Carlos ortiz boxer biography
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5 more wins followed, and then he met Johnny Busso, who handled Carlos his first loss, on a 10 round decision. But in 1965 he went to Panama and fought yet another member of the International Boxing Hall Of Fame, Ismael Laguna who defeated him in 15 rounds to claim Ortiz’s world Lightweight title.
In 1962, Ortiz dropped to lightweight, where he won the WBA title and later the WBC version.
He won nine straight fights before Kenny Buchanan stopped him in six rounds and ended his career.
Born: Sept. Ortiz kept on fighting, but he never got another chance at a world title. This time, he lost again, by 15 round decision.
Lightweight world champion
Instead of going up in weight, like most boxers throughout history have done after losing the title in their original division, Ortiz went down in weight, and challenged world champion Joe Brown (also a member of the International Boxing Hall Of Fame).
Unfortunately for him, not much importance was being given to that division at the time, since that division’s title had been vacant for 13 years. His next 3 bouts were also outside New York, but he stayed within the confines of New England, as they happened, once again in Massachusetts, and in New Jersey.
He returned to New York again and won 4 more boutsin a row, then made his California debut, beating Mickey Northrup by a decision in 10 rounds.
Ortíz earned three world boxing championship titles, two in the lightweight division and once in the Jr. Welterweights. Nicholas Arena, New York
Technical knockout
9, 1936
Died: June 13, 2022
Bouts: 70
Won: 61
Lost: 7
Draw: 1
KOs: 30
Induction: 1991
Carlos Ortiz
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The former two-weight world champion passed away on Monday in New York.
Ortiz won the fight at Harringay Arena on a 10 round decision, after which promoters thought he was ready for a world title try.
Junior welterweight world champion
Carlos met Kenny Lane for the vacant world Jr. Welterweight title, in New York on the night of June 12, 1959. He retired after losing at the Madison Square Garden by a knockout in 6 rounds to Ken Buchanan.
The Ramos fight proved controversial, because the WBC‘s president proclaimed at first that the punch with which Ortiz had beaten Ramos with had been illegal, but he later reconsidered and gave Ortiz the title, and the knockout victory, back, with the condition that a rematch be fought in the future.
And so 1967 came, and Ortiz and Ramos met once again, this time in San Juan.
Ortiz joins Wilfredo Gomez, Wilfred Benitez, Felix Trinidad, Hector Camacho and Miguel Cotto as legends from Puerto Rico. Lane had handled Carlos his second loss months before, winning a 10 round decision over Ortiz in Florida. Ortiz won a 15 round decision over Brown on April 21 of 1962 in Las Vegas, to win his second world title, this time in his second championship division.
Nicholas Arena, New York
Unanimous decision
Technical knockout
Unanimous decision
So, after losing the crown to Duilio Loi on a controversial decision in the Loi's hometown, Ortiz focused on the lucrative lightweight division.
In 1962, Ortiz defeated Joe Brown to win the world lightweight title. When his family moved to New York City when he was a child, Carlos found himself in numerous street fights.
Following a historic 17-year career, his last bout came in 1972, losing to Scottish icon Ken Buchanan at New York’s famed Madison Square Garden.