Amado Ursua

{{Infobox boxer|name= Amado Ursua

|image=

|realname = Amado Ursua

|nickname = Panterita

|weight = Bantamweight
Flyweight
Minimumweight

|height = 1.65 m

|reach = 180 cm

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|9|13|df=y}}

|birth_place = Mexico City, Mexico

|style = Orthodox

|total = 55

|wins = 34

|KO = 25

|losses = 21

|draws =

|no contests =

}}

Amado Ursua (born 13 September 1956) is a Mexican former professional boxer and WBC light flyweight champion.

Professional career

Amado won the Mexican National Light Flyweight title by upsetting veteran German Torres in a twelfth-round unanimous decision.{{cite web |url=http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=69132 |title=BoxRec Boxing Records |website=boxrec.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017071627/http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=69132 |archive-date=2012-10-17}}

=WBC Light Flyweight Championship=

On February 6, 1982, in Panama City, Ursua won his WBC Light Flyweight title by upsetting a one loss Hilario Zapata by K.O. in the second round.{{cite web |url=http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=69169 |title=BoxRec Boxing Records |website=boxrec.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017071633/http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=69169 |archive-date=2012-10-17}} Many had thought Amado did not have a chance against the Panamanian.{{Cite web|url=http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Hilario_Zapata|title=Hilario Zapata - BoxRec}}

He would go on to lose his WBC title in a very controversial fifteen round Majority decision to Tadashi Tomori in Tokyo.{{Cite web|url=http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Tadashi_Tomori|title=Tadashi Tomori - BoxRec}}