In a deeply tragic situation in Tokyo this month, two Japanese boxers died from separate bouts on the same night of boxing on August 2. The Japanese boxers who died were super featherweight boxer Shigetoshi Kotari and lightweight Hiromasa Urakawa. Kotari and Urakawa were both 28 years old. Kotari died on August 8 of subdural hematoma according to the Associated Press, while Urakawa died on August 9, also of subdural hematoma according to the British Broadcasting Corporation.
