US EditionBoxing: Ex-Champ Ginjiro Shigeoka Has Brain Surgery, Set to Retire
- Japanese boxer Ginjiro Shigeoka lost a 12-round split decision at Intex Osaka on May 24, 2025, and subsequently lost consciousness in the ring before being stretchered out for emergency medical treatment.
- The fight, a rematch against Filipino Pedro Taduran for the IBF minimumweight title, ended with Shigeoka showing no knockdowns but losing the bout.
- Shortly after the decision, Shigeoka lost consciousness, was stretchered out, and was rushed to a hospital where doctors diagnosed an acute subdural hematoma requiring emergency brain surgery.
- JBC secretary general Tsuyoshi Yasukochi confirmed Shigeoka, age 25 and a former IBF champion, is under observation in Osaka after a craniotomy, with improving health indicators and breathing unaided.
- Due to Japanese Boxing Commission rules barring licensed fighters who undergo brain surgery, Shigeoka is required to retire, ending his professional boxing career.
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Boxer Ginjiro Shigeoka shows sign of recovery after brain surgery
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Former International Boxing Federation (IBF) world minimumweight champion Ginjiro Shigeoka is showing signs of improvement following emergency brain surgery, according to his brother, Yudai Shigeoka. In a social media post translated and shared by Viva Promotions, Yudai said that “the most critical week had passed” for their family, offering a hopeful update after days of uncertainty. Yudai, himself a former world champi…
Taduran forces Shigeoka retirement following delicate brain procedure
MANILA, Philippines – Pedro Taduran sent Ginjiro Shigeoka into forced retirement following the Filipino champion’s split decision win in their rematch for the International Boxing Federation (IBF) minimumweight belt on Saturday, May 24, at Intex Osaka. After the verdict had been announced, the Japanese went limp, fell unconscious, and was stretchered out of the ring and into the hospital, where he was operated on for acute subdural hematoma, ble…
The US Sun
talkSPORTFormer boxing world champion undergoes brain surgery after collapsing in ring
GINJIRO SHIGEOKA has undergone brain surgery following his brutal defeat to Pedro Taduran. The Japanese southpaw collapsed in the ring as the result of his rematch with Taduran, which he lost via split decision, was announced – he was then stretchered out of the arena. ALAMYGinjiro Shigeoka rematched Pedro Taduran in Osaka, Japan last weekend[/caption] ALAMYThe southpaw suffered a split decision defeat to the Filipino[/caption] ALAMYShigeoka col…
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