With an apparent shotgun blast to the chest, boxing has lost one of its most intriguing and brilliant fighters, as the AP has reported that three-time world champion Alexis Arguello was found dead at his home in Managua, Nicaragua on Wednesday morning. Arguello was probably best known for losing two epic battles with Aaron Pryor [...]
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July 01, 2009
Alexis Arguello, the Nicaraguan boxing legend who was found dead early Wednesday of a gunshot wound to the chest, led a demon-haunted life that he nearly ended by his own hand 25 years ago. From a 1985 Sports Illustrated story: In 1984, when Alexis Arguello was 32, he sat on his boat in the ocean one morning and stared down the black shaft of a loaded automatic pistol. It was as...
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July 01, 2009
Former boxing champion Alexis Arguello, who had been serving as the mayor of Managua for the past year, was found dead in his home of a gunshot wound on Wednesday according to a spokesperson for the president of Nicaragua.
Arguello compiled an 82-8 record during his boxing career, with 65 knockouts, and held championships in three [...]
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July 01, 2009
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) -- Former boxing champion Alexis Arguello, considered one of the best lightweights to step in the ring, has been found dead.
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July 01, 2009
by Michael David SmithFiled under: Boxing GossipAlexis Arguello, the former boxing world champion who in 2008 was elected mayor of his hometown of Managua, Nicaragua, was found dead on Wednesday. He was 57.The newspaper El Nuevo Diario reported that Arguello's death appeared to be a suicide.Alexis Arguello Dies, Boxing Champ Became Mayor of Managua originally appeared on Fanhouse...
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July 01, 2009
[HT: Fox Sports.com/AP]Former boxing champion Alexis Arguello, considered one of the best lightweights to step in the ring, has been found dead.Presidential spokeswoman Rosario Murillo confirmed Arguello's death early Wednesday.The 57-year-old Arguello was elected mayor of Managua last year. He turned pro in 1968 and won his first title by knocking out Ruben Olivares for the...
Via CBSSports.com
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July 02, 2009
Investigators have released new evidence that points to suicide in the death of former boxing champion and Managua mayor Alexis Arguello.
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July 01, 2009
Managua mayor Alexis Arguello, former boxing champion, found dead at his home.
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July 01, 2009
Managua mayor Alexis Arguello, a three-time world boxing champion, has been found dead.
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July 01, 2009
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) -- Alexis Arguello, who fought in one of boxing's most classic brawls and re...
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July 01, 2009
What Manny Pacquiao is to the Philippines, what Julio Cesar Chavez is to Mexico, so Alexis Arguello is to Nicaragua, a boxer who transcended sport to become a fighting symbol of the collective heart of his people. He fought Ruben Olivares, he fought Aaron Pryor, and in the tumultuous 80’s in Nicaragua, he took to the jungle to fight the Sandinistas. He was a fighter, pure and...
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July 01, 2009
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Alexis Arguello, who fought in one of boxing's most classic brawls and reigned supreme at 130 pounds, was found dead at his home early Wednesday.
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July 01, 2009
HEARD THIS ONE?Remembering ArguelloAlexis Arguello died Wednesday at age 57, reportedly of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest.
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