This is a tough one to even get my head around. It's going to take a while for this one to sink in. Part of my childhood died today.
I feel you brother. It has'nt been 100% confirmed if it was really a suicide from what I've heard...... .....I feel so terrible, and maybe its wishful thinking on my part.....but I wish I could hear that Alexis did'nt quit in the biggest fight he and any of us ever had.....life! Still will always have a special place in my heart as a boxing fan of "The great" Alexis Arguello!
This is a major tragedy for me..Alexis Arguello was not only a super-great fighter but also was a world class gentleman ala Floyd Patterson, who served as a role model/example for all fighters and athletes for that matter.
Just found out the news. And all I can do is say "wow". It just...sucks that someone who was, in many ways, the pefect epitome of the term "monster inside the ring, and class act outside the ropes" would be afflicted by demons that would eventually end his life. If there's another realm after this one, then it can only be hoped that the Explosve Thin Man finds the peace there that his life didn't seem to have here. RIP
<---- Alexis and Robinson at the Main Street gym in LA. We often mythologize great champions. Alexis was just a man, with demons that may have claimed him in the end. He was a knight in shining armor, but underneath that armor was flesh and bone and weakness and mortality. Accept what he gave us: glimpses into the heart of a truly great fighter, lessons in chivarly. May God forgive him. May God bless him. I'm thankful for the many gifts he gave the Sweet Science.
It seems suspicious that he shoots himself in the heart...most men shoot themselves in the head. I will wait and see.