{"id":57992,"date":"2025-08-10T00:01:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T00:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/57992\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T00:01:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T00:01:10","slug":"two-japanese-boxers-die-after-suffering-brain-injuries-on-same-fight-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/57992\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Japanese boxers die after suffering brain injuries on same fight card"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Japanese boxers Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa have died following injuries sustained on the same card, though in different fights, on Aug. 2.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kotari, 28, battled to a draw against a solid opponent in the form of Yamato Hata, but lost consciousness after the bout and underwent brain surgery to treat a subdural hematoma, according to a statement<\/a> from the World Boxing Council. Kotari had earned a shot at Hata’s Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation junior lightweight title and the opportunity to become a fighter on the fringes of a top 15 ranking. His death was announced on Friday.<\/p>\n

The sad news of Kotari’s passing was added to the following day, with word of Urakawa’s death.<\/p>\n

Urakawa was stopped in Round 8 of his fight with Yoji Saito. The loss was Urakawa’s third in his last four fights and his first career defeat by stoppage. Urakawa underwent a craniotomy<\/a> after the fight and the World Boxing Organization announced his death on Saturday.<\/p>\n

“The WBO mourns the passing of Japanese boxer Hiromasa Urakawa, who tragically succumbed to injuries sustained during his fight against Yoji Saito on August 2 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo,” a WBO post on X read<\/a>. “This heartbreaking news comes just days after the passing of Shigetoshi Kotari, who died from injuries suffered in his fight on the same card.<\/p>\n

“We extend our deepest condolences to the families, friends, and the Japanese boxing community during this incredibly difficult time.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Showtime Japanese boxers Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa have died following injuries sustained on the same card, though…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57993,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-57992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}