Shigetoshi Kotari, 28, had emergency brain surgery last weekend following a fight for the OPBF super-featherweight title
Shigetoshi Kotari, 28, had emergency brain surgery last weekend following a fight for the OPBF super-featherweight title
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Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa pass away within a day of each other after separate bouts on the same card.
The two fought in separate bouts at the event and sustained similar fatal injuries.
Tragic deaths of Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa from brain injuries sustained in Tokyo boxing event.
Shigetoshi Kotari died on Friday, Hiromasa Urakawa on Saturday after being injured in fights in Tokyo on August 2.
Japan Boxing Commission, gym owners, officials under pressure to act after Shigetoshi Kotari, Hiromasa Urakawa die following…
Boxers Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa died following fights on the same card in Tokyo last week.
Two Japanese boxers die after brain injuries at same Tokyo event
