Romeo Anaya (5 April 1946 – 24 December 2015) was a Mexican professional boxer who competed from 1967 to 1980, holding the Lineal and WBA bantamweight titles from 1973 to 1974.
Professional career Anaya won the Mexico bantamweight title in 1971. He became the world bantamweight champion when he defeated Lineal and WBA bantamweight champion Enrique Pinder of Panama on January 20, 1973. On November 3, 1973, Anaya met Arnold Taylor in a match refereed by Stanley Christodoulou in Johannesburg. The 14 round fight is considered by many to be one of boxing's classic fights. One South African sportswriter called it "the bloodiest fight in South African boxing history". Taylor suffered a cut and was knocked down once in round five and three times in round eight (the WBA has since adopted a rule where a fighter is automatically declared a knockout loser if he or she is knocked down three times in the same round). Nevertheless, Taylor also cut the champion, and, in round fourteen, he connected with a right hand to Anaya's jaw, sending him to the floor. Feeling that this was his moment to become a world champion, Taylor screamed to his trainers: "He's gone!" from a neutral corner. It took Anaya two minutes to get up, and Taylor won the Lineal and WBA bantamweight titles.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes72LossBenny ArgüellesKO4 (10)22 Feb 198071Loss50–20–1Raúl SilvaTKO4 (10)20 Dec 197970Win50–19–1Carmelo MontesKO219 Oct 197969Loss49–19–1Rubén ValdésTKO7 (10)19 May 197968Win49–18–1Al HernándezKO612 Feb 197967Loss48–18–1Torito MeléndezKO123 Dec 197866Loss48–17–1Rodolfo ChávezPTS102 Dec 197865Win48–16–1Bobby FloresKO4 (10), 17 Oct 197864Win47–16–1Roberto CastilloKO325 Aug 197863Loss46–16–1Sean O'GradyKO3 (10), 15 Apr 197862Win46–15–1Samuel CastilloKO34 Apr 197861Loss45–15–1Fel ClementeUD102 Mar 197860Win45–14–1Roberto CastilloKO325 Jan 197859Loss44–14–1José Ángel CazaresKO39 Dec 197758Loss44–13–1Chilango PachecoPTS1013 Oct 197757Loss44–12–1Mike AyalaTKO6 (12)25 Mar 197756Loss44–11–1Mario CastroTKO617 Dec 197655Win44–10–1Ramón GuillénTKO8 (10)31 Oct 197654Loss43–10–1José Antonio RosaSD102 Apr 197653Loss43–9–1Juan Antonio LópezPTS1012 Mar 197652Win43–8–1Miguel Angel RiveraKO6 (10)27 Sep 197551Loss42–8–1Arnold TaylorKO8 (10)27 Jun 197550Win42–7–1Marcos BrittonTKO2 (10)29 Sep 197449Loss41–7–1Rafael HerreraTKO6 (15)25 May 197448Loss41–6–1Arnold TaylorKO14 (15)3 Nov 197347Win41–5–1Enrique PinderKO3 (15), 18 Aug 197346Win40–5–1Jang Kyu-chulKO8 (10)10 Jul 197345Win39–5–1Rogelio LaraSD1528 Apr 197344Win38–5–1Jorge TorresPTS1010 Mar 197343Win37–5–1Enrique PinderKO3 (15), 20 Jan 197342Win36–5–1Salvador Martínez CarilloTKO6 (12)28 Oct 197241Win35–5–1Julio GuerreroPTS1018 Jun 197240Win34–5–1Franco ZurloUD1022 Apr 197239Win33–5–1Kazuyoshi KanazawaKO5 (10), 13 Feb 197238Win32–5–1Néstor JiménezPTS102 Jan 197237Win31–5–1Alfredo MenesesKO12 (12)31 Oct 197136Win30–5–1Carlos MendozaTKO7 (10)4 Sep 197135Loss29–5–1Jesús RochaTKO1 (10)19 Jun 197134Win29–4–1Mario ManriqueTKO2 (10)15 May 197133Win28–4–1Memo EspinosaPTS109 Apr 197132Win27–4–1Francisco PinoTKO4 (10)26 Mar 197131Loss26–4–1César DecigaKO3 (10)13 Oct 197030Win26–3–1Hiroshi IshibashiTKO1 (10)23 Sep 197029Win25–3–1Alejandro LópezTKO7 (10)8 Sep 197028Win24–3–1Víctor RíosTKO518 Aug 197027Loss23–3–1Octavio GómezTKO9 (10)27 Jun 197026Win23–2–1Armando VillaKO1 (10)19 Mar 197025Win22–2–1Arlindo BorgesTKO628 Feb 197024Win21–2–1Felipe UrsúaKO2 (10)21 Feb 197023Win20–2–1Raúl BolañosKO2 (10)24 Jan 197022Win19–2–1Ricardo SolísKO2 (10)7 Jan 197021Win18–2–1Memo EspinosaKO17 Dec 196920Win17–2–1José Cruz GarcíaTKO211 Oct 196919Win16–2–1Jaime PérezTKO314 Jul 196918Win15–2–1Guillermo BarreraKO218 Jun 196917Win14–2–1Armando RamírezTKO221 May 196916Win13–2–1Javier CoutinoKO129 Mar 196915Win12–2–1Jorge ReyesTKO226 Feb 196914Win11–2–1Álex BaenaKO518 Jan 196913Win10–2–1Dragon GaleanaKO125 Dec 196812Win9–2–1Miguel ZacaríasPTS1011 Dec 196811Win8–2–1Jerónimo CisnerosPTS630 Nov 196810Draw7–2–1Tomás FríasPTS630 Oct 19689Win7–2Benito HernandezTKO3 (8)18 Sep 19688Win6–2Enrique HernándezKO414 Aug 19687Loss5–2Álex BaenaKO6 (10)6 Nov 19676Win5–1Firpito FloresTKO4 (10)23 Oct 19675Loss4–1Álex BaenaPTS1021 Aug 19674Win4–0Costeño PeñaKO6 (10)31 Jul 19673Win3–0Battling ComitecoTKO5 (10)17 Jul 19672Win2–0Changuito UlloaKO4 (10)3 Jul 19671Win1–0Campeche BlueKO4 (10)15 May 1967
See also List of Mexican boxing world champions List of WBA world champions List of The Ring world champions List of Lineal boxing champions List of bantamweight boxing champions
References
External links
Romeo Anaya - The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia