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Total Fights | 85 |
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Wins | 77 |
Losses | 8 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 5 |
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Title Defenses | 16 |
Title-Fight KOs | 17 |
KO Wins | 62 |
KO Losses | 4 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 26 years and two months, Alexis Argüello fought 85 times with 77 wins and 8 losses.
Argüello retired from professional boxing with a record of 77-8, which included five world-title wins and 16 successful title defense fights at three weight classes — featherweight, super-featherweight, and lightweight. He had a 72.9% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 62 of his total 85 fights being knockout wins, 17 of which were in title fights. Argüello suffered four knockout losses in his career, two of which were in title fights.
His last fight was a 10-round unanimous decision defeat to Scott Walker on January 21, 1995.
Some of Argüello's best fights and notable victories include wins over four Hall-of-Famers (Ray Mancini, Bobby Chacon, Jose Torres, and Rubén Olivares), Jim Watt, José Legrá, Rolando Navarrete, and José Luis Ramírez.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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85 | Jan 21, 1995 | 42 | Scott Walker | Loss | UD |
84 | Aug 27, 1994 | 42 | Jorge Palomares | Win | MD |
83 | Feb 9, 1986 | 33 | Billy Costello | Win | TKO4 |
82 | Oct 25, 1985 | 33 | Pat Jefferson | Win | TKO5 |
81 | Sep 9, 1983 | 31 | Aaron Pryor | Loss * | KO10 |
80 | Apr 24, 1983 | 31 | Claude Noel | Win | TKO3 |
79 | Feb 26, 1983 | 30 | Vilomar Fernandez | Win | UD |
78 | Nov 12, 1982 | 30 | Aaron Pryor | Loss * | TKO14 |
77 | Jul 31, 1982 | 30 | Kevin Rooney | Win | KO2 |
76 | May 22, 1982 | 30 | Andrew Ganigan | Win * | KO5 |
75 | Feb 13, 1982 | 29 | James Busceme | Win * | TKO6 |
74 | Nov 21, 1981 | 29 | Roberto Elizondo | Win * | KO7 |
73 | Oct 3, 1981 | 29 | Ray Mancini | Win * | TKO14 |
72 | Jun 20, 1981 | 29 | Jim Watt | Win * | UD |
71 | Feb 7, 1981 | 28 | Robert Vasquez | Win | TKO3 |
70 | Nov 14, 1980 | 28 | José Luis Ramírez | Win | SD |
69 | Aug 9, 1980 | 28 | Cornelius Boza-Edwards | Win | TKO8 |
68 | Apr 27, 1980 | 28 | Rolando Navarrete | Win * | RTD4 |
67 | Mar 31, 1980 | 27 | Gerald Hayes | Win | UD |
66 | Jan 20, 1980 | 27 | Ruben Castillo | Win * | TKO11 |
65 | Nov 16, 1979 | 27 | Bobby Chacon | Win * | RTD7 |
64 | Jul 8, 1979 | 27 | Rafael Limón | Win * | TKO11 |
63 | Feb 4, 1979 | 26 | Alfredo Escalera | Win * | TKO13 |
62 | Nov 10, 1978 | 26 | Arturo Leon | Win * | UD |
61 | Jul 26, 1978 | 26 | Vilomar Fernandez | Loss | MD |
60 | Jun 3, 1978 | 26 | Diego Alcala | Win * | KO1 |
59 | Apr 29, 1978 | 26 | Rey Tam | Win * | TKO5 |
58 | Mar 25, 1978 | 25 | Mario Mendez | Win | TKO3 |
57 | Jan 28, 1978 | 25 | Alfredo Escalera | Win * | TKO13 |
56 | Dec 18, 1977 | 25 | Enrique Solis | Win | KO5 |
55 | Sep 29, 1977 | 25 | Jerome Artis | Win | TKO2 |
54 | Aug 27, 1977 | 25 | Benjamin Ortiz | Win | UD |
53 | Aug 3, 1977 | 25 | Jose Fernandez | Win | TKO1 |
52 | Jun 22, 1977 | 25 | Ezequiel Sanchez | Win | TKO4 |
