Naoya Inoue won Japan's Boxer of the Year for the ninth time overall and his eighth consecutive year. The announcement came ...

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 ...

Japanese boxer Jin Sasaki dropped an opponent with a sensational knockout blow after withstanding a barrage of punches on Thursday night. He’s since been credited with one of the coldest walk-off ...

A Japanese amateur boxer underwent brain surgery two weeks ago and has not regained consciousness, authorities said on Friday, as the sport in the country reels from the deaths of two professional ...

Six days after a junior lightweight title fight in Tokyo, a Japanese boxer tragically lost his life from a brain Shigetoshi Kotari died Friday, according to multiple reports, following injuries he ...

Two Japanese boxers died from the same brain injury sustained in separate bouts on the same card at Tokyo’s Korakuen Hall. Both boxers were 28 years old. The Japanese Boxing Commission is changing ...

On August 2, Japanese boxers Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa, both 28, fought on the same card at Tokyo’s Korakuen Hall and hoped to secure victories to bolster their respective careers. Kotari ...

The matches took place at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on Aug. 2 Shigetoshi Kotari/Instagram; Hiromasa Urakawa/Instagram Boxers Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa, both 28, died within days of each ...

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 ...