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Boxing's Tragedies: Alexis Arguello, Arturo Gatti, Vernon Forrest

By Lem SatterfieldDec 31st 2009 – 3:02PM

Tragedies Of The Year: Alexis Arguello, 57; Arturo Gatti, 37; Vernon Forrest, 38.FanHouse finds the successive, July, deaths of three former world champions, Arguello, Forrest and Gatti, to be among the most tragic of any era, let alone the year of 2009.A Hall Of Fame fighter and former three-time world champion, Arguello...

Background on Ray Mancini

Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini (born Raymond Michael Mancino; March 4, 1961) is a retired American boxer. He held the World Boxing Association lightweight championship from 1982 to 1984. Mancini inherited his distinctive nickname from his father, veteran boxer Lenny "Boom Boom" Mancini, who laid the foundation for his son's career.

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