Four women have refereed men’s bouts at the Asian Games so far, carrying forward a decades-long history of women in boxing ...

TOKYO — Billed as “The Day,” May 2 is turning out to be the biggest-ever occasion for Japanese boxing. It’s when Naoya Inoue (32-0, 27 KOs), the undisputed super-bantamweight world champion, fights ...

Takuma Inoue retained his WBC bantamweight title this past weekend with a second points win over Tenshin Nasukawa in Japan.

Two Japanese boxers have died from brain injuries sustained in separate bouts on the same card at Tokyo’s Korakuen Hall. Shigetoshi Kotari, 28, collapsed shortly after completing a 12-round draw ...

Japanese super featherweight boxer Shigetoshi Kotari tragically passed away on August 8, 2025, six days after suffering a brain injury during his Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) title ...

Mauricio Sulaiman, President of the World Boxing Council, has arrived in Tokyo. Sulaiman, one of the most powerful figures in boxing, is there to attend a key fight this weekend. Tokyo will host the ...

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 ...

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 ...

TOKYO (AP) — Billed as “The Day,” May 2 is turning out to be the biggest-ever occasion for Japanese boxing. It’s when Naoya Inoue (32-0, 27 KOs), the undisputed super-bantamweight world champion, ...