By Joe KoizumiPhotos by Naoki Fukuda
Japanese 130-pound boxer Shigetoshi Kotari (8-2-2, 5 KOs; novice 50-23) handed away after a hoop accident at 10:59 pm on Friday (August 8). It was simply six nights after he fought to a cut up draw (115-113, 113-115, 114-114) with defending champ Yamato Hata in quest of the OPBF (Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation) tremendous feather title at Korakuen Corridor in Tokyo final Saturday. Kotari, a Nihon college graduate at 28, was main on factors after the eighth—77-75 twice, 78-74 all in favor of him—on the open scoring system. He, nonetheless, seemed visibly slowing all the way down to lose his accumulation on factors within the ultimate 4 rounds to have it a draw.
Final yr we witnessed one other ring tragedy. JBC bantamweight challenger Kazuki Anaguchi didn’t win the nationwide belt from Seiya Tsutsumi in a grueling bout on December 26 of 2023, stayed in hospital for greater than a month after which handed away on February 2.
The Japan Boxing Fee (JBC), now answerable for the OPBF administration, introduced to launch a fast and deep investigation and positively think about a discount to a ten rounder from a standard 12-rounder in OPBF title contests. Might his soul relaxation in peace.
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