Archive · 11 Aug 2025
Second Japanese Boxer Dies After Fight, Prompting Review
Two Japanese boxers, Hiromasa Urakawa and Shigetoshi Kotari, died after fights in Tokyo.
Both had brain injuries that required surgery.
The boxing commission is meeting to discuss these deaths and safety measures.
They have decided to shorten championship fights to make them safer.
The World Boxing Council has also offered condolences.
Boxer Hiromasa Urakawa died from injuries in a fight, the second such death in a week.
Urakawa suffered a knockout loss and subsequent subdural hematoma.
Both Urakawa and Shigetoshi Kotari died after brain surgery post-fight.
The Japanese Boxing Commission is holding an emergency meeting.
OPBF title bouts will be reduced from 12 to 10 rounds.
- Who
- Boxers Hiromasa Urakawa and Shigetoshi Kotari, the Japanese Boxing Commission, and the World Boxing Council.
- What
- Two Japanese boxers, Urakawa and Kotari, died due to injuries sustained during fights.
- When
- Urakawa died on Saturday, and Kotari died last Friday.
- Where
- Tokyo, Japan.
- Why
- To address safety concerns following the deaths of two boxers.
- Event
- Boxing fatalities and emergency meeting
- Fatalities
- Hiromasa Urakawa and Shigetoshi Kotari
- Cause of Death
- Subdural hematoma complications
- Round Reduction
- OPBF title fights reduced from 12 to 10 rounds
- Location
- Tokyo, Japan
