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08-16-2004, 03:01 PM
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Prominent San Antonio boxer Robert Quiroga, the first San Antonian to win a world boxing title, was found murdered today on the city's northwest side, police and family members tell 1200 WOAI news.
Quioroga, 35, won the IBF Super Flyweight title in a bout against Akeem Anifowoshe at Hemisfair Arena in June of 1991 that "Ring" magazine dubbed the 1991 Fight of the Year. Quiorga held the title against two opponents before losing it to Julio Cesar Borboa in 1993, in the first loss of his career. After losing again two years later to Ancee Gedeon at Freeman Coliseum, Quiroga retired from boxing.
"A passerby flagged down an officer about three this morning, and told the officer there was a body lying next to a car at Interstate 10 and Red Oak," Police spokesman Sgt. Gabe Trevino said.
Quiroga had been stabbed repeatedly and was pronounced dead at University Hospital. Trevino said Quiroga had been drinking with friends at a bar at Interstate 10 and Wurzbach, three blocks from where his body was found. There are no suspects and no motive for the murder, which is under investigation as a homicide.
Quiroga, a fiesty 5 foot 4, was known as "Pikin." He fought around the world during his eight year career, including bouts in Italy, England, and at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas.
Prominent San Antonio boxer Robert Quiroga, the first San Antonian to win a world boxing title, was found murdered today on the city's northwest side, police and family members tell 1200 WOAI news.
Quioroga, 35, won the IBF Super Flyweight title in a bout against Akeem Anifowoshe at Hemisfair Arena in June of 1991 that "Ring" magazine dubbed the 1991 Fight of the Year. Quiorga held the title against two opponents before losing it to Julio Cesar Borboa in 1993, in the first loss of his career. After losing again two years later to Ancee Gedeon at Freeman Coliseum, Quiroga retired from boxing.
"A passerby flagged down an officer about three this morning, and told the officer there was a body lying next to a car at Interstate 10 and Red Oak," Police spokesman Sgt. Gabe Trevino said.
Quiroga had been stabbed repeatedly and was pronounced dead at University Hospital. Trevino said Quiroga had been drinking with friends at a bar at Interstate 10 and Wurzbach, three blocks from where his body was found. There are no suspects and no motive for the murder, which is under investigation as a homicide.
Quiroga, a fiesty 5 foot 4, was known as "Pikin." He fought around the world during his eight year career, including bouts in Italy, England, and at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas.