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. An emergency meeting took ...

Two Japanese boxers, Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa, died after suffering brain injuries while competing on the same card in different fights at Tokyo's Korakuen Hall on Aug. 2. The World ...

Unless it involves Naoya Inoue, Japanese boxing rarely makes international headlines. Saturday was one of those rare exceptions when the Japanese Boxing Commission confirmed the near-simultaneous ...

Drastic weight loss, ferocious sparring and lax regulation have created a dangerous environment in Japanese boxing, as the sport battles for its future in the country after two fighters died. Super ...

TOKYO, Japan -- 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 ...

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 ...

Naoya Inoue (32-0, 27 KOs) and Junto Nakatani (32-0, 24 KOs) boast identical undefeated records and command the devotion of ...

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 ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Naoya Inoue and Junto Nakatani are ready to square off now in what would be the biggest fight in ...

The Floyd Mayweather Jr.- Manny Pacquiao bout happened probably five years too late. Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua still haven’t fought. Naoya Inoue and Junto Nakatani are ready to square off now in ...