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Two Japanese boxers die after brain injuries at same Tokyo event

Boxing gloves hanging on concrete wall. [Courtesy/GettyImages]

Two boxers in Japan have died from brain injuries they incurred in separate bouts during the same event in Tokyo, officials said.

Super featherweight Shigetoshi Kotari and lightweight Hiromasa Urakawa, both 28, fought on the same card in Tokyo's Korakuen Hall on August 2.

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