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. “Rest in ...

Japanese boxer Shigetoshi Kotari has died. He was 28. “Rest in peace, Shigetoshi Kotari 🕊,” the World Boxing Organization wrote in a Friday, August 8, statement shared via X. “The boxing world mourns ...

Two Japanese boxers have died from injuries sustained in separate fights on the same card during an event in Tokyo earlier this month. Shigetoshi Kotari died on Friday, a day before it was announced ...

A second boxer from the same fight card that cost another fighter his life in Tokyo has tragically died, according to reports in Japan. Hiromasa Urakawa was hospitalised and underwent surgery after ...

An unthinkable tragedy hit the boxing world when two Japanese boxers on the same card died following brain injuries suffered during different fights at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on Aug. 2. Shigetoshi ...

A pair of Japanese boxers, Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa, have tragically died in recent days following brain injuries suffered in separate fights earlier this month. Kotari and Urakawa boxed ...

Japanese boxers Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa have died following injuries sustained on the same card, though in different fights, on Aug. 2. Kotari, 28, battled to a draw against a solid ...