Documentary ‘I Want to Be a Superstar’ Showcases Story of Female Japanese Boxing Champ Mizuki Hiruta (EXCLUSIVE)

Filmmaker Peter Michael Dowd has revealed that production is underway on his new feature documentary about Japanese world ...
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Japan's Katsuma Akitsugi gains homecoming bout from ProBox-Teiken union

Japan’s Katsuma Akitsugi has spent his entire career fighting in the U.S., building himself into a bantamweight title ...
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Japan Boxing Commission Responds To Recent Double Tragedy

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 ...
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Japan: Two boxers die from brain injuries at Tokyo event

Two Japanese boxers have died within days of each other after sustaining brain injuries in separate bouts on the same fight card. The World Boxing Federation on Saturday confirmed the deaths, which ...
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Nakatani, a rising star in the golden age of Japanese boxing, is determined to knock out Inoue

SAGAMIHARA, Japan (AP) — One is known as “The Monster,” the other “Big Bang.” The bout between champion boxers Naoya Inoue (30-0-0, 27 KOs) and Junto Nakatani (31-0-0, 24 KOs) is already being billed ...