Naoya Inoue and Junto Nakatani look all set for a Japanese superfight next spring after big wins Saturday in Riyadh.

Japanese boxer Shigetoshi Kotari has died. He was 28. “Rest in peace, Shigetoshi Kotari 🕊,” the World Boxing Organization wrote in a Friday, August 8, statement shared via X. “The boxing world mourns ...

Arisa Tsubata ran solo on a treadmill at the opening ceremony to show how athletes prepared for the Games in isolation (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) NURSE AND BOXER, ARISA TSUBATA, SAYING: "Not just the ...

Two Japanese boxers have died from injuries sustained in separate fights on the same card during an event in Tokyo earlier this month. Shigetoshi Kotari died on Friday, a day before it was announced ...

The World Boxing Organization announced that the Japanese boxer died on Friday, Aug. 8 Shigetoshi Kotari /Instagram Shigetoshi Kotari died on Friday, Aug. 8, the World Boxing Organization (WBO) ...

Japanese prosecutors said they will not appeal the acquittal of an 88-year-old former boxer, who was the world's longest-serving inmate sentenced to death until his release in 2014. An 88-year-old ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Once thwarted by the pandemic, Japanese nurse Arisa Tsubata is reviving her dreams to compete in boxing at the Olympics. Tsubata emerged from a gritty gym on the outskirts of Tokyo ...

TOKYO — A Japanese court ruled Thursday that an 88-year-old former boxer was not guilty in a retrial for a 1966 quadruple murder, reversing an earlier wrongful conviction after decades on death row, ...

YOKOHAMA, Japan >> They don’t call Japanese boxer Naoya Inoue “The Monster” for nothing. The WBA and IBF bantamweight world champion is undefeated, with all but three of his wins by knockout — mostly ...

An unthinkable tragedy hit the boxing world when two Japanese boxers on the same card died following brain injuries suffered during different fights at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on Aug. 2. Shigetoshi ...

An 88-year-old Japanese former pro boxer has won the fight of his life, but at a terrible cost. He's cleared his name after spending nearly a half-century on death row for a murder he didn't commit.