Boxing great Arguello found dead

Arguello carried his country's flag at the Beijing Olympics in 2008

Boxing legend Alexis Arguello of Nicaragua has been found dead in an apparent suicide.

The three-times world boxing champion was found with a gunshot wound and police are investigating his death.

Arguello, 57, known as "The Explosive Thin Man" retired in 1995 with 82 wins - 65 by knockouts - and eight defeats.

He was the sixth man to win world titles at three different weights and was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1992.

Arguello began his professional boxing career in 1968 and held the World Boxing Association featherweight, the World Boxing Council super featherweight and WBC lightweight titles.

He was elected mayor of his hometown Managua last November.

Arguello had battled drug and alcohol problems and admitted to having contemplated suicide in the past.