New Delhi: The boxing world lost one of its jewels when Shigetoshi Kotari, 28-year-old Japanese boxer, succumbed to brain injury he sustained during his fight. Kotari’s final bout with Yamato Hata on August 2 proved fatal as the super-featherweight had to be hospitalised after his fight culminated in Tokyo, in which he fought to a draw with Hata for the super-featherweight title.

It is being learnt that Kotari suffered a fatal head injury due to repeated blows during the fight which led to his hospitalisation and eventual death. After the bout, which proved to be tragic, the Japan Boxing Commission announced all Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) title bouts........

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