Japanese Boxing authorities announced on Tuesday (12) the implementation of more rigid rules regarding weight loss in order to prevent the dehydration of boxers after the recent death of two boxers.
Japan (Japanese Professional Boxing Association), JBC (Japanese Boxing Commission) and gym owners have decided to implement urine tests to measure dehydration, among other measures to control boxer’s rapid weight loss, Commission Secretary Tsuyoshi Yasukochi said.
This decision comes after the deaths of Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa, both 28, occurred after fighting the same night at an event on August 2 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.
Although it still remains to determine the exact cause that caused both deaths, the world boxing association believes that dehydration caused by rapid weight loss contributes to increasing brain vulnerability to bleeding.
The Japanese responsible of this sport have decided to “take all possible measures so that the death of these two boxers is not in vain,” Yasukochi said.
