Haddonfield Native's Bio of Boxer Alexis Arguello Pulls No Punches
Author Christian Giudice will sign copies of his biography,"Beloved Warrior: The Rise and Fall of Alexis Arguello," at two locations in Haddonfield.
Alexis Argeullo's death inadvertently gave birth to Christian Giudice's biography of the boxing great. Arguello died of an apparent suicide on July 1, 2009. At the time, the 57-year-old retired fighter was mayor of Managua, the capital city of his native Nicaragua. About a year earlier, Giudice had traveled to Nicaragua to interview Arguello and those who knew him, for a biography of the world champion in three different weight classes. But after Giudice returned to the United States, negotiations between Arguello and the author broke down, and the book stalled. Then tragedy struck, and Arguello's death put the boxer's name back in the headlines again. Potomac Books agreed to publish Giudice's biography of the fighter turned politician…
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