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Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:07 am Post subject: Former boxing champ, Managua mayor Arguello dead
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_sp_bo_ne/box_arguello_dead"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090701/capt.fe0a41eb398c409bbcfe3811bf35306b.addition_nicaragua_arguello_xlat102.jpg?x=104&y=130&q=85&sig=oZNwxz7OSm_svaKs8KTreQ--" align="left" height="130" width="104" alt="FILE - In this Jan. 28, 1978 file photo, Nicaragua's junior lightweight fighter Alexis Arguello, left, cuts into Puerto Ricos' Alfredo Escalera with a strong left in the ninth round of their World Boxing Council title fight near San Juan. Arguello, three-time world boxing champion, who once fought against the Sandinistas in the 1980s, but joined the party to win election as mayor of Managua in 2008, was found dead Wednesday, July 1, 2009, presidential spokeswoman Rosario Murillo said. (AP Photo, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Former boxing champion Alexis Arguello, one of the best junior lightweights to step in the ring, was found dead at his home early Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
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