51 | May 14, 1977 | 25 | Alberto Herrera | Win | KO1 |
50 | Feb 19, 1977 | 24 | Godfrey Stevens | Win | KO2 |
49 | Jun 19, 1976 | 24 | Salvador Torres | Win * | KO3 |
48 | Apr 10, 1976 | 23 | Modesto Concepcion | Win | KO2 |
47 | Feb 1, 1976 | 23 | Jose Torres | Win | SD |
46 | Dec 20, 1975 | 23 | Saul Montana | Win | KO3 |
45 | Oct 12, 1975 | 23 | Royal Kobayashi | Win * | KO5 |
44 | Jul 18, 1975 | 23 | Rosalio Muro | Win | TKO2 |
43 | May 31, 1975 | 23 | Rigoberto Riasco | Win * | TKO2 |
42 | Mar 15, 1975 | 22 | Leonel Hernandez | Win * | TKO8 |
41 | Feb 8, 1975 | 22 | Oscar Aparicio | Win | UD |
40 | Nov 23, 1974 | 22 | Rubén Olivares | Win * | KO13 |
39 | Sep 21, 1974 | 22 | Otoniel Martinez | Win | KO1 |
38 | Aug 24, 1974 | 22 | Oscar Aparicio | Win | PTS |
37 | May 18, 1974 | 22 | Art Hafey | Win | KO5 |
36 | Apr 27, 1974 | 22 | Enrique Garcia | Win | KO3 |
35 | Feb 16, 1974 | 21 | Ernesto Marcel | Loss * | UD |
34 | Jan 12, 1974 | 21 | Raul Martinez Mora | Win | KO1 |
33 | Nov 24, 1973 | 21 | José Legrá | Win | TKO1 |
32 | Oct 27, 1973 | 21 | Sigfrido Rodriguez | Win | TKO9 |
31 | Aug 25, 1973 | 21 | Nacho Lomeli | Win | KO1 |
30 | Jun 30, 1973 | 21 | Octavio Gomez | Win | KO2 |
29 | May 26, 1973 | 21 | Kid Pascualito | Win | TKO3 |
28 | Mar 31, 1973 | 20 | Magallo Lozada | Win | UD |
27 | Feb 24, 1973 | 20 | Fernando Fernandez | Win | TKO2 |
26 | Dec 16, 1972 | 20 | Rafael Gonzalez | Win | TKO3 |
25 | Nov 19, 1972 | 20 | Memo Ortiz | Win | KO2 |
24 | Oct 21, 1972 | 20 | Memo Barrera | Win | TKO2 |
23 | Sep 9, 1972 | 20 | Jorge Benitez | Win | KO1 |
22 | Jan 15, 1972 | 19 | Jorge Reyes | Loss | TKO6 |
21 | Dec 18, 1971 | 19 | Vicente Worrel Jr. | Win | KO2 |
20 | Oct 10, 1971 | 19 | Reynaldo Mendoza | Win | TKO4 |
19 | Oct 2, 1971 | 19 | Emilio Buitrago | Win | UD |
18 | Aug 14, 1971 | 19 | Catalino Alvarado | Win | KO1 |
17 | Jul 17, 1971 | 19 | Emilio Buitrago | Win | TKO5 |
16 | Jun 26, 1971 | 19 | Marcial Loyola | Win | TKO2 |
15 | Jun 5, 1971 | 19 | Kid Chapula | Win | KO1 |
14 | May 1, 1971 | 19 | Mauricio Buitrago | Win | KO7 |
13 | Apr 17, 1971 | 18 | Julio Hernandez | Win | UD |
12 | Mar 13, 1971 | 18 | Julio Hernandez | Win | UD |
11 | Feb 13, 1971 | 18 | Antonio Quiroz | Win | KO6 |
10 | Dec 19, 1970 | 18 | Armando Figueroa | Win | TKO1 |
9 | Dec 5, 1970 | 18 | Julio Morales | Win | KO3 |
8 | Nov 14, 1970 | 18 | Jose Urbina | Win | KO1 |
7 | Sep 24, 1970 | 18 | Mario Bojorque | Win | KO1 |
6 | Sep 24, 1970 | 18 | Marcelino Beckles | Win | TKO8 |
5 | Apr 26, 1969 | 17 | Oscar Espinosa | Loss | SD |
4 | Mar 1, 1969 | 16 | Omar Amaya | Loss | KO4 |
3 | Feb 15, 1969 | 16 | Burrito Martinez | Win | TKO3 |
2 | Dec 14, 1968 | 16 | Oscar Espinosa | Win | SD |
1 | Oct 26, 1968 | 16 | Israel Medina | Win | KO1 |
* World-title fight
Alexis Argüello (El Flaco Explosivo) was a Nicaraguan professional boxer. He was born in Barrio Monseñor Lezcano, Managua, Nicaragua on April 19, 1952. He was a three-weight-class world champion. He died on July 1, 2009 at the age of 57 years. Argüello was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 1992. His professional boxing career spanned more than 26 years — from 1968 to 1995.
