Two Boxing tragedies in Japan, is it time for big safety changes?
Tuesday | Aug 12, 2025
The boxing world is mourning after the recent losses of Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa, both injured in separate bouts at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. We discuss why incidents like this keep happening, and what changes could make boxing safer while preserving the sport’s essence.
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famicommanderTue Aug 12, 2025, 2:58 PM UTC
The time for big safety changes in Japan was years ago.
They are literally like, "If he dies, he dies."
Never seen such poor emergency procedures and safety protocols in my life. They were more prepared at my high school football games in the 2000s and we were a broke *** city school.