Arturo Morua is a Mexican

Mexican people

Mexican people refers to all persons from Mexico, a multiethnic country in North America, and/or who identify with the Mexican cultural and/or national identity....

 professional boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 in the Welterweight

Welterweight

Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...

 division. Arturo is a former WBA Fedecentro

World Boxing Association

The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...

, WBO Latino

World Boxing Organization

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, and WBO Inter-Continental

World Boxing Organization

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 Light Welterweight

Light welterweight

-Professional boxing:The light welterweight class is a weight division in professional boxing that has a limit of 63.5 kg or 140 pounds...

 Champion. Morua has fought numerous times on Telefutura

TeleFutura

TeleFutura is a U.S. Spanish-language broadcast television network owned by Univision with headquarters in Miami, Florida.-Overview:TeleFutura Is America’s #2 Spanish-Language Network in prime time...

 and Telemundo

Telemundo

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Pro career

On October of 2001, Morua took on hard hitting, Cosme Rivera

Cosme Rivera

Cosme Rivera is a professional boxer. Rivera had a Draw in his professional debut on Jan. 1, 1993 vs. Cachorron Diaz in Mexico....

  (21-6-2) and defeated him by UD12 to win the WBA

World Boxing Association

The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...

 Fedecentro Light Welterweight Title.

WBC Light Welterweight Championship

In his first title attempt Arturo would lose a tough fight to WBC

World Boxing Council

The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...

 Champion Junior Witter

Junior Witter

Junior Witter is a professional boxer from Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. He is the former WBC, European, British, and Commonwealth light welterweight champion.-Early professional career:...

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WBO Light Welterweight Championship

Arturo then lost a twelve round decision to WBO

World Boxing Organization

The World Boxing Organization is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. The organization is recognized as one of the four major world championship groups by the IBHOF alongside the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Council and the...

 Champion Ricardo Torres.

Morua holds wins over great fighters like Emanuel Augustus

Emanuel Augustus

Emanuel Augustus is a professional boxer. He fights out of Brownsville, Texas-Personal:...

, Omar Gabriel Weis, and Cosme Rivera

Cosme Rivera

Cosme Rivera is a professional boxer. Rivera had a Draw in his professional debut on Jan. 1, 1993 vs. Cachorron Diaz in Mexico....

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