MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Managua Mayor Alexis Arguello, a former world boxing great, died at his home Wednesday of a single gunshot to the chest, authorities said in ruling the death a probable suicide.
Alexis Arguello would have turned 72 last Friday. It doesn’t seem like nearly 15 years since his tragic death in 2009, at age 57, and although he obviously wouldn’t be fighting at this age, last ...
NEW YORK — Nearly three decades ago, a ferocious puncher and a brilliant ring tactician waged one of boxing’s epic brawls under the twinkling lights of the Orange Bowl in Miami, a fight so big few ...
Alexis Arguello, who battled his way to three world boxing titles in the ring but lost several bouts with personal demons outside the ropes, was found dead early Wednesday at his home in Managua, ...
No regrets: Alexis Arguello retired from the ring in February, when he began experiencing painful headaches for the first time in his lengthy boxing career. The former WBA featherweight champ and ...
NEW YORK -- Nearly three decades ago, a ferocious puncher and a brilliant ring tactician waged one of boxing's epic brawls under the twinkling lights of the Orange Bowl in Miami, a fight so big that ...