Arturo Morua Explained

Arturo Morua (born 3 May 1978) is a Mexican professional boxer. Arturo is a former WBA Fedecentro, WBO Latino, and WBO Inter-Continental Light Welterweight Champion. Morua has fought numerous times on Telefutura and Telemundo.^[1]

Professional career

In October 2001, Morua took on hard hitting, Cosme Rivera (21-6-2) and defeated him by UD12 to win the WBA Fedecentro Light Welterweight Title.

WBC Light Welterweight Championship

In his first title attempt Arturo would lose a tough fight to WBC Champion Junior Witter.^[2]

WBO Light Welterweight Championship

Arturo then lost a twelve-round decision to WBO Champion Ricardo Torres.^[3]

Morua holds wins over great fighters like Emanuel Augustus, Omar Gabriel Weis, and Cosme Rivera.

Professional record

|- style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:95%;"|align="center" colspan=8|26 Wins (15 knockouts), 15 Losses, 1 Draw|- style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:95%;"|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Res.|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Record|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Opponent|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Type|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Rd., Time|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Date|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Location|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Notes|-align=center|Loss || 26-15-1 ||align=left| Jessie Vargas| || 6 (8)| || align=left||align=left||-align=center|Loss || 26-14-1 ||align=left| Juan Jesus Rivera| || 10 (10)| || align=left||align=left||-align=center|Loss || 26-13-1 ||align=left| Victor Cayo| || 1 (9)| || align=left||align=left||-align=center|Loss || 26-12-1 ||align=left| Diosbelys Hurtado| || 3 (10)| || align=left||align=left||-align=center|Loss || 26-11-1 ||align=left| Marcos Maidana| || 6 (12)| || align=left||align=left||-align=center|Win || 26-10-1 ||align=left| Mario Alberto Mondragon| || 3 (10)| || align=left||align=left||-align=center|Loss || 25-10-1 ||align=left| Alex De Jesus| || 12 (12)| || align=left||align=left||-align=center

Notes and References

1. Web site: Omar Weis/Arturo Morua New Headliner for SOLO BOXEO Sept. 10 . www.eastsideboxing.com . 6 June 2022 . https://archive.today/20120728124719/http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=1689&more=1 . 28 July 2012 . dead.
2. Web site: Arturo Morua v Junior Witter | Live Boxing News & Results Streams Betting Stats . 2011-03-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110511030254/http://www.boxinglive.co.uk/2009/12/morua-v-witter/ . 2011-05-11 .
3. Web site: Ricardo Torres vs. Arturo Morua - BoxRec . boxrec.com . en-GB . 2018-03-19.