Undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue outpointed Alan David Picasso to set up a potential pound-for-pound super ...

Naoya Inoue and Junto Nakatani are ready to square off in what would be the biggest fight in Japanese boxing history.

Three-weight world champion Nakatani has vacated his WBC, IBF and Ring Magazine bantamweight crowns to step up into Inoue's ...

Naoya Inoue and Junto Nakatani look all set for a Japanese superfight next spring after big wins Saturday in Riyadh.

Japanese boxing authorities have announced stricter safety measures for the sport following the deaths of pro boxers Hiromasa Urakawa and Shigetoshi Kotari. In a statement to reporters, the Japan ...

The Japan Boxing Commission has moved to allay safety fears about boxing in their country. It has acted after two fighters died from injuries sustained on the same tragic August 2 event in Korakuen ...

Drastic weight loss, ferocious sparring and lax regulation have created a dangerous environment in Japanese boxing, as the sport battles for its future in the country after two fighters died. Super ...

On August 2, Japanese boxers Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa, both 28, fought on the same card at Tokyo’s Korakuen Hall and hoped to secure victories to bolster their respective careers. Kotari ...

Unless it involves Naoya Inoue, Japanese boxing rarely makes international headlines. Saturday was one of those rare exceptions when the Japanese Boxing Commission confirmed the near-simultaneous ...

Filipino boxers bagged dominant wins in Japan, as John Riel Casimero and Kenneth Llover knocked their respective opponents ...

TOKYO, Japan -- A Japanese amateur boxer underwent brain surgery two weeks ago and has not regained consciousness, authorities said on Friday, as the sport in the country reels from the deaths of two ...