YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — An American service member at this airlift hub in western Tokyo is set for his professional boxing debut Tuesday night in Tokyo. Airman 1st Class Craig Jeudy, a communications ...

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 ...

Naoya Inoue and Ye Joon Kim (Image Credit: Getty Images) Naoya Inoue successfully retained his IBF, WBA, WBC, and WBO super bantamweight titles after knocking out Ye Joon Kim. Originally, Sam Goodman ...

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 ...

Following the latest deaths, governing body the Japan Boxing Commission (JBC) held emergency meetings with the Japan Pro Boxing Association (JPBA), which represents boxing gym owners. One issue under ...