Arturo Morua

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Arturo Morua (born on May 3, 1978) from his hometown of Guadalajara, Mexico, is a professional boxer, whos nickname is "El Silencioso", and fought numerous times on Telefutura and Telemundo.

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

Titles won:

WBA Fedecentro (Light Welterweight division)

WBO Latino (Light Welterweight division)

WBO Inter-Continental (Light Welterweight division)


"El Silencioso" has been known for fighting good fighters and in 2004 seemed to strike gold with big fights with the following fighters:

Record since 6/11/04
Won 6 (KOs 0) Lost 3 Drawn 0 Total 9
Date Opponent W-L-D Location Result
2007-01-20 Junior Witter
~ WBC Light Welterweight Title ~
35-1-2 Wood Green, London, UK L TKO 9
2006-06-30 Lenin Arroyo
96-93 | 94-95 ~
15-4-1 Tucson, AZ, USA W SD 10
2006-03-10 Emanuel Augustus
~ WBO Inter-Continental Light Welterweight Title ~
31-26-6 Tucson, AZ, USA W UD 12
2005-09-17 Naoufel Ben Rabah
IBF Light Welterweight Title Eliminator
23-1-0 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA L UD 12
2005-04-21 Jung Bum Kim
97-93 | 98-92 ~
23-2-1 Hollywood, California, USA W UD 10
2005-01-14 James Crayton
97-93 | 95-95 ~
33-19-2 Chicago, IL, USA W MD 10
2004-12-17 Carlos Maussa
~ Vacant WBO Latino Light Welterweight Title ~
18-1-0 Miami, FL, USA W UD 12
2004-09-10 Omar Gabriel Weis
94-96 | 94-96 ~
36-4-3 Cicero, IL, USA W MD 10
2004-06-11 Wilfredo Negron
~ WBA Fedecentro Light Welterweight Title ~
22-8-0 Miami, FL, USA L SD 12

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As of January 2007, his record is 24-8-1 13 ko's in 33 bouts...