Alexis Arguello commits suicide

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  1. WhataRock

    WhataRock Loyal Member Full Member

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    Yeah getting the rounds now...very very sad.

    I dont think there is a fighter who is as universally a favorite among boxing fans as Alexis was.
     
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  2. JohnThomas1

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    Wow, just wow. He's been debated and talked about so much the last week or two in here too.
     
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  3. AlFrancis

    AlFrancis Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Very very sad. I remember reading back in the 90's that he was having a hard time and that he had contemplated suicide. He actually got to the point of holding a gun to himself then. I thought he had got his life back on track.
    RIP.
     
    AlFrancis, Jul 1, 2009
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  4. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Exactly. This couldn't have happened to a nicer guy than Alexis, and I just read that he was notable for his fight with Aaron Pryor. Sad thing is, he's notable for so much more than that night, inside and out of the ring. The boxing fans understand who've they've just lost.
     
    Addie, Jul 1, 2009
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  5. kosaros

    kosaros Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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  6. PbP Bacon

    PbP Bacon ALL TIME FAT Full Member

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    so sad
     
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  7. Holmes' Jab

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    Still numb from hearing this. Truely tragic circumstances.
     
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  8. asero

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  9. Bill Butcher

    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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    The only ****in news thats ever incorrect is good news recently, Im afraid this is true mate :verysad
     
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  10. Bill1234

    Bill1234 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Wow. R.I.P. Alexis.
     
    Bill1234, Jul 1, 2009
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  11. DINAMITA

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    A modern God. RIP.
     
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  12. haglerbeatsugar

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  13. Vantage_West

    Vantage_West ヒップホップ·プロデューサー Full Member

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    is it common or unusual to have been shot through the heart. i dont want to call foul play becuase he did have a mild self destructive side to him but he seemed to be relativly successful and was a decent politician form what i heard. do you think politics might of been involved in this.

    either way a great man not boxer has died.
     
    Vantage_West, Jul 1, 2009
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  14. Bill Butcher

    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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  15. flamengo

    flamengo Coool as a Cucumber. Full Member

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    ........... this really does shake people up.

    He's not just a great fighter, he's not just a brilliant warrior, he's a champ in the minds of so many who never realised how much they respected him.

    A quiet man in the scheme of things, especially here down under, yet he is such an amazing internationally recognised and praisable figure. A fighter of great words relating to any arguement in which his name is raised. I dont think a negative word has been written on this site, with genuine meaning.

    Amazing, sad and incredible to think this has happened.

    R.I.P

    LEGEND IN THE GAME

    LEGEND OF THE GAME

    LEGEND AFTER THE GAME

    LEGENDARY FOR THE GAME, AS THE GAME IS LEGENDARY FOR HIM.
     
    flamengo, Jul 1, 2009
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