Boxing deaths lead officials to take measures

Japanese boxing officials will hold an emergency meeting on Aug 12 as the sport in the country faces intense scrutiny, following the deaths of two fighters in separate bouts at the same event.

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TOKYO - Japanese boxing officials will hold an emergency meeting on Aug 12 as the sport in the country faces intense scrutiny, following the deaths of two fighters in separate bouts at the same event.

Super featherweight Shigetoshi Kotari and lightweight Hiromasa Urakawa, both 28, fought on the same card at Tokyo's Korakuen Hall on Aug 2 and died days later following brain surgery.