Akeem Anifowoshe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Nigerian boxer
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Place of Birth: Nigeria
About Akeem Anifowoshe
- Akeem Anifowoshe (11 September 1968 – 1 December 1994), popular as "Kid" Akeem, was a Nigerian Super Flyweight professional boxer. He is best known for his performance in Ring Magazine's 1991 Fight of the Year, which he lost to Robert Quiroga by a close but bruising unanimous decision [1]. He was challenging Quiroga for his International Boxing Federation Super Flyweight title.
- Shortly after the decision was announced, Anifowoshe collapsed in the ring and was rushed to emergency surgery to remove a bloodclot from his brain. After being injured in the Quiroga fight, Anifowoshe was not allowed to fight in the United States again.
- There are reports that he turned to drug trafficking and was deported back to Nigeria, where he picked up boxing again after a while.
- Reports vary on exactly how he died, some say he had boxed in an ill-advised professional match in Nigeria and collapsed in the shower afterward, some say he collapsed after a training session. It is known that his death was attributed to the brain injury sustained in his fight with Quiroga.
- Called by trainer Miguel Diaz the fighter with the most natural talent he ever trained and a recipient of an honorable mention in the Ring's 1987 "Prospect of the Year" selections, Anifowoshe has a final record of 23 wins against only 1 defeat.
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