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

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

Tragedy struck Japanese boxing as two boxers, Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa, died after suffering head trauma in ...

After both Hiromasa Urakawa and Shigetoshi Kotari died after competing in separate bouts on the same event in Tokyo, the ...

Japan Boxing Commission, gym owners, officials under pressure to act after Shigetoshi Kotari, Hiromasa Urakawa die following ...

Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa - have died after competing at the same event at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo; the ...

Two Japanese boxers died in the same week after fights at Tokyo’s Korakuen Hall. Both were 28. Both left the ring on ...

Japanese boxer Hiromasa Urakawa, 28, tragically passed away on Saturday, August 9, 2025 due to brain injuries sustained ...

Japanese boxing officials will hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday as the sport in the country faces intense scrutiny ...

More tragic news has broken in Japan, where it has been announced that Hiromasa Urakawa has died from the injuries he sustained in his fight with Yoji Saito in Tokyo on August 2.

Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa pass away within a day of each other after separate bouts on the same card.