's Flicker Jab. However, he never actually learned or even seen these techniques, and only used them because it intuitively made sense to do so in the situation. He was also able to copy the Hien from Volg and even create a vertical version of it unique to him, due to his abnormally flexible joints. His speed and agility is comparable to that of Miyata but is more similar to Itagaki's evasive nature. On top of his agility, Wally also possesses an unnatural flexibility in joints, allowing him to perform acrobatics that seem utterly impossible to normal people. Furthermore, he has a great amount of animal instincts similar to Volg and Sendō. His style let him easily use both out boxing and in-fighting styles since he could get away quick enough and he had little difficulty seeing and deflecting attacks at super close range. Takamura mentioned that his in-fighting was similar to Itagaki, who stays at close range but used footwork rather than punching to fight an opponent and then turned the fight in his favour. By combining his superhuman athleticism, reflexes and wild instincts, he created an extremely unpredictable and unorthodox boxing style called "Freedom", though he was also taught the basics of orthodox boxing. The press has also given him the name Alpha as his irregular style and wild instincts make him appear to "pre-date" textbook boxing theory - in contrast to Ricardo who has perfected the orthodox style.
Through the teachings of Miguel Zale, he has adopted a highly effective tactic aimed at getting TKOs. By making use of the incredible flexibility and speed of his punches, he can throw them from all kinds of angles and blind spots, making it nearly impossible to guard against them. Wally makes use of this by consistently going for the opponent's eyes. Even if they're not thrown at full power, the sharp quality of his punches easily opens cuts above his opponent's eyes, forcing a doctor stop - a tactic that allowed him to rack up an impressive KO streak despite not being a power puncher. Even the great Ricardo was forced to turtle for multiple rounds before he managed to launch a counter-offensive.
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Wally's True Form Techniques
Techniques
Sway (Limbo-like)
Weaknesses
Wally was an inexperienced boxer when he fought Ippo Makunouchi, given the impact of his loss of footwork, increasing pressure, dropping stamina, and incremental damage were all foreign to him. As a result, he didn't concern himself with a possible relationship between his slowing footwork and Ippo's repeating body blows. Similar to many other out-boxers, if Wally loses his footwork, he becomes much easier to fight with an in-fighter style. However, he also displayed great infighting talent against Ippo early in their match, therefore limiting the impact of a loss of footwork, should the loss occur early enough. Since his fight with Ippo, it has been shown that he has overcome this weakness and is now constantly on guard against possible body-shots. As many opponents have had the same strategy, to take away his agility by going for body shots, Wally has adapted over time and become extremely adept at countering these attempts.
One remaining weakness is that his Freedom Style costs a great amount of stamina due to the constant high levels of athleticism it requires. Although Wally does not seem to lack stamina in particular, he is not used to fighting at higher altitudes, which created an additional drain on his stamina during his fight with Ricardo Martinez in Mexico and ultimately led him to run out of breath. With the sharpness of his movements being gradually worn down, Ricardo's precise punches were able to finally penetrate his evasive defence.