Comments Thread For: Crossroads: Japanese boxing is in danger of ?disappearing? following recent tragedies

[ELPacman]

Just need to get tighter with the rules and regulations. What happens in America anytime an accident happens? We SUE. What usually comes out of this? Typically new laws are created to help prevent the issue from happening again. Not always, but in a lot of cases. That's how we have so many safety laws in America at workplaces. Usually it derived from a prior accident and we've "learned" from our mistakes.

If Japan doesn't change anything and just says, oh well, it was unfortunate it happened to those two and don't try to learn from it, they'll continue to have tragedies similar. The answer isn't to get rid of the sport entirely because obviously it doesn't happen to EVERY single fighter. So you need to look at the causing factors and try to reduce those.

[HisExcellency]

Japanese boxing ain't going anywhere but UP given that Inoue is arguably the best fighter on the planet and p4p #1 plus they had another 2 guys in Ring magazine's p4p top 10 up until recently (Nakatani & Teraji). If anything, Japanese boxing has never been stronger.

[Liondw]

Shocking that both died from fights they had on the same card.

It's hard to make boxing safer. There are complaints when fights are stopped too late, and complaints when it's stopped too quickly.

The extreme weight cuts to make weight is something to look at.

God bless these fighters souls, hopefully in heaven, and comfort any loved ones of theirs still in this life, which is very temporary.

[57Blues]

Past several years i have been calling Japan ..... the new Mexican Fighters....... it is not going anywhere if it faded some USA promoters would grab up the fighters and promote them on local stages or some King in Saudi would pay them plenty and display them any way he felt like it..... it will pan out.....always does.

[drablj]

recently retired japanese champions: kosei tanaka (4 divisions), hiroto kyoguchi (2), shigeoka brothers, katsunari takayama, ryosuke iwasa, ryuya yamanaka, daigo higa.
japan only has 5 champions now. they had 9 or 10 once recently. kenshiro and kazuto ioka are on their last legs. their golden era is about to end. i love japanese boxing the most and it will be a sad day if they ban it.

[famicommander]

recently retired japanese champions: kosei tanaka (4 divisions), hiroto kyoguchi (2), shigeoka brothers, katsunari takayama, ryosuke iwasa, ryuya yamanaka, daigo higa.
japan only has 5 champions now. they had 9 or 10 once recently. kenshiro and kazuto ioka are on their last legs. their golden era is about to end. i love japanese boxing the most and it will be a sad day if they ban it.

That's still more than any other countries except the USA and Mexico.

The UK is down to just Nick Ball right now.

[SouthpawRight]

Japanese boxing ain't going anywhere but UP given that Inoue is arguably the best fighter on the planet and p4p #1 plus they had another 2 guys in Ring magazine's p4p top 10 up until recently (Nakatani & Teraji). If anything, Japanese boxing has never been stronger.

Japan is the culture that invented seppuku, kamikaze suicide bombers, and banzai charges [human wave attacks that the Russians are being falsely accused of]

Japanese are as brave as Mexicans if not more so

people are underestimating the Japanese resolve to keep going

these mofos were nuked and would have continued if not for their emperor [seen as a god by them] telling them it’s over

They’ll make improvements for the safety of the fighters but won’t quit boxing

[HisExcellency]

Japan is the culture that invented seppuku, kamikaze suicide bombers, and banzai charges [human wave attacks that the Russians are being falsely accused of]

Japanese are as brave as Mexicans if not more so

people are underestimating the Japanese resolve to keep going

these mofos were nuked and would have continued if not for their emperor [seen as a god by them] telling them it’s over

They’ll make improvements for the safety of the fighters but won’t quit boxing

Very true...Japan has a strong boxing culture and the fact that Inoue (we need to think of a good nickname for him) is the current p4p #1 with 2 others being in the p4p top 10 up until recently (Nakatani & Teraji) will only inspire a new generation of fighter's. In fact, the ONLY thing that threatens to derail Japanese boxing is their declining population (although that seems to be a global problem).

[57Blues]

recently retired japanese champions: kosei tanaka (4 divisions), hiroto kyoguchi (2), shigeoka brothers, katsunari takayama, ryosuke iwasa, ryuya yamanaka, daigo higa.
japan only has 5 champions now. they had 9 or 10 once recently. kenshiro and kazuto ioka are on their last legs. their golden era is about to end. i love japanese boxing the most and it will be a sad day if they ban it.

You think that Japan would ban boxing ? i do not they could make some rules or disturb what they have built thru the years in those lighter weights and could be hurtful if not taken steps that are sensible and not over reacting to the sport of boxing. USA did not ban boxing but they sure did sell it to the highest bidder ...........

[SouthpawRight]

Very true...Japan has a strong boxing culture and the fact that Inoue (we need to think of a good nickname for him) is the current p4p #1 with 2 others being in the p4p top 10 up until recently (Nakatani & Teraji) will only inspire a new generation of fighter's. In fact, the ONLY thing that threatens to derail Japanese boxing is their declining population (although that seems to be a global problem).

Naoya = Vegeta?

have you seen that half Japanese half African fighter

we seen the Korean hybrids outperform. Let see how good their Japanese cousins are

japanese and bbc mix

Japan will succumb to what other first world nations are doing: import third worlders to swell the numbers for their declining population

southeast Asians for the cultural similarities buddhism rice yellow skinned