After a separate clutter on the same card, Shigetoshi Kotari and heroes leave each other within a day.
Two Japanese boxers have died due to a brain injury in the same card in Tokyo’s Korakun Hall.
On August 2, the 28 -year -old Shigetoshi Kotari collapsed after the 12 -round match against the Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) Junior Lightweight Champion Yamato Hata.
He had an emergency brain surgery for subdueur hematoma – a condition in which blood collects blood between the brain and the skull – but he died on Friday.
The World Boxing Organization (WBO) wrote on social media, “Rest in Peace, Shigetoshi Kotari,” “Boxing World expressed his condolences over the tragic passing of Japanese soldiers Shigetoshi Kotari, who suffered injuries to the injured in August 2 August.
“A warrior in the ring. A soldier in the soul. Our thoughts and prayers are accompanied by his family, the team and the whole Japanese boxing community.”
On Saturday, the 28 -year -old Hiromasa Urkawa Yoja Died of the same injury in the event of a defeat in Yojit Sito. He had made a craniotomy in an attempt to save his life.
The WBO said in another social media post on Saturday, “A few days after Shigetoshi Kotari’s death, the news of the heart attack came.” “We have a heartfelt mourning about families, friends and Japanese boxing community in this amazing difficult time.”
In reply, the Japanese Boxing Commission announced that all OPBF title bouts will now be reduced from 12th to 10.
Earlier this year, Irish boxer John Koni died a week after the defeat of Nathan Havel’s Celtic Super-Fatherweight Championship in Belffast.
