Alexander Vorg Zangief
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Vorg Zangief in a fighting stance
Alexander Vorg Zangief is a fictional character from the anime and manga series Fighting Spirit (Japanese Title - はじめの一歩, Hajime no Ippo). His signature move is called "White Fang", it is a quick uppercut immediately followed by a chopping right. The "fang" in its name is meant to describe the almost simultaneous strikes coming from opposite directions, like the jaws of a wolf biting its prey.
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[edit] Character Information
- Name: Alexander Vorg Zangief
- Date of Birth: 10/30/1972
- Blood Type: O
- Weight Division: Junior Lightweight
- Record: 3-2-0, 3 KO's (This is his Japanese record, his American & Russian records are not mentioned in the series)
- Boxing Gym: Otawa Boxing Gym (音羽ボクシングジム, Otawa Bokushingu Jimu)
- First Appearance: Volume 15 Round 132 | Episode 45
- English Voice Actor: David Lelyveld
- Japanese Voice Actor: Toshiyuki Morikawa (森川 智之, Morikawa Toshiyuki)
- Spanish Voice Actor: Eduardo Garza (normal voice), Jose Gilberto Vilchis (one episode)
- Philippine Voice Actor: Lloyd Navera
[edit] Background
Vorg is a young boxer from Perestroyka, Russia. His coach, Luthuran Ramuda, had trained Vorg for 10 years. Before he came to Japan, he was a former World Amateur Champion, who got into boxing to get sustain himself and his mother, who had fallen seriously ill.
[edit] Notable Fights
- Vorg Zangief vs Ippo Makunouchi
- Class A Boxer Tournament Featherweight final match (10 rounder). He lost by KO 1 minute and 21 seconds into the 5th round. Vorg pummled Ippo early in the match, until his stamina began to weaken and he couldn't effectively execute his specialty. It then became a hitting match until Ippo dodged Vorg's White Fang and quickly countered with his Gazelle punch KOing Vorg.
- Vorg Zangief vs Takeshi Sendo
- The Japanese Featherweight Championship match (10 rounder). After Eiji Date had reliquished the title, the #1 and #2 ranked fighters fought for the title. Vorg lost by decision. The two were pretty even throughout the match, until Vorg slipped while Sendo was throwing a punch. Although the punch did not connect, the ref still counted it as a down. Even with this point deduction, many, including Ippo, believed Vorg to be in the lead for points. Even Sendo didn't accept the decision and put a rematch with him as a priority. Vorg's trainer, Ramda, demanded to see the score cards, but was refused. Ramda believed that Vorg lost the match because he was a foreigner. With two consecutive loses, the Otawa Gym cut their contract with Vorg because they felt he was no longer worth the expense of keeping a foreign fighter.
