Top Japanese fighter retires to support comatose boxer brother


Former WBC strawweight champion Yudai Shigeoka has retired to look after his brother Ginjiro who is in a coma after collapsing during a fight in Osaka three months ago. - AFP

TOKYO: A Japanese boxer is retiring to support his brother who has been in a coma since a bout in May, as the sport in the country reels from the deaths of two fighters.

Former WBC strawweight champion Yudai Shigeoka's brother Ginjiro collapsed after a fight in Osaka three months ago and underwent emergency brain surgery.

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