Japanese boxing officials said on Tuesday they would introduce urine tests, stricter rules on weight loss to prevent ...

Two Japanese boxers have died after sustaining brain injuries from different matches at the same event in Tokyo on Aug. 2.

Japanese boxing officials will hold an emergency meeting on Aug. 12 as the sport in the country faces intense scrutiny ...

Two Japanese boxers died after sustaining injuries at a Tokyo event, prompting an emergency meeting on boxing safety ...

The Japan Pro Boxing Association (JPBA) and the Japan Boxing Commission (JBC) met on Tuesday in an emergency meeting after ...

The sport of boxing suffered another brutal blow this weekend when two boxers that were on the same card passed away just ...

Two Japanese fighters tragically passed away due to brain injuries sustained during different matches held at the same Tokyo ...

The Tokyo boxing event was hit with another tragedy after second Japanese boxer died from brain injuries after a ...

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

A second boxer has died from injuries suffered during a professional event in Tokyo. Japanese fighter Hiromasa Urakawa, 28, ...

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.

Hiromasa Urakawa has become the second boxer to die from brain injuries sustained at the same event in Tokyo. The World ...