The governing body for Olympic-style boxing will require sex testing for all fighters wishing to compete in the women’s ...

Boxing star Shigetoshi Kotari died on Friday, Aug. 8, just six days after he was injured in a title fight in Tokyo, Japan, ...

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

Shigetoski Kotari, a Japanese boxer, died on Friday, August 8th, after needing emergency surgery following an injury he ...

Hiromasa Urakawa has become the second Japanese fighter to die from a brain injury after Shigetoshi Kotari sadly succumbed to injuries sustained during his August 2 bout ...

Japanese boxer Shigetoshi Kotari has died. He was 28. "Rest in peace, Shigetoshi Kotari 🕊," the World Boxing Organization wrote in a Friday, August 8, statement shared via X.

UPDATED: August 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM EDT Two months after a World Boxing Organization title bout unraveled in his hometown, Norfolk’s Keyshawn Davis said this week he is taking a break from boxing.

Keyshawn Davis' title fight against Edwin De Los Santos for the World Boxing Organization lightweight world championship has been canceled due to Davis missing weight on Friday, according to Top Rank.

Davis, a Norfolk native who became a World Boxing Organization world champion on Feb. 14, was scheduled to fight Edwin De Los Santos on Saturday night at Scope, but fight was in doubt Friday night.

“The boxing world mourns the tragic passing of Japanese fighter Shigetoshi Kotari, who succumbed to injuries sustained during his August 2nd title fight. A warrior in the ring. A fighter in spirit.

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 ...