Many fighters are fond of repeating the credo “To be the best, you have to beat the best” but few live by those words.
Vic Darchinyan is among the few.
Darchinyan, THE RING’s No. 1-rated junior bantamweight, has defeated the top 115 pounders who were willing to face him in the past year, so now the unified titleholder has targeted one of the best bantamweights in the world.
Darchinyan (32-1-1, 26 knockouts) will challenge Joseph Agbeko (26-1, 22 KOs) for Agbeko’s IBF title on July 11 in a Showtime-televised main event from Sunrise, …

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP)—Alexis Arguello, who fought in one of boxing’s most classic brawls and reigned supreme at 130 pounds, was found dead at his home early Wednesday.
Coroners were conducting an autopsy to determine the cause of death. Sandanista Party’s Radio Ya and other local media were reporting it appeared to be a suicide.
The La Prensa newspaper reported that Arguello—elected mayor of Nicaragua’s capital last year—was found with a gunshot wound to the chest.
The 57-year-old Arguello retired in 1995 with a record of 82-8 with 65 knockouts and was a champion …