An example would be the Shimabukuro fight. I might be misremembering certain things but I do remember when I re-checked the chapter when they covered Shimabukuro, it actually went into detail in regards to Ippo's preparation before the fight (Ippo tried to speed up the Dempsey Roll during his mitt training with the Coach to counter Shimabukuro but the punches didn't have power at all so they didn't rely on the Dempsey Roll but focused on building up his muscles while maintaining flexibility as part of the regimen to speed up punches without sacrificing power, etc.) and Shimabukuro actually meeting with Ippo before the fight and seeing where he worked when he wasn't training and coming to the conclusion that Ippo was not a true man of the sea because of how polluted the bay in Tokyo was compared to Okinawa (only to come to the realization that he was wrong towards the end of their match).
In the anime, I think they cut all that out and went straight to the start of the fight at the end of the 1st episode, which in the grand of scheme of things is understandable because they were only ordered a set number of episodes but in the end it only made the Shimabukuro fight seem like a pretty minor fight even though it was a much bigger deal in the manga (it went into specifics as to what Ippo needed to do to improve his boxing). So as someone who has read the manga it was a bit of a disappointment but I'm happy that the quality of the animation was still very high. The way they conveyed how kinetic the movements are and how visceral the blows and the damage of the fighters were great so I couldn't ask for more than that as a fan. :)
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