By KOGO SHIOYA/ Staff Writer
June 16, 2022 at 10:30 JST
Sena Irie wins a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics and graces the cover of the September 2021 issue of Boxing Magazine, the first woman to be featured solo on the cover. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
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