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Alexis Arguello Stuns Rubén Olivares To Win Featherweight Title In 1974 Classic
Alexis Arguello announced himself as one of boxing’s future greats on November 23, 1974, when the 22-year-old Nicaraguan rallied from behind to knock out WBA featherweight champion Rubén “El Púas” Olivares in the 13th round at The Forum in Inglewood, California. Before a crowd of 14,313, Arguello weathered one of the fiercest attacks of his career before producing a dramatic finish that earned him his first world title and made him the first Nicaraguan to win a world championship.
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