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Kelly Pavlik on Jermain Taylor, Paul Williams and Life Since Winning Title

It was Sept. 29, 2007, and there were many within the boisterous crowd of 10,127 who packed into Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall who wondered if their hometown hero, Kelly Pavlik, would go down in the first defeat of his career.Pavlik estimated that close to 8,000 of his faithful had traveled from his native Youngstown,...

Alexis Arguello Dead: Aaron Pryor Remembers 'A Great Champion'

Hours after the death of boxing great Alexis Arguello, his greatest rival in the ring, Aaron Pryor, recalled Arguello as a great champion."It was a great fight we had," Pryor told The Associated Press. "This was a great champion." Arguello and Pryor fought twice, a controversial classic in 1982 and a rematch that Pryor...

Alexis Arguello Dies, Boxing Champ Became Mayor of Managua

Alexis Arguello, the former boxing world champion who in 2008 was elected mayor of his hometown of Managua, Nicaragua, was found dead on Wednesday. Hewas 57.The newspaper El Nuevo Diario reported that Arguello's death appeared to be a suicide. Deaths in Sports Alexis Arguello, July 1: The former boxing...