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Tragedy hit the Japanese boxing world when two boxers died of injuries that got a little in their battles that were on the same exact card.
Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa, both 28, suffered every brain damage that resulted in their early deaths.
Kotari collapsed shortly after completing a 12-round draw against Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation Junior Lightweight Champion Yamato Hata on August 2nd.
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Two Japanese boxers have died after suffering brain damage during their matches on the same card. (Andreas Rentz/Bongarts/Getty Images)
He underwent the emergency brain brain surgery for a subdural hematoma – a condition in which blood collects between the brain and the skull – but died on Friday.
Urakawa suffered a knockout loss to Yoji Saito, and he also had to undergo a brain surgery, a craniotomy, in an attempt to save his life.
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“We are expanding our deepest compassion to families, friends and the Japanese boxing society during this incredibly difficult time,” the world box organization said on social media.
In response, the Japanese Boxing Commission has announced that all BOF -Titlebouts will now be reduced from 12 rounds to 10.
Earlier this year, Irish boxer John Cooney died a week after he was taken into intensive care after his Celtic Super-Featherweight title defeat against Nathan Howells in Belfast.
It was far from the first death in the boxing ring. (istock)
A boxer from Nigeria also died after collapsing in the ring during a match in April.
