According to numerous news sources, the boxer who won his first heavyweight boxing championship on Showtime was shot dead on Wednesday morning at a restaurant in Texas.

The 28-year-old female friend of the heavyweight boxer was there to help her complete the terms of her divorce from her 61-year-old husband when they were at Houston’s Crab Station Oyster Bar.

The 61-year-old guy and Smith had a conversation before the man departed and returned with a gun, shooting Smith several times.

The suspect is now being kept on life support.

Promoter for the Hall of Fame Lou DiBella referred to Smith’s death as “another needless shooting.” “Maurenzo fought for me a few times, including maybe the best bout of his career against Vinny Maddalone,” matchmaker Ron Katz wrote on Twitter. Hearing this terrible news has stunned and saddened me greatly.