55,000 fans fall into stunned silence. Naoya Inoue tumbles to the canvas for the first time in his 12-year professional career. The usually unflappable Japanese boxer looks to have been rattled by ...

Japanese boxer Shigetoshi Kotari, 28, died on Friday from injuries sustained during his bout with Yamato Hata on 2 August. The super-featherweight was taken to hospital following the fight in Tokyo, ...

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 professional ...

A Japanese boxer died on Friday (Aug. 8) due to injuries sustained in a recent fight. The World Boxing Organization announced the death of Shigetoshi Kotari in a statement on X. He was 28. “Rest in ...

Japanese boxer Shigetoshi Kotari has died. He was 28. “Rest in peace, Shigetoshi Kotari ,” the World Boxing Organization wrote in a Friday, August 8, statement shared via X. “The boxing world mourns ...

Japanese boxer Jin Sasaki dropped an opponent with a sensational knockout blow after withstanding a barrage of punches on Thursday night. He’s since been credited with one of the coldest walk-off ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iwao Hakamada, left, 88-year-old former boxer who has been on death row for nearly six decades after his murder conviction that ...

An 88-year-old Japanese former pro boxer has won the fight of his life, but at a terrible cost. He's cleared his name after spending nearly a half-century on death row for a murder he didn't commit.

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 ...

The World Boxing Organization announced that the Japanese boxer died on Friday, Aug. 8 Shigetoshi Kotari /Instagram Shigetoshi Kotari died on Friday, Aug. 8, the World Boxing Organization (WBO) ...