John Cooney (1996-2025) - 130 lbs Shigetoshi Kotari (1996-2025) - 130 lbs Hiromasa Urakawa (1997-2025) - 135 lbs With Ginjiro Shigeoka (105 lbs) also fighting for his life, there's a question lurking in my mind: putting weight cutting aside cause that's still happening under 200 lbs and looking at the stats that it's usually much lighter fighters suffering brain bleed & other life threatening conditions – is it possible somehow that a 240 lbs punch landing on a 240 lbs body causes less direct harm than a 120 lbs punch landing on a 120 lbs body? The smaller and leaner the body is, the less muscle mass & body fat is there to dissipate the force and anyone under 140 lbs is usually skinny looking with or without weight cut with Tim Bradley style muscles only appearing at or above. I dunno, this question is just something I'm keep coming back to, too many heroes are dying at lower weight classes and it cannot be a coincidence this is more prevalent there.
At lower weight classes you (generally) take more punches before the fight is stopped (if it is even stopped) compared to at higher weight classes
If you get hit by a big man you get knocked out. The brain hits the inside of your skull hard once and swells. Can be fatal if a bleed occurs which puts pressure. If a midget hits you hard it hurts and your brain swells but you can take more of these hits which add up. The energy absorbed from 20 midget punches is greater than 1 heavyweight punch. Death by a thousand cuts
