“R.I.P”: Boxing World Demand Investigation as Another Boxer Dies After Fighting on Same Card Boxing world left suspicious after the passing of two Japanese boxers from the same event, as fans expresse

Boxing’s grim start to 2025 deepened in August, as two fighters from the same Tokyo event lost their lives just days apart. On Friday, the WBO confirmed the passing of Japanese boxer Shigetoshi Kotari, who sustained a fatal injury during his August 2 bout against Yamato Hata. Kotari was knocked out and rushed to the hospital under the supervision of the Japanese Boxing Commission, where he underwent emergency craniotomy surgery for a subdural hematoma. He died six days later.

In a chilling parallel, Hiromasa Urakawa—also fighting on that same Korakuen Hall card—has now met the same fate. Urakawa suffered a brain injury following an eighth-round knockout loss to Yoji Saito on August 2 and underwent emergency craniotomy surgery before succumbing on Saturday, Ring Magazine reported. In the