The Japan Boxing Commission told local media that it was likely “the first time in Japan two fighters underwent skull-opening surgery for injuries stemming from the same event”.
Two boxers in Japan have died from brain injuries they incurred in separate bouts during the same event in Tokyo, officials said.
Super featherweight Shigetoshi Kotari and lightweight Hiromasa Urakawa, both 28, fought on the same card in Tokyoās Korakuen Hall on August 2.
Both were later rushed to hospital where they had brain surgery.
Kotari, who battled to a draw after 12 rounds against fellow Japanese fighter Yamato Hata lost consciousness soon after and āpassed away at 10:59 pm on August 8,ā his M.T boxing gym said on its website Saturday.
āHe did his best to fight his way through the surgery and treatment he had been receiving at a Tokyo hospital due to acute subdural haematoma,ā the gymās post said.
Urakawa was stopped in the eighth and final round against Yoji Saito and ātragically succumbed to injuries sustained during his fightā, the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) said in an Instagram post on Sunday.
Urakawa died on Saturday night, according to local media reports.
āThis heartbreaking news comes just days after the passing of Shigetoshi Kotari, who died from injuries suffered in his fight on the same card,ā the WBO said, adding that it extends its ādeepest condolences to the families, friends, and the Japanese boxing communityā.
Secretary-General of the Japan Boxing Commission, Tsuyoshi Yasukochi, told local media after their hospitalisation that it was likely āthe first time in Japan two fighters underwent skull-opening surgery for injuries stemming from the same eventā.
(AFP)
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