Japanese Boxer Hirokazu Yamaki Dies Due to Head Trauma

There are a lot of positives to highlight from the past few days in Japanese Boxing, outlined on Boxing Blog the Boxing Bulletin, including the Champion's Carnival continuing. The big news coming out of Japan over the past few days was the first death in a boxing ring since March 10, 1952.

Yamaki was involved in a bout on Feb. 19th against fellow 110lbs competitor Toshimasa Ouchi when he was knocked out in the 8th round. He failed to stir after the fight was called and was rushed to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with an acute subdural hematoma. Doctors spent days attempting to to sustain and repair the 26 year old, who was ranked 11th at Flyweight, but he passed away on Monday morning.

Obviously there will be further inquiries by the Japan Boxing Commission to prevent such a tragedy from happening again in the ring.