The Ring Magazine documented Japanese boxing across nine decades, from Yoshio Shirai's 1952 title to Naoya Inoue's modern dominance.

Two Japanese boxers have died from brain injuries sustained from two separate matches on the same day. While Shigetoshi Kotari, 28, died on Friday, Aug. 8, after being injured in a title fight on Aug.

Naoya Inoue and Junto Nakatani meet Saturday at Tokyo Dome in a fight both champions actively pursued, no posturing required.

Billed as “The Day,” May 2 is turning out to be the biggest-ever occasion for Japanese boxing. It’s when undisputed ...

Two Japanese boxers died from the same brain injury sustained in separate bouts on the same card at Tokyo’s Korakuen Hall. Both boxers were 28 years old. The Japanese Boxing Commission is changing ...

YOKOHAMA--They don’t call Japanese boxer Naoya Inoue “The Monster” for nothing. The WBA and IBF bantamweight world champion ...

Eddie Hearn, promoter of Jesse 'Bam' Rodriguez, believes that if his fighter wants to take on Naoya Inoue in a pound-for-pound showdown, then he needs to do it sooner rather than later in Japan - as ...

Naoya Inoue faces Junto Nakatani in a historic Tokyo Dome clash of unbeaten stars. Can "The Monster" defend his undisputed throne against his toughest rival yet?

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAGAMIHARA, Japan (AP) — One is known as ...

The Floyd Mayweather Jr.- Manny Pacquiao bout happened probably five years too late. Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua still haven’t fought. Naoya Inoue and Junto Nakatani are ready to square off now in ...

The World Boxing Organization announced that the Japanese boxer died on Friday, Aug. 8 Shigetoshi Kotari /Instagram Shigetoshi Kotari died on Friday, Aug. 8, the World Boxing Organization (WBO) ...

Accoding to overseas reports, World Boxing Organization (WBO) President Francisco 'Paco' Valcarcel will be part of a big media event in Japan, where he will announce the WBO's entry into the Japanese ...