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Alexis Arguello Boxing
Robe Autograph
A great custom boxing robe a replica of the
one Arguello used to wear in the ring, signed in silver
sharpie by boxing legend Alexis Arguello. Comes with a photograph
from the actual signing.
Alexis Arguello
£125.00
Tall and slender at 5-foot-10 and 130 pounds,
Arguello was a great tactical boxer with a surprisingly
powerful punch. He began fighting in his native Nicaragua
when he was sixteen. After winning 35 of 37 bouts, Arguello
took the World Boxing Association featherweight championship
by knocking out Ruben Olivares in the 13th round on November
23, 1974, at Inglewood, CA.
Arguello won the vacant world featherweight
title with a 2nd round knockout of Rigoberto Riasco on May
31, 1975, in Granada. He relinquished the championship after
two defenses to move into the junior lightweight division
in 1977.
On January 28, 1978, Arguello knocked out
Alfredo Escalera in the 13th round to win the World Boxing
Council championship. He defended the title eight times,
winning all by knockout, and then moved up to the lightweight
division.
Arguello won a 15-round decision over Scotland's
Jim Watt in London on June 20, 1981, to become lightweight
champion. He knocked out four challengers in the next year
and then attempted to win a world title in a fourth division,
the light welterweight. However, champion Aaron Pryor knocked
Arguello out in the 14th round on November 22, 1982. After
being knocked out again by Pryor the following year, Arguello
retired.
He won 77 of his 83 professional fights, 59
by knockout, and lost 6, 3 by knockout.
