Japan's former world boxing champion Shigeoka Ginjiro was rushed to the hospital unconscious in the ring after his defeat

The 25-year-old Japanese former world bantamweight champion Ginjiro Shigeoka recently lost to the current champion and Filipino Pedro Taduran in a boxing title fight in Osaka. After being diagnosed with "acute subdural hematoma", a craniotomy has been performed, and he is still under observation in the intensive care unit.

After losing 12 rounds between former Japanese world boxing champion Shigeoka Ginjiro and current boxing champion Taduran, he fell unconscious in the ring and was sent to the hospital on a stretcher for emergency medical treatment.

According to comprehensive Japanese media reports, the International Boxing Federation (IBF) bantamweight championship fight was held at the Osaka International Exhibition Center on the 24th local time, and Shigeoka Ginjiro fought hard to take revenge and challenge Taduran, who lost his belt last year. The two sides battled fiercely for 12 rounds, and finally Shigeoka lost by 1-2 decision, and once again failed to regain the glory of the boxing title. However, what was even more shocking was that after the referee announced the result of the match, Shigeoka suddenly sat down in the corner of the ring, confused, and then fell into a coma, and the atmosphere was instantly solemn. The staff immediately carried him away from the scene and took him to the hospital for emergency treatment.

The Japan Boxing Committee (JBC) confirmed on the 27th that Shigeoka was diagnosed with a right acute subdural hematoma, and an emergency craniotomy was made on the same day, and he has not yet woken up, and continues to stay in the intensive care unit for close observation. According to JBC rules, players who undergo craniotomy will be permanently banned from playing, and Shigaoka may be forced to end his career.

JBC said it had repeatedly reviewed the video footage and found that Shigeoka had not been knocked down during the match, had not been visibly hit hard, and had not even seen anything unusual when he returned to the corner after the match, and had lost consciousness only a moment after holding his head, which was very different from the case of Kazuki Aguchi, who died of a brain injury last year, making it difficult for authorities to explain the cause of the accident.

Born in Kumamoto Prefecture in 1999, Shigeoka began boxing in the fourth grade of elementary school and officially entered the professional arena in 2018, winning the IBF Bantamweight World Championship. In July 2024, he lost the title in his first meeting with Taduran, and this rematch not only failed to get revenge, but fell to the ground with serious injuries.