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Romeo Anaya

BORN   April 5 1946; Cahuare, Mexico
WEIGHT 114-130 1/4 lbs

Anaya was a competitor who brought knockout action with him - win or lose; In more than half of his bouts, he finished his man; During his career, he won the WBA Bantamweight Championship of the World and the Bantamweight Championship of Mexico

He defeated such men as Enrique Pinder, Nestor Carlos Jimenez, Kazuyoshi Kanazawa, Franco Zurlo, Jorge Torres, Rogelio Lara, Marcos Britton, Julio Guerrero and Kyu Chul Chang

1967
Jul 25 Costenito Pena             in Mexico                          KO  6

1968
Aug 14 Enrique Hernandez          Mexico City, Mexico                KO  4
Sep 18 Benito Hernandez           Mexico City, Mexico                TK  3
Oct 30 Tomas Frias                Mexico City, Mexico                 D  6
Nov 30 Jeronimo Cisneros          Mexico City, Mexico                 W  6
Dec 11 Miguel Zacarias            Tapachula, Mexico                   W 10
Dec 25 Dragon Galeana             Acapulco, Mexico                   KO  1

1969
Jan 18 Alex Bahena                Tapachula, Mexico                  KO  5
Feb 26 Jorge Reyes                Mexico City, Mexico                TK  2
Mar 29 Farolito Coutino           Tapachula, Mexico                  KO  1
May 21 Armando Ramirez            Mexico City, Mexico                TK  2
Jun 18 Guillermo Barrera          Mexico City, Mexico                KO  2
Jul 14 Dumbo Perez                Tuxtla, Mexico                     TK  2
Oct 11 Jose Garcia                Mexico City, Mexico                TK  2
Dec  7 Memo Espinosa              Tuxtla, Mexico                     KO  1

1970
Jan  7 Ricardo Pajarito Solis     Mexico City, Mexico                KO  2
Jan 24 Raul Bolanos               Mexico City, Mexico                KO  2
Feb 21 Felipe Ursua               Mexico City, Mexico                KO  2
Feb 28 Arlindo Borges             Mexico City, Mexico                KO  6
Mar 19 Armando Villa Gomez        Palacio, Mexico                    KO  1
Jun 27 Octavio Gomez              Mexico City, Mexico                LT  9
Aug 18 Victor Rios                Huatabampo, Mexico                 TK  5
Sep  8 Alejandro Lopez            Tijuana, Mexico                    TK  7
Sep 23 Hiroshi Ishibashi          Obregon, Mexico                    TK  1
Oct 13 Cesar Deciga               Tijuana, Mexico                    LK  3

1971
Mar 26 Francisco Pino             Acapulco, Mexico                   TK  4
Apr  9 Memo Espinosa              Acapulco, Mexico                    W 10
May 15 Mario Manrique             Mexico City, Mexico                TK  2
Jun 19 Jesus Rocha                Monterrey, Mexico                  LT  1
Sep  4 Carlos Mendoza             Mexico City, Mexico                TK  7
Oct 31 Alfredo Meneses            Tuxtla, Mexico                     KO  3
          -Bantamweight Championship of Mexico

1972
Jan  2 Nestor Carlos Jimenez      Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico            W 10
Feb 13 Kazuyoshi Kanazawa         Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico           KO  5
Apr 22 Franco Zurlo               Inglewood, Ca                       W 10
Jun 18 Julio Guerrero             Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico            W 10
Oct 28 Salvador Carrillo          Guadalajara, Mexico                TK  6
          -Bantamweight Championship of Mexico

1973
Jan 20 Enrique Pinder             Panama City, Panama                TK  3
          -WBA Bantamweight Championship of the World;
          Some sources report "Mexico City, Mexico"
Feb 10 Jorge Torres               Guadalajara, Mexico                 W 10
Apr 28 Rogelio Lara               Inglewood, Ca                       W 15
          -WBA Bantamweight Championship of the World
Jul 10 Kyu Chul Chang             Tijuana, Mexico                    KO  8
Aug 18 Enrique Pinder             Inglewood, Ca                      KO  3
          -WBA Bantamweight Championship of the World
Nov  3 Arnold Taylor              Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica   LK 14
          -WBA Bantamweight Championship of the World

1974
May 25 Rafael Herrera             Mexico City, Mexico                LT  6
          -WBC Bantamweight Championship of the World
Sep 29 Marcos Britton             Tuxtla, Mexico                     KO  2

1975
Jun 27 Arnold Taylor              Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica   LK  8
Sep 27 Miguel Angel Rivera        Chicago, Il                        KO  6

1976
Mar 12 Juan Antonio Lopez         Culiacan, Mexico                    L 10
Apr  2 Jose Antonio Rosa          Los Angeles, Ca                     L 10
Oct 31 Ramon Guillen              Laredo, Mexico                     TK  8
Dec 17 Mario Castro               Piedras Negras, Mexico             LT  6

1977
Mar 25 Mike Ayala                 San Antonio, Tx                    LT  6
          -NABF Super Bantamweight Championship
Oct 13 Chilango Pacheco           Laredo, Mexico                      L 10
Dec  9 Jose Angel Cazares         Juarez, Mexico                     LK  3

1978
Jan 25 Roberto Castillo           Guanajuato, Mexico                 KO  3
Mar  2 Fel Clemente               Stockton, Ca                        L 10
Apr  4 Samuel Castillo            Veracruz, Mexico                   KO  3
Apr 15 Sean O'Grady               Los Angeles, Ca                    LT  3
Aug 25 Chamaco Castillo           Laredo, Mexico                     KO  3
Oct 17 Bobby Flores               Houston, Tx                        KO  4
Dec  2 Rodolfo Chavez             Culiacan, Mexico                    L 10
Dec 23 Torito Melendez            Matamoros, Mexico                  LK  1

1979
Feb 12 Al Hernandez               Saltillo, Mexico                   KO  6
May 20 Ruben Valdez               Cartagena, Colombia                LT  7
Oct 19 Carmelo Montes             Acapulco, Mexico                   KO  2
Dec 20 Raul Silva                 San Jose, Costa Rica               LT  4

1980
Feb 22 Benny Arguelles            Coatzacoalcos, Mexico              LK  4


Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization

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