On this day: Salvador Sanchez died in a car accident
Madison Square Garden in New York, USA – August 12th, 1982
At the zenith of his career, WBC featherweight Champion Salvador Sanchez died in a car accident in State of Mexico. He’d recently fought and TKO’d Azumah Nelson at Madison Square Garden in New York. His Family, community, Mexico and the World mourned.
(Kristian von Sponneck)
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