Tokyo Boxing Card: When Knockouts Become Curtains Calls

In what sounds like a tribute to the concept of 'down for the count,' two boxers—Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa—tragically died following fights on the same card in Tokyo last week. Yes, as the article puts it tersely, these deaths happened 'following fights' on the same card. Oh, I'm sorry, did I miss the part where boxing turned into a live audition for the Grim Reaper? You know, because normally a sports event isn't supposed to end with simultaneous mausoleum bookings. So let me get this straight: a combat sport called boxing, where the objective is to knock someone out, just knocked out two dudes permanently? Yeah, because nothing says 'world-class entertainment' like a double feature of funerary exhibitions.

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Boxing in Tokyo apparently confused ‘knockout’ with ‘fixed farewell,’ because two adults on the same boxing card ended up giving the Grim Reaper a bear hug. Meanwhile, ringside fans wondering if this was a sports event or an extreme live-action game of 'who’s got no pulse?'

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