Two Japanese boxers die from brain injuries in separate fights

Two Japanese boxers have died days after suffering brain injuries in separate fights on the same card, boxing associations and media reports said. Shigetoshi Kotari died on Friday and Hiromasa Urakawa on Saturday after being injured in their fights at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on Aug. 2, Japanese media said. Both 28-year-old boxers underwent operations for subdural haematoma, or bleeding inside the skull, the reports said.