Argüello made his professional boxing debut against Israel Medina at the age of 16 on October 26, 1968, defeating Medina via 1st round KO. He went on to win 2 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 1 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 21 on February 16, 1974 after 34 professional fights, against Ernesto Marcel for the WBA title. He lost to Marcel via 15 round unanimous decision.
Argüello won five world titles at three weight classes. For all the details about Argüello's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Argüello had a total of eight losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against American boxer Scott Walker at 42 years of age, on January 21, 1995. Argüello lost the fight via 10 round unanimous decision.
Argüello had a total of 22 world-title fights, which includes winning five world titles and 16 successful title defenses. He won 19 of these fights and lost three.
Alexis Argüello fought for world titles in seven fights and won four of these fights, three of these victories coming via way of stoppage. In total, he won five belts across three weight classes.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Jun 20, 1981 | Jim Watt | Lightweight | WBC, The Ring | UD |
Jan 28, 1978 | Alfredo Escalera | Super-featherweight | WBC* | TKO |
May 31, 1975 | Rigoberto Riasco | Featherweight | The Ring* | TKO |
Nov 23, 1974 | Rubén Olivares | Featherweight | WBA | KO |
Alexis Argüello had 16 world-title defense fights across three weight classes — featherweight (x4), super-featherweight (x8), and lightweight (x4). He won all of these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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May 22, 1982 | Andrew Ganigan | Lightweight | WBC, The Ring | KO |
Feb 13, 1982 | James Busceme | Lightweight | WBC, The Ring | TKO |
Nov 21, 1981 | Roberto Elizondo | Lightweight | WBC, The Ring | KO |
Oct 3, 1981 | Ray Mancini | Lightweight | WBC, The Ring | TKO |
Apr 27, 1980 | Rolando Navarrete | Super-featherweight | WBC | RTD |
Jan 20, 1980 | Ruben Castillo | Super-featherweight | WBC | TKO |
Nov 16, 1979 | Bobby Chacon | Super-featherweight | WBC | RTD |
Jul 8, 1979 | Rafael Limón | Super-featherweight | WBC | TKO |
Feb 4, 1979 | Alfredo Escalera | Super-featherweight | WBC | TKO |
Nov 10, 1978 | Arturo Leon | Super-featherweight | WBC | UD |
Jun 3, 1978 | Diego Alcala | Super-featherweight | WBC | KO |
Apr 29, 1978 | Rey Tam | Super-featherweight | WBC | TKO |
Jun 19, 1976 | Salvador Torres | Featherweight | WBA, The Ring | KO |
Oct 12, 1975 | Royal Kobayashi | Featherweight | WBA, The Ring | KO |
May 31, 1975 | Rigoberto Riasco | Featherweight | WBA | TKO |
Mar 15, 1975 | Leonel Hernandez | Featherweight | WBA | TKO |
Argüello fought a total of 85 times during his professional career, which includes 22 world-title fights at four weight divisions. He was among the very best of his generation and put on some incredible performances in his fights. These eight fights are the highlight of his career.
November 24, 1973: Alexis Argüello puts on the first remarkable performance of his career, defeating José Legrá via 1st round TKO.
February 16, 1974: In his first world-title fight, Alexis Argüello loses to Ernesto Marcel via 15 round unanimous decision. He was fighting for the WBA featherweight title.
November 23, 1974: Argüello wins the WBA featherweight title from Rubén Olivares, by beating Olivares via 13th round KO.
November 16, 1979: Argüello successfully defends the WBC super-featherweight title against Bobby Chacon, winning the fight via 7th round RTD.
January 20, 1980: Argüello successfully defends the WBC super-featherweight title against Ruben Castillo, winning the fight via 11th round TKO.
November 14, 1980: Alexis Argüello beats José Luis Ramírez via 10th round split decision.
June 20, 1981: Argüello wins the WBC and The Ring lightweight titles from Jim Watt, by beating Watt via 15 round unanimous decision.
October 3, 1981: Argüello successfully defends the WBC and The Ring lightweight titles against Ray Mancini, winning the fight via 14th round TKO.
Argüello knocked out 62 of his 85 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 72.9%. Of his total 77 wins, 62 of them were via KO (80.5%).
Argüello's first world-title win was the WBA belt at featherweight. He defeated Rubén Olivares via 13 round KO to win the title.
Argüello won five world titles at three weight classes.
Argüello had 16 successful title defense fights.