Japanese boxer dies after his debut match
20:52, 6 January 2014
Astana. January 6. KAZINFORM - Tesshin Okada, a 21-year-old Japanese boxer died in a Tokyo hospital on Monday, vesti.kz informs.
Okada was knocked out during his professional debut 17 days ago. He lost consciousness after the fourth and final round of a super-flyweight match against another professional debutant. He was rushed to hospital by ambulance and underwent a craniotomy. He was the 38th boxer to die from accidents in matches in Japan since 1952.