The Boxer (manhwa)

The Boxer (Korean: 더 복서; RR: Deo Bogseo) is a South Korean manhwa released as a webtoon written and illustrated by Jung Ji-Hoon. It was serialized via Naver Corporation's webtoon platform Naver Webtoon from December 2019 to June 2022, with the individual chapters collected and published into 10 volumes. A South Korean animated series adaptation by Xtorm has been announced, and the series will be released in the second half of 2025 with 12 episodes.^[2][3]

The Boxer
Manhwa cover of The Boxer volume 1
더 복서 Deo Bogseo
Genre	Action, Drama, Sports[1]
Author	Jung Ji-Hoon
English publisher	NA: Yen Press
Webtoon service	Naver Webtoon (Korean) Line Webtoon (English)
Original run	December 15, 2019 – June 16, 2022
Volumes	10

The Boxer
Country of origin	South Korea
No. of episodes	12
Production
Production company	Xtorm
Original release
Release	2025 (2025)

Media

Manhwa

Jung Ji-Hoon launched The Boxer in Naver's webtoon platform Naver Webtoon on December 15, 2019. During their panel at Anime Expo 2022, Yen Press announced that they licensed the manhwa in English under their Ize Press imprint.^[4]

Volumes

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	October 15, 2021[5]	979-1-13-628242-2	December 20, 2022[1]	979-8-40-090008-2
2	February 11, 2022[6]	979-1-13-628937-7	April 18, 2023[7]	979-8-40-090011-2
3	May 17, 2022[8]	979-1-19-122543-3	July 18, 2023[9]	979-8-40-090017-4
4	September 2, 2022[10]	979-1-16-918492-2	October 24, 2023[11]	979-8-40-090018-1
5	November 23, 2022[12]	979-1-16-944668-6	January 23, 2024[13]	979-8-40-090019-8
6	March 16, 2023[14]	979-1-16-944935-9	April 23, 2024[15]	979-8-40-090020-4
7	June 23, 2023[16]	979-1-17-062061-7	July 23, 2024[17]	979-8-40-090021-1
8	November 30, 2023[18]	979-1-17-124996-1	October 22, 2024[19]	979-8-40-090022-8
9	April 14, 2024[20]	979-1-17-203085-8	January 21, 2025[21]	979-8-40-090023-5
10	August 30, 2024[22]	979-1-17-288355-3	April 22, 2025[23]	979-8-40-090024-2
11	January 24, 2025[24]	979-1-14-230440-8	July 22, 2025[25]	979-8-40-090025-9

Reception

In reviewing the first volume, Noemi10 from Anime UK scored the manhwa a 5 out of 10, criticizing the bullying portrayed in the volume as "extreme" and the reason the main character becomes a boxer as "being forced".^[26]