Urakawa’s death came on the heels of Shigetoshi Kotari’s passing after an attritional draw with Yamato Hata, who also went to the hospital after their fight. The Japan Boxing Commission responded ...

This past weekend saw two Japanese fighters, Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa, die from brain injuries sustained on the ...

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

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

Japanese boxers Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa have died from brain injuries suffered during separate fights at an ...

THE world of boxing has been left in mourning after a second star died from the same fight card in Tokyo. Japanese boxer ...

Two young Japanese boxers tragically died from brain injuries sustained while competing on the same fight card at Korakuen ...

Unless it involves Naoya Inoue, Japanese boxing rarely makes international headlines. Saturday was one of those rare ...

Hiromasa Urakawa had suffered injuries post his about against Yogi Saito on August 2 and died on Saturday post surgery ...

Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa have tragically died in recent days following brain injuries suffered in separate ...

A second Japanese boxer has died from a brain injury suffered at an event in Tokyo . Hiromasa Urakawa, 28, died on Saturday ...

The World Boxing Organization announced that both Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa died at the age of 28 from brain ...