Antonio Amaya | |
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Born | Antonio Amaya 1945 |
Died | 26 January, 2025 |
Nationality | Panamanian |
Statistics | |
Weight class | Featherweight, Junior Lightweight |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 77 |
Wins | 48 |
Wins by KO | 10 |
Losses | 22 |
Antonio "El Buchi" Amaya Góndola (1945 – 26 January 2025) was a Panamanian professional boxer in the Junior Lightweight division[1] and professional singer.[2]In 1969, 1970 and 1974, he came very close to winning a world title in world championship fights, and as a consequence, was later nicknamed as an "uncrowned champion" by some critics and experts.[3] Amaya died on 26 January 2025, at the age of 79.[1]
As a singer, he was a member of a music band named "Los Morenos Alegres de Colon" ("The Happy Black People of Colon"), which scored a hit nationally in Panama with a song named after him, "Amaya Sufre del Córazon" ("Amaya Has a Broken Heart")[2]