In a high-stakes Riyadh event, the path was cleared for what promises to be Japan’s biggest fight in history. Inoue and Nakatani both won, setting up a 2026 Tokyo Dome superfight. Inoue dominated ...
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 ...
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 ...
Naoya Inoue scored a near shutout over Alan Picasso to defend his undisputed super bantamweight title for a fourth time in ...
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 ...