Boxing star Shigetoshi Kotari died on Friday, Aug. 8, just six days after he was injured in a title fight in Tokyo, Japan, ...

A second boxer has died from injuries suffered during a professional event in Tokyo. Japanese fighter Hiromasa Urakawa, 28, ...

Six days after a junior lightweight title fight in Tokyo, a Japanese boxer tragically lost his life from a brain Shigetoshi ...

Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa, both 28, died after sustaining brain injuries during separate bouts on the same card ...

This past weekend saw two Japanese fighters, Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa, die from brain injuries sustained on the ...

Japanese boxers Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa have died following injuries sustained on the same card, though in ...

Japanese boxer Shigetoshi Kotari has died at 28, six days after sustaining a brain injury in a drawn OPBF title bout against Yamato Hata, prompting calls for safety reforms.

Two Japanese boxers, both 28, tragically died from brain injuries sustained in separate bouts on the same card, prompting ...

Japanese boxers Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa have died from brain injuries suffered during separate fights at an ...

Unless it involves Naoya Inoue, Japanese boxing rarely makes international headlines. Saturday was one of those rare ...

A Japanese boxer died on Friday (Aug. 8) due to injuries sustained in a recent fight. The World Boxing Organization announced the death of Shigetoshi Kotari in a statement on X. He was 28.

The Japan Boxing Commission (JBC) said earlier this month that both fighters had undergone surgery for subdural hematoma ...