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Japanese boxer Kotari dies aged 28, days after OPBF title fight

Japanese boxer Kotari dies aged 28, days after OPBF title fight

Japanese boxer Shigetoshi Kotari has died at the age of 28 from injuries suffered during his super-featherweight title fight with Yamato Hata on 2 August, Afrosport reports. Kotari was rushed to hospital after the bout in Tokyo and underwent emergency brain surgery for a subdural hematoma — a condition in which blood collects between the skull and the brain. He was one of two fighters who...