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Boxing Star Shigetoshi Kotari Dies at 28 After Being Injured in Title Fight: ‘Gone Too Soon'

Shigetoshi Kotari, a Japanese boxer who required emergency surgery after being injured in a title fight on Aug 2, has died. He was 28. The World Boxing Organization (WBO) announced in a statement on X that Kotari died on Friday, Aug. 8.

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Boxing star Shigetoski Kotari, dead at 28 after a fight injury, ‘Gone too soon’

Shigetoski Kotari, a Japanese boxer, died on Friday, August 8th, after needing emergency surgery following an injury he sustained during a title fight on week p

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Boxing-Two Japanese fighters on same card die from brain injuries

(Reuters) -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 August 2,

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Keyshawn Davis is taking a break from boxing: ‘What happened is going to change me’

In terms of Norfolk, I apologize for putting us on that pedestal and making us look so (expletive) bad,” Davis said during an ...

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Boxing star dead at 28 just one week after title fight

Japanese fighter Shigetoshi Kotari has sadly succumbed to injuries sustained during his August 2 OPBF Super Featherweight ...

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Boxing World Mourns The Passing of Promising 28-Year-Old Japanese Boxer

Japanese super featherweight boxer Shigetoshi Kotari tragically passed away on August 8, 2025, six days after suffering a ...

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World Boxing breakaway group aims to save sport’s Olympic status

American and British boxing officials are among the leaders of a breakaway group launched Thursday with the aim of saving boxing’s place at the Olympics. The new federation, to be called World ...

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Pro boxing organization announces transgender category

(KRON) — The World Boxing Council (WBC) announced it will introduce a new category for transgender fighters, the organization’s president told The Telegraph in an article released Thursday ...

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World Boxing Introduces Mandatory Gender Testing Policy For ...

Additionally, World Boxing declared that the testing protocols will uphold each athlete's dignity and privacy. Those who oppose the proposal say that it could potentially violate athletes' rights ...

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World Boxing Organization strips Floyd Mayweather of welterweight belt

After missing a deadline to pay a $200,000 sanctioning fee, the World Boxing Organization stripped Floyd Mayweather of the welterweight world title he won after defeating Manny Pacquiao in May.

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Energy to Headline Road to the World Title Bout

Jesse Kauraisa The MTC Nestor Sunshine Tobias Boxing and Fitness Academy is ready to host the “Road to the World Title” bout, scheduled for 9 August at the Windhoek Country Club Resort and ...

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