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Undaunted, Argüello began another streak of wins, and found himself in the ring with a world champion again, this time challenging Marcel's successor to the throne, sensational Mexican powerpuncher Ruben Olivares in Los Angeles. After a very compelling bout, Argüello and Olivares landed straight left crosses, but, in a scene comparable to that of Gene Hackman's and Leonardo DiCaprio's shooting scene in The Quick And The Dead , Olivares's left hand caused a visible pain expression on Argüello's face, but Argüello's left hand caused Olivares to crash hard against the canvas. A few seconds later, Argüello was the new Featherweight champion of the world.
Argüello defended this title a few times, then moved up in weight to challenge world Junior Lightweight champion Alfredo Escalera in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Escalera had been a sensational champion with ten defenses, and he had dethroned Kuniaki Shibata in 2 spectacular rounds in Tokyo. This was expected to be an incredible fight, and it was. In what experts consider one of the most brutal fights in history, Escalera had his eye, mouth and nose busted early, but was rallying back in the scorecards when Argüello finished him, once again in the thirteenth round.
His reign at Junior Lightweight saw him fend off the challenges of Escalera in another sensational rematch held at RiminiRimini is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, population 128,656 (2001). It is located on the Adriatic Sea and after Venice's Lido is probably the most famous seaside resort on the Adriatic Riviera. History Rimini’s history begins at the beach., ItalyThe Italian Republic or Italy ( Italian: Italia is a country in the south of Europe, consisting mainly of a boot-shaped peninsula together with two large islands in the Mediterranean Sea: Sicily and Sardinia. To the north, where it borders France, Switzer, as well as boxers with names like two-time world champ Bobby ChaconBobby Chacon (born 1951) is a former boxer and two time world champion. A native of California (where he campaigned most of his career), he is a Mexican- American. Chacon's biography, it can be said, looks more like the biography of a Rock & Roll star tha, two-time world champ Rafael 'Bazooka' LimonRafael Limon (born approx 1956) is a Mexican former boxer who was a world champion in the Jr. Lightweights two times. Limon shares his nickname, Bazooka with at least two other known world boxing champions: Puerto Rico's Wilfredo 'Bazooka' Gomez and Ghana, Ruben Castillo , and Diego Alcala , taken apart in only one round.
Argüello then moved up in weight again, and this time he had to go to LondonLondon is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England, and with over seven million inhabitants in the Greater London area, is the second-most populous conurbation in Europe (after Moscow). From being Londinium the capital of the Roman province of Bri, EnglandEngland is the largest, the most populous, and the most densely populated of the four " Home Nations" which make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). Occupying the south-eastern portion of the island of Great Britain, England, to challenge less sensational but still awkward and accomplished world champion Jim WattJim Watt (born July 18, 1948) is a former boxer from Glasgow, Scotland. Watt became world Lightweight champion when Roberto Duran left the title vacant in 1979 and the WBC had him fight Alfredo Pitalua. Watt knocked out Pitalua in twelve rounds. Watt beat. Watt gave him a very good fight, but his lack of power and Argüello's technical skills gave Argüello a unanimous 15-round decision, thus making him only the fifth boxer to win titles in 3 world categories, the first one to do it since Henry ArmstrongHenry Jackson Jr. December 12, 1912 October 22, 1988) was a world boxing champion who fought under the name Henry Armstrong . The son of a sharecropper and America Armstrong, an Iroquois Indian, Henry Jr. was a boxer who not only was a member of the exclu 41 years before, and the first Latin American to do it. He had to face some less dangerous though still hungry challengers in this division, the only exception being the sensational prospect Ray Mancini, a future world champion and subject of a TV movie himself. Mancini and Argüello engaged in one of the most entertaining bouts of the 1980s, with Argüello prevailing after 14 give-and-take rounds.
After defeating James 'Bubba' Busceme by a knockout in 6 rounds, Argüello decided it was time to move again, and on November 12, 1982, he tried to make history and become the first ever world champion in 4 different categories, meeting the tough and heavier future Hall-of-Famer Aaron Pryor, in what was billed as The Battle of The Champions in Miami, Florida. A little known fact about this fight is that, with no police personnel near Argüello's dressing room before the fight, a tragedy was just prevented when an armed man approached Argüello's locker, intent on killing Argüello. Argüello was rushed into a shower by his handlers, the man got arrested and it became known that Sandinistas had planned to kill Argüello before or during the fight.
It was an extremely brutal and controversial contest, with Argüello being left helpless against the ropes in the 14th round, referee Stanley Christodoulou stepping in to stop the fight. Argüello was hospitalized after the fight, and he took a few months off before getting back into the ring.
It was discovered months after the fight, and with the help of a video tape, that Pryor's corner had gotten a mysterious bottle into the ring and given it to their fighter after the 12th round, during which Pryor was badly shaken by Argüello's punches and looked like he could go at any time. What that bottle contained is anybody's guess, but it became the grounds for the WBA to grant a rematch, which was fought September 10, 1983. Argüello again gave Pryor all he could handle, but again came up short, this time losing by a knockout in the 10th. He announced his retirement after the rematch.
Argüello later joined the Contras in his native Nicaragua but after a few months in the jungle he retired from the war. He attempted several comebacks during the late 1980s and early 1990s but had little success.
Argüello's possessions in Nicaragua had been taken by the Sandinista government in 1980 and Argüello had to move to Miami. Because of his public criticism of the Sandinista government, Argüello was admired by many Cuban residents of the area. Still intimidated by Fidel Castro's figure, those Cubans saw Argüello as a person who could publicly talk against Communism for them.
Argüello is now a member of the International Boxing Hall Of Fame.
Alexis Arguello became involved in Nicaraguan politics, and, in 2004, he was elected as Managua's vice-mayor.
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