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Alexis Arguello, the former boxing world champion who in 2008 was elected mayor of his hometown of Managua, Nicaragua, was found dead on Wednesday. He
was 57.

The newspaper El Nuevo Diario reported that Arguello's death appeared to be a suicide.

Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto have tentatively agreed to fight in Las Vegas on November 14, giving the world's best pound-for-pound boxer a very challenging fight against a highly ranked opponent -- and ensuring that we won't see Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather any time soon.

Manny Pacquiao, the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world, said Wednesday that he's prepared to accept a challenge from Shane Mosley to be his next opponent -- provided the two can work out details of a contract.

Four-year-old Exodus Tyson, Mike Tyson's daughter, died Tuesday of injuries suffered in a treadmill accident at her home in Phoenix.

CNN reports that Exodus Tyson was pronounced dead at 11:45 AM on Tuesday, a day after she was strangled by a cord connected to the treadmill in her home in Phoenix. Exodus was found on the treadmill by her 7-year-old brother. Their mother attempted to perform CPR, but Exodus had to be placed on life support.

Sgt. Andy Hill of the Phoenix Police Department told CNN,"We believe the child was on the treadmill but it was not running at the time. She might have been playing like it was."

After washing out as a mixed martial arts fighter and taking the EliteXC organization down with him, Kimbo Slice is turning to boxing.

Gary Shaw, the promoter who brought Kimbo to EliteXC, told Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald that Kimbo (real name: Kevin Ferguson) will make his pro boxing debut as a heavyweight some time late this summer. The date, venue and opponent are all to be determined.

Manny Pacquiao has decided to return to the Philippines on Friday, even though the country's health secretary is worried that Pacquiao might be bringing the swine flu with him.

Government officials are concerned that Pacquiao, who beat Ricky Hatton on Saturday night in Las Vegas, could have contracted the H1N1 virus in the United States. They requested that he and his entourage quarantine themselves for five days before returning, but Pacquiao says he and those around him feel fine, and there's no reason to delay their return.

Manny Pacquiao is the best boxer in the world and the most popular man in the Philippines, but the country's health secretary has a simple request for him after his second-round knockout win over Ricky Hatton in Las Vegas Saturday night: Don't come home.

Concerns about the swine flu have the Philippines asking anyone who has traveled to the United States and other countries that have been hit not to return just yet.

After Manny Pacquiao destroyed Ricky Hatton on Saturday night, most of the post-fight talk centered on the likelihood of Pacquiao fighting the winner of the July 18 fight between Floyd Mayweather and Juan Manuel Marquez. But Shane Mosley, the top welterweight in the world, thinks he should be Pacquiao's next opponent.

How dominant a boxer is Manny Pacquiao? So dominant that even boxers who can make more than $10 million a fight question whether they should call it a career after stepping into the ring with him. First it was Oscar De La Hoya who announced his retirement after losing to Pacquiao, and now Ricky Hatton may be following in De La Hoya's footsteps.

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Floyd Mayweather Jr. is back, ending his brief retirement from boxing.

The undefeated five-division champion plans to announce Saturday his return to the sport with a July fight against WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez, a person close to the fight confirmed Friday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the fight hadn't been officially announced.