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 ...

TOKYO, Japan — Japanese boxing officials will hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday as the sport in the country faces intense scrutiny following the deaths of two fighters in separate bouts at the same ...

Japanese boxing officials will hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday as the sport in the country faces intense scrutiny following the deaths of two fighters in separate bouts at the same event. Super ...

Irish boxer TJ Doheny will fight for the undisputed super bantamweight championship after it was confirmed that he will take on defending champion Naoya Inoue in September. Former IBF ...

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 ...

Super featherweight Shigetoshi Kotari and lightweight Hiromasa Urakawa, both 28, fought separate bouts on the same card at Tokyo's Korakuen Hall on August 2 and died days later following brain surgery ...

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 ...