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Following the ring deaths of Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa last week, authorities in Japan have worked together to make improvements to keep their boxers safer.

Unless it involves Naoya Inoue, Japanese boxing rarely makes international headlines. Saturday was one of those rare exceptions when the Japanese Boxing Commiss ...

Two Japanese boxers, Shigetoshi Kotari and Kiromasa Urakawa, have died from brain injuries they each sustained while ...

Two Japanese boxers have died after sustaining brain injuries from different matches at the same event in Tokyo on Aug. 2.

What caused the Japanese boxers to die from brain injuries after their fights? Boxing is a sport full of action and risk.

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

Two Japanese boxers have died from brain injuries sustained in separate bouts on the same card at Tokyo’s Korakuen Hall.

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

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.