In the crucial co-main event, Junto Nakatani successfully debuted at 122 pounds but endured the toughest fight of his career ...

Get real-time updates on Naoya Inoue. vs Alan Picasso live coverage minute by minute of the fight and result online, stream information, how to watch, TV channel, latest updates and time of the super ...

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 ...

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 ...

SAGAMIHARA, Japan — 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 as ...

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 Japan Boxing Commission has moved to allay safety fears about boxing in their country. It has acted after two fighters died from injuries sustained on the same tragic August 2 event in Korakuen ...

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 ...