Boxing-Colombian Quinones, 25, dead five days after knockout loss


(Reuters) - Colombian junior welterweight boxer Luis Quinones died on Thursday night after being knocked out in a fight against Jose Munoz in Barranquilla, Colombia, five days before.

The 25-years-old had a final record of 10-1 and had been in a coma after collapsing on the floor in the eighth round of the fight, according to ESPN.

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