Alexis Arguello Bio...

If this is a new Bio coming out, I was a big fan as a kid.
El Flaco is the reason I follow boxing today. He's the first fighter I ever took to wanting not to miss a single one of his fights.

When does the book come out?

 

I did not know about this. Thank you

Im looking forward to it, "Hands of Stone" was indeed a great book and I like the author. Arguello is one of my favorite fighters

 

Very cool of you....

I also had no idea about this book.....can't wait to read it.

 

my favorite fighter, all time. classiest man i ever saw in a ring.

 

as a kid, i cried when pryor beat him, thats how serious a fan i was even as a kid. to me he epitomised the gentleman warrior. he didnt need to hype himself up to destroy another man, then afterwards he could show you as much love as he just showed you brutality. a truly noble warrior.

 

I hope this book is'nt just a corny type of book that dwells on just Arguello's sportmanship and gentlman spirit.

I want it to go further than that and goes well into what made Arguello the man and fighter. To show the human non-perfect side of him by the accounts of quotes from people who knew him well.

Would love to here quotes from those closest to Arguello to see if we can get a better guage of what Arguello really thought of Aaron Pryor, and what happened in their fight with the black bottle.

Before Arguello's death, we knew he had become close friends with Pryor.
Arguello was just that type of an individual. I dont think he harbored ill feelings toward Pryor, but I have a hunch that Arguello was'nt stupid and really knew that what Pryor was up to that night was'nt on the up and up.

Arguello must have confided in his closest friends about this, and I hope at least some of that comes out in the book.

As a fan, it tears me up inside that Arguello died shortly before HBO's documentary "Assault in the ring" came out to the public.

In that documentary Luis Resto admitted in detail of what Panama Lewis did with his fighters to cheat and gain an advantage.

Arguello deserved to have known the exact truth as stated by facts as Resto laid out in that documentary on the matter.
Sadly, Arguello went to his grave not knowing.:?

I do hope the book touches in detail about the "black bottle incident."

 

Have'nt read it, but since its coming highly recommended in this thread, I'm going to check to see if my library carries it for me to borrow, otherwise I might buy the book myself.