For a brief stretch, nothing happens. Ramos shifts his lead foot half a step to the left. Ryoma mirrors, heel scraping softly against the canvas.
Their shoulders rise and fall with controlled breaths. Gloves twitch, not strikes, just reflexes testing air. Two seconds pass. Maybe less. But under the lights, it feels longer.
Ryoma doesn't rush it. The need for recalibration isn't panic, but correction. The data wasn't wrong, not entirely. But tape can only tell you so much. From here, the differences are undeniable.
"Reach, first," he notes. "On video it looked marginal. In front of him… it's not. He can touch me without stepping deep."
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"Then the weight of the punches. That's something tape can't give you."
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"Tempo, too. On screen the gaps looked generous."
