Japanese boxer Jin Sasaki dropped an opponent with a sensational knockout blow after withstanding a barrage of punches on Thursday night. He’s since been credited with one of the coldest walk-off ...

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 ...

Unless it involves Naoya Inoue, Japanese boxing rarely makes international headlines. Saturday was one of those rare exceptions when the Japanese Boxing Commission confirmed the near-simultaneous ...

Following the ring deaths of Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa last week, authorities in Japan have worked together to make improvements to keep their boxers safer. An emergency meeting took ...

The Japanese athletes, both 28 years old, were rushed into emergency surgery after competing in separate bouts on August 2.Two Japanese boxers have died within days of each other after sustaining ...

I recently traveled halfway across the world to cover some world championship boxing in Japan and was taken aback by how differently they do things compared to back home in the United Kingdom. I ...

SAGAMIHARA, Japan (AP) — 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 ...

(FEB 21) At the historic Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan hosted an all-female boxing card titled Dangan Women's 2026 Vol. 1, that took place on February 20, 2026, at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.