Anselmo Moreno was born on 28 June 1985 and is a Panamanian professional boxer.
33 Facts About Anselmo Moreno
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Anselmo Moreno held the WBA bantamweight title from 2008 to 2014, making him the longest reigning bantamweight world champion of all time, and challenged once for the WBC super bantamweight title in 2012.
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Anselmo Moreno made his professional debut against Hussein Sanchez on 10 March 2002.
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Anselmo Moreno won the fight by a ninth-round technical knockout.
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Anselmo Moreno moved up to bantamweight for the next fight, as he faced Yogli Herrera on 21 March 2006.
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Anselmo Moreno was next scheduled to face Felix Machado for the vacant WBA Fedecentro and WBA Fedebol bantamweight titles on 5 May 2006, his first title fight at a new weight.
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Anselmo Moreno made the first defense of his newly acquired regional title against Tomas Rojas on 2 June 2007.
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Anselmo Moreno made his second and final title defense against Ricardo Vargas on 16 August 2007, whom he beat by a first-round technical knockout.
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Anselmo Moreno was rewarded for his run of victories by being scheduled to challenge the reigning WBA bantamweight champion Volodymyr Sydorenko.
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Anselmo Moreno made his second title defense against Rolly Matsushita on 30 October 2008, at the Figali Convention Center in Panama City, Panama.
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Anselmo Moreno fought a rematch with Volodymyr Sydorenko in his third WBA title defense.
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Anselmo Moreno made his third title defense against Mahyar Monshipour on 4 July 2009, at the Parc des Expositions in Poitiers, France.
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Anselmo Moreno won the fight by a later eleventh-round technical knockout, stopping Patrac with four seconds to spare.
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Anselmo Moreno, who had at that point been promoted to the status of WBA "Super" bantamweight champion, made the first defense of the Super title against Lorenzo Parra at the Roberto Duran Arena in Panama City, Panama.
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Anselmo Moreno had no trouble with the challenger, who retired from the bout at the end of the eight round.
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Anselmo Moreno was booked to make his second title defense against Vic Darchinyan on 3 December 2011.
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Anselmo Moreno made his third title defense against David de la Mora on 12 April 2012.
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Anselmo Moreno won the fight by a ninth-round technical knockout.
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Anselmo Moreno moved up in weight to super bantamweight for his next bout, in order to challenge the reigning WBC champion Abner Mares.
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Anselmo Moreno was knocked down in the fifth round, and was deducted a point in the eleventh round for pulling down the head of Mares.
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Anselmo Moreno then returned to bantamweight, in order to make his fourth WBA Super title defense.
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Anselmo Moreno made his fifth title defense against Javier Nicolas Chacon on 22 March 2014.
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Anselmo Moreno was booked to make his sixth title defense against Juan Carlos Payano.
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Anselmo Moreno returned to competition a year later, in order to challenge the reigning WBC bantamweight champion Shinsuke Yamanaka.
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Anselmo Moreno then returned to super bantamweight, to fight Julio Ceja for the vacant WBC Silver super bantamweight title on 27 May 2017.
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On 3 June 2017, Anselmo Moreno officially announced his retirement from the sport, after suffering his fourth loss in his previous five fights.
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Anselmo Moreno was booked to face Daniel Colula on 30 April 2019, following a 23 month absence from the sport.
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Anselmo Moreno was next booked to face Luis Nino on 27 November 2019.
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Anselmo Moreno faced Ruben Tostado Garcia for the vacant WBA Fedelatin featherweight title on 21 May 2021.
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Anselmo Moreno made his first title defense against Walberto Ramos on 15 October 2021.
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Anselmo Moreno was booked to make his second WBA Fedelatin title defense against Gustavo Pina Melgar on 12 March 2022.
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Anselmo Moreno won the fight by a tenth-round technical knockout.
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Anselmo Moreno faced Julio Cesar Cruz Avendano on 15 October 2022, in his second and final professional appearance of the year.