Hiromasa Urakawa was saved after being eliminated, but could not resist lesions
THE World Boxing Organization (WBO) announced on Saturday, the death of the second boxer who was hospitalized in a hospital in Tokyo on August 2 following brain injuries. Hiromasa urakawa28, he was saved after being offered by Yoji Saito on the eighth robbery during an event held in the Korakuen room in the Japanese capital, but was unable to resist injuries.
Urakawa’s death was confirmed one day after the death of Shigetoshi KotariAlso 28, who fought in the same card in Tokyo. The boxer passed out shortly after completing a draw of 12 robberies against Yamato Hata, in the match of the Superpen of the Pacific and East Box Federation (OPBF).
Like Urakawa, Kotari was addressed to the hospital after the event and underwent a brain emergency intervention to treat the accumulation of blood hematoma blood between the brain and the skull, but death confirmed on Friday.
“WBO regrets the death of Japanese boxer Hiromasa Urakawa, who died tragically due to injuries suffered during his fight against Yoji Saito at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. The news of leaving the heart comes a few days after the death of Shigetoshi Kotari, who died from his wounds in the same card,” note published by WBO. “We extend our most condolences to families, friends and Japanese boxing communities in this extremely difficult moment.”
After the event, the Japan of the Boxing Commission (JBC), an organ that regulates sport in Japan, has announced that fighting through the belt of the Pacific Federation and Leste will be reduced to a limit of 10 rounds instead of 12, from the following event Tuesday. According to the Japanese press, JBC has also started an investigation and plans to keep a meeting in September to discuss deaths.
In February of this year, the Irish John Cooney died, also at the age of 28, due to an intracranial hemorrhage suffered in a struggle with the Welsh Nathan Howells, interrupted in the superpeneous superpere category in Bellast, in Northern Ireland.
Source: Terra
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