Wait, did he die?

[Christopher Perry]

wait, did he die?

[Aaron Brown]

Yes

[Christopher Young]

No

[Bentley Kelly]

maybe

[Logan Williams]

Maybe

[Brandon Cruz]

It's not specified.

[Blake Parker]

Maybe so

[Adam Brooks]

yes, they even held an actual funeral for him in March 1970.

[Adam Williams]

He went to the shadow realm.

[Hudson Morgan]

They also held one for Rikishi right

[Jeremiah Scott]

TTGL reference?

[Oliver Moore]

This is a Hajime no Ippo scene rip off?

[Caleb Watson]

Brightest flame leaves only white ashes etc.

[Anthony Kelly]

Nah, dude he's just restin'.

[Gavin Stewart]

Yeah, I remember.

[Luke Davis]

I remember watching early episodes of it on cable TV and ship MC with the "rich bitch" so hard. No idea she was actually the closest to the main heroine of the story and not the plain-looking childhood friend girl.

[Justin Bennett]

underrated

[Matthew King]

ya he died the way he wanted

[Landon Taylor]

Nah, he's Tomorrow's Joe after all.

[Matthew Torres]

It was implied

[Alexander Bailey]

Very heavily implied to be the case. His own words were along the lines of "The biggest flames burn so bright until only white ash remains." He realized that his punch-drunk syndrome was catching up to him fast and that he wanted to give absolutely everything he had in his final bout.

Yes