Japanese boxing is heading toward a rare kind of night. With just a few days to go until May 2, the meeting between Naoya ...
TOKYO (AP) — Billed as “The Day,” May 2 is turning out to be the biggest-ever occasion for Japanese boxing. It’s when Naoya ...
On August 2, Japanese boxers Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa, both 28, fought on the same card at Tokyo’s Korakuen Hall and hoped to secure victories to bolster their respective careers. Kotari ...
SAGAMIHARA, Japan -- One is known as "The Monster," the other "Big Bang." The bout between champion boxers Naoya Inoue (30-0-0, 27 KOs) and Junto Nakatani (31-0-0, 24 KOs) is already being billed as ...
Drastic weight loss, ferocious sparring and lax regulation have created a dangerous environment in Japanese boxing, as the sport battles for its future in the country after two fighters died. Super ...
Boxing in Japan has a history of more than 100 years and has developed in different ways from other countries in some respects. Everyone involved in the sport in the country, from fighters to trainers ...