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Alexis Argüello

1952 - 2009

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Alexis Argüello (April 19, 1952 – July 1, 2009) was a Nicaraguan professional boxer who competed from 1968 to 1995, and later became a politician. He was a three-weight world champion, having held the WBA featherweight title from 1974 to 1976; the WBC super featherweight title from 1978 to 1980; and the WBC lightweight title from 1981 to 1982. Additionally, he held the Ring magazine and lineal featherweight titles from 1975 to 1977; the Ring lightweight title from 1981 to 1982; and the lineal lightweight title in 1982. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexis Argüello has received more than 821,704 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Alexis Argüello is the 69th most popular boxer (down from 60th in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Nicaragua (down from 17th in 2019) and the most popular Nicaraguan Boxer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Alexis Argüello ranks 69 out of 326Before him are George Chuvalo, Issake Dabore, Herbert Runge, Marijan Beneš, Félix Savón, and Július Torma. After him are Jess Willard, José Torres, Oscar De La Hoya, Michael Spinks, Anthony Joshua, and Vladimir Yengibaryan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Alexis Argüello ranks 294Before him are Anna Sui, Raisa Smetanina, Ahmed Nazif, Daisuke Gōri, Walter Isaacson, and Klaus Teuber. After him are Liu He, Martin Parr, Essam Sharaf, Kurban Berdyev, Rick Aviles, and Jorge Luis Pinto. Among people deceased in 2009, Alexis Argüello ranks 208Before him are Corín Tellado, Giacomo Bulgarelli, G. A. Cohen, Richard Todd, Elisabeth Söderström, and Otar Chiladze. After him are José Torres, Barry Flanagan, Koko Taylor, Kamala Surayya, Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García, and José Luis López Vázquez.

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In Nicaragua

Among people born in Nicaragua, Alexis Argüello ranks 20 out of 29Before him are Sergio Ramírez (1942), Gioconda Belli (1948), Miguel Obando y Bravo (1926), Juan Bautista Sacasa (1874), José Santos Zelaya (1853), and Claribel Alegría (1924). After him are Emiliano Chamorro Vargas (1871), Leopoldo Brenes (1949), José María Moncada (1870), Fernando Cardenal (1934), Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier (1949), and Carlos José Solórzano (1860).

Among BOXERS In Nicaragua

Among boxers born in Nicaragua, Alexis Argüello ranks 1After him are Román González (1987).