Editing Sports in Japan (section)

===Boxing===
{{Main|Boxing in Japan}}
The history of [[boxing]] in Japan began in 1854 when [[Matthew C. Perry|Matthew Perry]] landed at [[Shimoda, Shizuoka]] soon after the [[Convention of Kanagawa]].  At that time, American sailors often engaged in sparring matches on board their ships, with their fists wrapped in thin leather.  It was the first example of boxing conveyed to Japan. In addition, an [[Makuuchi#Ōzeki|ōzeki-ranked]] [[rikishi|sumo wrestler]] named {{Nihongo|[[Koyanagi Tsunekichi|Koyanagi]]i|小柳 常吉}} was summoned by the [[Tokugawa shogunate|shogunate]], and ordered to fight a boxer and a wrestler from the [[United States]].  There were three fought matches, using different martial arts' styles, before Perry and other spectators.  Koyanagi reportedly won.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jpba.gr.jp/history/origin/origin_02.html|script-title=ja:ボクシングの伝来と協会の歴史 – 第二章 ペリー提督によって日本に伝来|year=2008|publisher=Japan Pro Boxing Association|language=ja|access-date=March 16, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dl.lib.brown.edu/japan/Kasahara-Sumo.html|title=Perry Visits Japan: a visual history – The Sumo Won Perry's Heart|author=Shun Kasahara, [[The University of Tokyo]]|date=Spring 2009|publisher=[[Brown University|Brown University Library]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719154723/http://dl.lib.brown.edu/japan/Kasahara-Sumo.html|archive-date=July 19, 2011|access-date=March 16, 2011}}</ref>

In Japan, every professional boxer must contract with a manager under the Japan Boxing Commission (JBC) rules,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://j-boxwest.com/report/rule_1.html|title=JBC rules – Part 1|publisher=West Japan Boxing Association|language=ja|access-date=March 31, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104002039/http://j-boxwest.com/report/rule_1.html|archive-date=November 4, 2010}}</ref> and is required to belong to a boxing gym which has exclusive management rights for boxers as a member of each regional subsidiary body of [[Japan Pro Boxing Association]] under the Japan's conventional gym system.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jbc.or.jp/info/howtobox/question.html#q_01|title=Q and A – Question 1|publisher=Japan Boxing Commission|language=ja|access-date=March 31, 2011}}</ref> Two professional boxers belonging to the same gym have not been allowed to fight against each other unless one of them transfers to other gym, because it might disrupt the gym system.<ref>{{cite news|title=坂田 vs 興毅の元同門対決今夏にも実現へ|url=http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/news/p-bt-tp1-20080514-359653.html|newspaper=Nikkan Sports|date=May 14, 2008}}</ref> However, it is often quite difficult for boxers to transfer between the gyms due to the matters on transfer fees, match fees and so on.<ref name="asazawa2007">{{Harvnb|Asazawa|Shibuya|2007|p=61}}</ref>