Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa, both 28, died after sustaining brain injuries during separate bouts on the same card at Tokyo's Korakuen Hall.

Japanese boxers Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa have died from brain injuries suffered during separate fights at an Aug. 2 match in Tokyo.

Shigetoshi Kotari, a Japanese boxer who required emergency surgery after being injured in a title fight on Aug 2, has died. He was 28. The World Boxing Organization (WBO) announced in a statement on X that Kotari died on Friday, Aug. 8.

Six days after a junior lightweight title fight in Tokyo, a Japanese boxer tragically lost his life from a brain Shigetoshi Kotari died Friday, according to multiple reports, following injuries he

Shigetoshi Kotari, a Japanese boxer, was a super featherweight fighter who fought 12 times during his professional career and won eight bouts.

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

Two Japanese boxers, Shigetoshi Kotari and Kiromasa Urakawa, have died from brain injuries they each sustained while competing at the same event, though in different fights, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on Aug.

Two young Japanese boxers tragically died from brain injuries sustained while competing on the same fight card at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. On August 2, 28-year-olds Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa each suffered severe brain trauma in separate fights, ESPN reported.

The World Boxing Organization announced that both Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa died at the age of 28 from brain injuries suffered during their fights against Yamato Hata and Yoji Saito on Aug.