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I have no regrets because I did everything by the book.
Alexis Arguello / Professional Boxer
Book
No Regrets
Regret
Regrets
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When I was in top shape I'd go to the ring and show my conditioning.
Alexis Arguello / Professional Boxer
Conditioning
Shapes
Shows
Ring
Shape
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Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today.
Alexis Arguello / Professional Boxer
Opportunity
Boxing
Today
Today I Am Me
Opportunities
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Actually punching is a mistake; a heavy hitter will cut you with one shot.
Alexis Arguello / Professional Boxer
Heavy
Mistake
Punching
Shot
Cut
Hitter
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I'm doing it, I took responsibility in my country and I've done it with my bare hands.
Alexis Arguello / Professional Boxer
Bare
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Fighters with 13 fights are winning world titles, and of course they don't know how to behave.
Alexis Arguello / Professional Boxer
Behave
Fighting
Titles
Winning
Course
Fighters
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I'd say the most memorable thing for me was my dedication and motivation in how I got so involved in boxing.
Alexis Arguello / Professional Boxer
Boxing
Dedication
Memorable
Motivation
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I think I went on a nice winning streak of about 20 fights until I fought Jorge Reyes and he stopped me in 6 rounds after I punched myself out.
Alexis Arguello / Professional Boxer
Fighting
Nice
Rounds
Winning
Streak
Fought
Punched
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Not many people do at the age of 21 or younger even, know how to act nor could be concerned with anything other than fighting, women and money.
Alexis Arguello / Professional Boxer
Age
Concerned
Fighting
People
Younger
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See, I respect boxing because it has given me so much and that's why I will never allow anyone to mistreat the sport of boxing if I can help it.
Alexis Arguello / Professional Boxer
Sports
Boxing
Helping
Mistreat
Allow
Sport
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I could do what a lot of people are doing and that's sign the best Nicaraguan fighters and then sell them to Don King, but there's no way I'll do that.
Alexis Arguello / Professional Boxer
Kings
People
Way
Don King
Sell
Fighters
Sign
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What helped me was I had people around me to remind me to help my country even when it did me wrong, have respect for my people, my family, my nation and mankind.
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Mankind
Helped
Remind
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It's a lot about the individual and it's really up to you, how much you dedicate to the fight and how hard you are working and that's where the outcome will come.
Alexis Arguello / Professional Boxer
Fighting
Outcomes
Up To You
Dedicate
How Much
Outcome
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If you can believe this, I didn't fight for my first world title fight till I had 58 fights, so I really appreciated what I was fighting for and for whom as well.
Alexis Arguello / Professional Boxer
Appreciated
Believe
Fighting
Titles
Till
Whom
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Yes, across the board, these gentlemen understand they have the power to make a difference and even educate people to injustices that are occurring in their worlds.
Alexis Arguello / Professional Boxer
Education
Differences
Educate
People
Board
Gentlemen
Injustices
Make A Difference
Worlds
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I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you the strength to do the right thing and behave the right way and overcome the mind.
Alexis Arguello / Professional Boxer
Life
Balance
Behave
Good Place
Heart
Right Thing
Right Way
Thinking
Overcome
Do The Right Thing
The Right Thing
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When money comes into play then that's all it's about wanting money, who's making the most who can get the most, me, me me... and in the end it screws up the person and the sport.
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Sport
In The End
Wanting
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It was a natural process, because when we go to the ring we are human beings, but once you feel the punches and the competition that's when the beast comes out and takes hold of us.
Alexis Arguello / Professional Boxer
Beast
Competition
Human Beings
Natural
Beings
Ring
Natural Process
Punches
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Of course after the fight you want to make sure that you're okay and so is the other guy, it's a brotherhood in there, so you want to make sure everyone is okay after the war is over.
Alexis Arguello / Professional Boxer
War
Brotherhood
Fighting
Guy
Okay
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I believe more in precision, when you have the capability, like when you see a mosquito fly and you're able to hit it, you're able to hit it with a couple of short sharp shots... it's a beautiful thing.
Alexis Arguello / Professional Boxer
Beautiful
Believe
Capability
Couple
Precision
Hit
Beautiful Thing
Short
Mosquito
Sharp
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I made a gym, it's the best gym in Nicaragua, I have kids that this year July 6th through the 11th will be fighting and then will go on to the Central American Games and I'm sure at least one will win a gold medal.
Alexis Arguello / Professional Boxer
Kids
Fighting
Gold
Gym
July
Medal
Nicaragua
Winning
At Least One
Central
Gold Medal
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When you put the interest of a kid on money instead of heart then you're destroying the beauty of our lives and our thought process, which should be about how much responsibilities you carry as an athlete and a citizen.
Alexis Arguello / Professional Boxer
Athlete
Destroying
Our Lives
Thought Process
Carry
Citizen
How Much
Responsibilities
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When you won that title you should know now that you are representing a whole country or nation with your actions and you are now in a glass house or under a microscope and you better be ready to make your people proud.
Alexis Arguello / Professional Boxer
Country
Glasses
People
Representing
Your Better People
Actions
Better Country People
Glass
Microscope
Title
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Later in July I'm going to be promoting and putting on a boxing show of amateur fighters from July 21st through the 28th where one hundred kids will be fighting and competing with each other to see who's going to be the best.
Alexis Arguello / Professional Boxer
Kids
Boxing
Competing
Fighting
July
Amateur
Fighters
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I had to get up run in the morning for 2 hours, go to the gym and also get good opponents as sparring partners because I'm a big believer in that how you train is how you will fight at least when it came to me that's how it worked.
Alexis Arguello / Professional Boxer
Running
Morning
Believer
Fighting
Gym
Opponents
Partners
Sparring
Big Believer
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Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now because we don't have people who have the capability to not only train fighters but also train and create decent respectable citizens of the world.
Alexis Arguello / Professional Boxer
Sports
Air
Boxing
Capability
Citizens
Decent
Handful
Missing
People
Respectable
Trainers
Good World People
Aside
Sport
Fighters
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I'd take precision any day over power; as far as being tactical you know you have to see what's going on in there and also understand that for every punch that you or your opponent throws there's always a counter shot or two which you have to be ready to fire or defend.
Alexis Arguello / Professional Boxer
Fire
Opponents
Precision
Tactical
Two
As Far As
Counter
Shot
Defend
Opponent
Punch
Throws
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