Boxing star Shigetoshi Kotari died on Friday, Aug. 8, just six days after he was injured in a title fight in Tokyo, Japan, ...

NEW YORK (Kyodo) -- Japan's Kazuto Ioka has vacated the World Boxing Organization super flyweight title, the WBO announced Friday, paving the way for ...

The fight game's complex political landscape means even some fight fans struggle to name the current world heavyweight boxing champions. There are four accepted major governing bodies which each has a ...

"It's easy to say you'll knock me out, but it's much more difficult to do it," said Alvarez, who puts his World Boxing Association, World Boxing Council and World Boxing Organization belts on the ...

Four-division world boxing champion Kosei Tanaka announces his retirement during a press conference in Nagoya on June 4, 2025. (Kyodo) NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Four-division world boxing champion Kosei ...

According to several sources, the positive result involved Ioka, 32, who on Dec. 31 defended his World Boxing Organization’s super flyweight title by defeating fellow Japanese Kosei Tanaka, 25 ...

USA Boxing has terminated its 77-year membership in the International Boxing Association (IBA) ahead of its move to a rival governing body that hopes to return the sport to Olympic favor. The US ...

“Rest in peace, Shigetoshi Kotari,” the World Boxing Organization wrote on social media. “The boxing world mourns the tragic passing of Japanese fighter Shigetoshi Kotari, who succumbed to injuries ...

Japanese boxer Inoue Naoya, the undisputed bantamweight world champion, says he plans to move up to the super bantamweight division in 2023. NHK World's resident boxing expert Imasaki Tsunehide ...

Japanese boxer Inoue Naoya is on a winning streak, having won 18 straight bouts since turning professional. As his boxing attracts attention around the world, Inoue has his sights set on the title ...

The World Boxing Organization is ceasing all activity until at least June 15 and the annual conference scheduled for October is up in the air because of the COVID-19 pandemic, WBO president ...