On this day in 2004 Robert Quiroga was murdered by a member of the Bandidos MC. Robert was the first world champion from San Antonio; today his name lives on in his brother's anti bullying campaign in San Antonio schools.
His fight with Akeem Anifowoshe has one of the more depressing aftermaths among fights. Akeem died of a brain injury in Nigeria, possibly after sparring as he is said to have still been attempting to continue with his boxing career despite near-death in San Antonio. Quiroga got killed by some POS in an argument over a Scarface poster. Some classless low-life people in the crowd were said to have been chanting “D.O.A.” when they saw the serious shape that Anifowoshe was in after he collapsed. It was a terrific fight, I scored it for Akeem. I read that it was only $10 to order, so it was called the best PPV fight ever in terms of getting “bang for your buck”. Although a lot of people didn’t pay since we had those illegal scramblers.