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Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa die from injuries on same card
This past weekend saw two Japanese fighters, Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa, die from brain injuries sustained on the same August 2nd show in Tokyo. Kotari fought OPBF super featherweight champion Yamato Hata to a draw, while Urakawa suffered a TKO loss to Yoji Saito.
Hiromasa Urakawa: Second Japanese boxer dies from brain injury after Tokyo event
A second Japanese boxer has died from a brain injury suffered at an event in Tokyo . Hiromasa Urakawa, 28, died on Saturday after he was beaten via knockout in the eighth round of his fight with Yoji Saito on 2 August .
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Two Japanese boxers have died after sustaining brain injuries from different matches at the same event in Tokyo on Aug. 2.
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Two fighters on the same card have now died in Japan after it was confirmed that boxer Hiromasa Urakawa has succumbed to his ...
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