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Two World Championships Carlos Ortiz overtakes in 85th place!


Via Ken Hissner: I just saw the place where my favorite boxer, lightweight and heavyweight champion and IBHOF boxer, Carlos Ortiz, passed away at the age of 85. I met him at IBHOF when Mike Tyson was introduced.

Ortiz won his first 26 games before losing to Johnny Busso, 33-6-1, by split decision in June 1958 at Madison Square Garden. He would reverse that defeat in their next battle three months later. He will then head to the UK for his first fight outside the US and defeat UK’s highly regarded Dave “Dartford Destroyer” Charnley, 30-3-1.

Next, Ortiz will lose the majority decision to top-ranked Kenny Lane 55-6. Then travel to Philly, stopping hot prospect Len Matthews, 16-1-1, from helping him rematch Lane for the vacant Light Welterweight title. He would stop Lane for two innings in June 1959.

In his first defense, Ortiz arrived in LA, stopping Mexico’s undefeated Battling Torres, 31-0 in ten rounds. Next, he defeated EBU champion from Italy, Dulio Loi, 102-1-7, of Italy in a decisive match at Cow Palace. He made the mistake of playing him in the second leg three months later in Italy, forfeiting his decision and title.

In LA, Oritz beat Cisco Andrade, 44-7-1, only to return to Italy again, losing to Loi. Then beat two Cuban rivals Doug Valliant, 25-2-4, and beat Italy-born New York’s Paolo Rosi, 36-8-2.

In April 1962, Ortiz relegated to lightweight and beat WBA champion Joe “Old Bones” Brown, 102-22-12, over 15 rounds to win the title. He then went on to win consecutive titles without titles against Arthur Persley, 74-14-3, in the Philippines, and Kazuo Takayama of Japan, 52-14-9, in Tokyo. Then, back in Tokyo, defended his title, knocking out Teruo Kosaka, 47-8-1, in his first defense.

In a rematch, Puerto Rican-born Ortiz will stop Valliant for 13 rounds, adding the WBC belt to his WBA title. In his next defense, he defeated WBC and WBA Super Featherweight champion Flash Elorde, 71-18-2, in Manila.

In his third game against Lane, 78-11-2, this time in San Juan, he won decisively. He will go to Panama, losing to Ismael Laguna, 38-2, by majority decision. In the rematch in San Juan, Ortiz regained his title, defeating Laguna.

Ortiz arrives in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for a non-title match against Nicolino Locche, 61-2-12. He will then defend his title four times, stopping all four times against Johnny Bizzarro, 54-9-2, Sugar Ramos, 50-2-3, Elorde and Ramos again. Then, in the third battle with Laguna, he won a decisive victory.

Ortiz then traveled to the Dominican Republic, losing to Carlos Teo Cruz, 35-12-2, who, by split decision in June 1968, never got a rematch or another title fight. He would win the next ten games before ending his career with a loss to champion Ken Buchanan, 43-2, at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Ortiz ended his career 61-7-1 with 30 saves later on entering IBHOF.




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