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Nicaraguan radio and press are reporting that Alexis Arguello shot himself through the heart this morning, killing himself.

Arguello, the sandinista mayor of Managua, had been critiziced for failing to provide records for his expense accounts over the last few months and opponets have pointed out he was a stooge of Daniel Ortega.

RIP

if its true im devestated,arguello was a superb fighter and rightful hall of famer,i know he had drug problems in the past but i thought he was doing good now

Its on Wikipedia, but I cannot find it elsewhere. Hope its not true.

Very Sad RIP Arguello

That's just terrible news, one of the greatest fighters of all time, and one of the true gentlemen of sport.

He went through a bad patch when he retired in the 80's, but I hoped he was over that. Really tragic news if it's true.

Super RIP.

Legend.

One of my all-time favourites. RIP.

Awful news.

RIP champ.

Please, please let this just no be accuarate! I'm fearful it is though! Arguello was an exceptional fighter. If the reports are true, then Alexis, obviously, must have been in some sort of trauma or difficulty. Life can't have been going too smoothly for him!

My thoughts are with his family at what must be an extremely tragic time for them & my condolences go to them.

Boxing has lost one its greatest fighters.

RIP CHAMP!

http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/ ... /index.htm

An article from Sports Illustrated a few years back, and a few lines from it -

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 good a place as any to die.

A.J. ( his son ) sat across from him, crying, begging him not to do it. Arguello cried too, saying that he must. There was no other sound except the ocean lapping at the boat, on which was painted THE CHAMP......

No resolution is possible in this life, a voice suggested. No, he cried—as long as he held this gun to his head, one resolution was possible.

"Don't do it, Dad!" pleaded A.J.

He looked at the boy for a long time. Twelve years before, on a humid night when A.J. was an infant, Arguello had felt a sudden urge to sleep next to his firstborn. A few hours later an earthquake ravaged Managua. The roof and walls in the room where Arguello normally slept collapsed upon the empty bed. Arguello laid down the gun.

one of the greats.

RIP.

legend

rip

No words can truly express this loss. He was a legend and a gentleman. I remember him clapping Jim Watt when Jim was introduced at the weigh-in at Wembley in 1981 (Alexis was in the background and there was nothing showy in his actions). A fighter genuinely clapping his opponent - unbelievable. He was also one of the most photogenic fighters of all time.
One of the best.

One of the greats. What a warrior.

Sadly, AP are now reporting it

What a boxer he was, one of my favourites. RIP LEGEND!

sad news about a great champ

Absolutely gutted, best fight ever with Pryor IMO :(

R.I.P.

Totally gutted ! Now that what you call a true legend in every sense of the word ! I was lucky enough to have met him in Cardiff few yrs ago when he came over here to do some dinner shows !

My signed photos of Arguello and Pryor are prized possessions, watched their fights a million times......totally gutted

RIP

always surprising when celebs pull the plug. id imagine he could pull the hottest nicaraguan birds he wanted if he went out to a nightclub. thats something to live for. heard he got into heroin bigtime though and i guess it messed him up.

A champion in every way

RIP

RIP , he was one of the best boxers ever.

RIP champ

RIP