Japanese combat sports veteran "Krazy Bee" Miyuu Yamamoto will step into the boxing ring for the first time as a professional ...

We examine this question in depth. The upcoming fight between Naoya Inoue and Takuma Nakatani stands as a major event in Japanese boxing.

The Floyd Mayweather Jr.- Manny Pacquiao bout happened probably five years too late. Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua still haven’t fought. Naoya Inoue and Junto Nakatani are ready to square off now in ...

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 ...

The next generation of the bantamweight division is officially underway. Unbeaten contender Tenshin Nasukawa and former titleholder Takuma Inoue are set to meet for the vacant WBC 118lbs title, Teiken ...

Less risks but better fights. IBA Pro is a newly launched platform set to reshape boxing’s talent development pipeline. IBA Pro Director Al Siesta has a passing resemblance to Jose Mourinho and like ...

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 ...

I recently traveled halfway across the world to cover some world championship boxing in Japan and was taken aback by how differently they do things compared to back home in the United Kingdom. I ...

Drastic weight loss, ferocious sparring and lax regulation have created a dangerous environment in Japanese boxing, as the sport battles for its future in the country after two fighters died. Super ...

Japanese boxing officials said on Tuesday they would introduce urine tests, stricter rules on weight loss to prevent dehydration and improve medical cover at bouts following the deaths of two fighters ...