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

Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr could be released from a jail in northern Mexico in coming days as he awaits trial for ...

Shigetoshi Kotari died on Friday, Aug. 8, the World Boxing Organization (WBO) announced on X The Japanese boxer, 28, had been injured six days prior during a title fight against Yamato Hata in Tokyo ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.