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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.[1]

Romeo Anaya
Statistics
Real name	Romeo Anaya Malpica
Nickname(s)	El Lacandón
Weight(s)	Bantamweight Super bantamweight
Height	5 ft 4+1⁄2 in (1.64 m)
Nationality	Mexican
Born	(1946-04-05)5 April 1946 Cahuare, Chiapas, Mexico
Died	24 December 2015(2015-12-24) (aged 69) Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas
Boxing record
Total fights	72
Wins	50
Wins by KO	42
Losses	21
Draws	1

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.[2] 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.

See also

• List of bantamweight boxing champions
• List of WBA world champions
• List of Mexican boxing world champions

References

External links

• Boxing record for Romeo Anaya from BoxRec (registration required)
• Romeo Anaya - The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia

Achievements
Preceded by Enrique Pinder	WBA bantamweight champion January 20, 1973 - November 3, 1973	Succeeded by Arnold Taylor
	The Ring bantamweight champion January 20, 1973 - November 3, 1973
	Lineal Bantamweight Champion January 20, 1973 - November 3, 1973

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[ru] Анайя, Ромео

Роме́о Ана́йя (исп. Romeo Anaya; 5 апреля 1946, Чьяпа-де-Корсо — 24 декабря 2015, Тустла-Гутьеррес) — мексиканский боксёр легчайших весовых категорий, выступал на профессиональном уровне в период 1967—1980 годов. Владел титулом чемпиона мира по версии ВБА (1973), был претендентом на титул чемпиона мира по версии ВБС, многократный чемпион Мексики.

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