The governing body for Olympic-style boxing will require sex testing for all fighters wishing to compete in the women's ...

World Boxing has announced mandatory gender tests for men and women wishing to compete in their events. The confirmation by ...

Shigetoshi Kotari, a Japanese boxer who required emergency surgery after being injured in a title fight on Aug 2, has died. He was 28. The World Boxing Organization (WBO) announced in a statement ...

The World Boxing Organization announced that both Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa died at the age of 28 from brain injuries suffered during their fights against Yamato Hata and Yoji Saito ...

Kotari died at the age of 28. Shigetoshi Kotari / Instagram Kotari inside a ring. Shigetoshi Kotari / Instagram “Rest in peace, Shigetoshi Kotari,” the World Boxing Organization wrote on ...

Two months after a World Boxing Organization title bout unraveled in his hometown, Norfolk’s Keyshawn Davis said this week he is taking a break from boxing. “I hate what happened, but what ...

World Boxing already had announced its plan to require competitors to undergo a polymerase chain reaction test or an equivalent genetic screening test to determine their sex at birth. The rules will ...

Hiromasa Urakawa has become the second Japanese fighter to die from a brain injury after Shigetoshi Kotari sadly succumbed to injuries sustained during his August 2 bout ...

Shigetoshi Kotari's death was announced by the World Boxing Council and World Boxing Organization on Aug. 8. The death of Hiromasa Urakawa was announced by the WBO on Aug. 9.

Two Japanese boxers have died days after suffering brain injuries in separate fights on the same card, boxing associations and media reports said.