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 ...

Two Japanese boxers have died days apart of brain injuries suffered during the same fight night in Tokyo. The deaths prompted immediate changes to boxing regulations in Japan, ESPN reports. The ...

What caused the Japanese boxers to die from brain injuries after their fights? Boxing is a sport full of action and risk. Fighters step into the ring knowing they might get hurt. But on one night in ...

Several boxing gloves on the wall. Photo Credit: John Heider/hometownlife.com via Imagn Content Services, LLC. Japanese boxer Shigetoshi Kotari died from a brain injury on Friday, six days after his ...

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Brooklyn-born boxing sensation Heather “The Heat” Hardy didn’t want to retire from the ring — she had no other choice. The one-time World Boxing Organization featherweight champion suffers from daily ...

Boxing often serves up the most brutal twists of fate outside the ring, and the latest chapter in the sport’s cruel poetry involves Sebastian Fundora and Keith Thurman. The highly anticipated WBC ...

Two Japanese boxers have died from brain injuries sustained from two separate matches on the same day. While Shigetoshi Kotari, 28, died on Friday, Aug. 8, after being injured in a title fight on Aug.

Boxers Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa, both 28, died within days of each other, the World Boxing Organization (WBO) announced The Japanese boxers were both injured in separate fights at the ...