Ángel Moreno: Spanish Flyweight and WBC Title Challenger
Ángel Moreno Núñez is a Spanish professional boxer from Madrid who competes at flyweight. In March 2019, he challenged WBC flyweight champion Charlie Edwards in London.
The Charlie Edwards title challenge
The bout took place at London’s Copper Box Arena on March 23, 2019. Edwards retained his championship with identical scores of 120–107 from all three judges. He also scored an eighth-round knockdown, adding to the margin on the final cards.
Moreno continued moving forward, but Edwards repeatedly found opportunities to score. The unanimous verdict reflected the champion’s control across the twelve rounds. Completing the distance gave Moreno a full-length world title appearance, although the result did not bring him the WBC belt.
A Spanish flyweight on the international stage
BoxRec identifies Moreno as an orthodox boxer from Madrid, using the nickname “Golden Boy.” His Spanish identity is an important distinction when tracing his career and finding the correct fight record.
After the Edwards contest, Moreno faced Jay Harris in Cardiff on June 1, 2019. Harris won their twelve-round meeting by unanimous decision for the vacant European flyweight championship. The WBO’s October 2019 rankings explanation independently records Harris’s victory over Moreno.
Those two opportunities show Moreno competing for different titles in the same year: a WBC world championship in London and a European championship in Wales.
Sources
Sources: WBO: October 2019 results explanation; BoxRec profile; WBC preview; WBC fight report; WBA profile.
Career records and reporting: wbcboxing.com.
Tags
Boxing, Boxing History
