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.

Japanese boxers Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa have died from brain injuries suffered during separate fights at an Aug. 2 match in Tokyo.

Two Japanese boxers, Shigetoshi Kotari and Kiromasa Urakawa, have died from brain injuries they each sustained while competing at the same event, though in different fights, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on Aug.