A boxer may leave the ring feeling stable enough to speak normally, walk without assistance, and celebrate a win. Hours later ...

The matches took place at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on Aug. 2 Boxers Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa, both 28, died within days of each other, the World Boxing Organization (WBO) announced The ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Zimbabwean born Super-featherweight champion Ndoda Ncube has died weeks after a fight in Middelburg, raising urgent boxing ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Boxers Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa, both 28, died within days of each other, the World Boxing Organization (WBO) announced The Japanese boxers were both injured in separate fights at the ...