To be fair, in comparison to what would have happened if that monster had won, getting a little cooked barely even registered for Ippo, he'd shrugged off any and all apologies with his own for being in the way of the blast in the first place. He was a little confused by Samata's comment at first but when he leaned in for another sniff of his drink...she was definitely right, that was cherries.

"Huh, maybe it changes flavors? That's pretty neat actuallY!" he said with a smile and raised his glass. "To victory and to you! You did do most of the heavy lifting back there after all, I just got lucky I think."