Two Japanese boxers have died within days of each other after sustaining brain injuries in separate bouts on the same fight card. The World Boxing Federation on Saturday confirmed the deaths, which ...

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.

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 ...

TOKYO (AP) — Two Japanese boxers have died from brain injuries sustained in separate bouts on the same card at Tokyo’s Korakuen Hall. Shigetoshi Kotari, 28, collapsed shortly after completing a ...

Two Japanese boxers have died from brain injuries suffered during separate fights at an Aug. 2 match in Tokyo, according to world boxing governing bodies. Shigetoshi Kotari's death was announced by ...

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 ...

An Oireachtas committee has heard that head injuries in sport can no longer be ignored and should be recognised as a public health issue.

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 ...

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 ...