By Héctor Villarreal
Former WBA bantamweight super champion, Panamanian Anselmo “Chemito” Moreno (42-6-1, 15 KOs) and his Colombian opponent Hugo Berrio (23-9-1, 18 KOs) both weighed 130 pounds for Chemito’s 50th pro fight scheduled for Thursday night on the main event of the “Tribute 50” 12-bout card promoted by Moreno’s wife Rouss’ Laguna at the Arena Roberto Duran, in Panama City.
Anselmo Moreno 130 vs. Hugo Berrio 130
Chann Thonson 135.75 vs. Kevin Rivera 135.5
Rene Tellez 134.75 vs. Bryan Mercado 135.5
Abdiel Matute 263.5 vs. Victor Delgado 232.75
Trevor Thonson 136.75 vs. Eduard Gonzalez 134.5
Daniel Payne 196.5 vs. Julio Muentes 194
Hibrahim Valdespino 125 vs. Hugo Vasquez 123.75
Jose Maria Vargas 145 vs. Harvin Aguirre 147
Amadeus Davis 241 vs. Ricardo Cristobal 221
Jisue Alvarado 142.25 vs. Wilfredo Petit 142.5
Angel Bethancourt 112.5 vs. Adan Hurtado 112.5
First fight: 7pm
TV: NexTV channel 21
Bets: Sportium.pa
He’s had a very good career; if you think about it, Moreno just might be one of the top 10 best fighters that Panama has ever produced. Definitely he’s closer to 10 than 1, but he just might be in there somewhere.
Boxing in Panama has gone back a long way since the Laguna and Duran days.
There were some talented fighters with potential to shine but did not, could be due to: lack of discipline, not enough supports from promotors/boxing authorities, recent boxers such as Guillermo Jones, La araña Vasquez, Jezzrel Corrales, & Ricardo Cordoba.
Anselmo Moreno used to have good reflexes and excellent boxing IQ. What I noticed when fights got harder he quit; example vs el pollito cejas. I thought he should of beat Mares & Yamanaka (first fight), lately, he seems to be fighting decent fighters but not elite fighters, if he is given a shot at a title, I dont think, he will last through the end
I remember another really good one from not too long ago, Celestino Caballero. I could see Moreno getting another shot before the end. He’s rated top 10 by the WBA at featherweight (Mauricio Lara is the current champ) and maybe some champion wants to take a voluntary against someone with a a name and they choose him but, like you, I don’t think it goes well for Chemito.
By the way I am from the same country as Moreno. Yeah, I remember Pelenchin, he was caught with drugs, did some time and I haven’t heard anything from him. He was tall for the weight classes he fought. There are couple of young lions with potential if they are guided properly
Yeah I figured you were Panamanian Tai, you really know your guys. Last I heard about Caballero, he had written a book about his life.
Loucie knows a lot of boxing history along with nj boxing
Thank you Guy!