Japan Boxing Commission

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The JBC was established in April 1952 just before their first world champion Yoshio Shirai title shot at Dado Marino of Hawaii at the Korakuen Baseball Stadium on May 19 that year. It was liquidated on the 31st March 2022. Ryohei Nagata, the chairman of the board of JBC directors, said, “The JBC’s administration will be continued even in the process of liquidation without bothering the Japanese boxing activities. It was caused by the JBC’s declining incomes in 2020 and 2021 due to the decrease of boxing promotions, which was mainly caused by the coronavirus pandemic since the beginning of 2020.” The final blow to the JBC, however, might be the losing litigation against Kameda family with the JBC ordered to pay compensation of 100,000,000 Yen (some 833,333 USD to the Kameda brothers this February.