Gaspar Ortega

Gaspar "Indio" Ortega
Statistics
Real name Gaspar Ortega
Nickname(s) El Indio
Weight(s) Light Middleweight
Welterweight
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Reach 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Nationality Mexico Mexican
Born (1935-10-31) October 31, 1935
Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico
Stance Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights 176
Wins 131
Wins by KO 69
Losses 39
Draws 6
No contests 0

Gaspar "Indio" Ortega (born October 31, 1935 in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico) was a Mexican professional boxer[1] and is considered one of the best Welterweight boxers from Mexico.[2]

Pro career

In January 1953, Ortega was only seventeen years old when he won his pro debut against Miguel Ocana in San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora, Mexico.[3]

World Welter Championship

On June 3, 1961 Gaspar lost to Emile Griffith, the bout would be his first shot at a World Championship.[4]

Retirement

In 1995 Ortega was elected into the World Boxing Hall of Fame.[5]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ http://cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/ortega-g.htm
  2. ↑ Jack Cavanaugh, "Ortega Is Still Making Contact in the Ring," New York Times, May 2, 1999.
  3. ↑ http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=112943
  4. ↑ http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=12792
  5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110717031736/http://www.njboxinghof.org/cgi-bin/henryseehof.pl?502. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved November 21, 2010. Missing or empty |title= (help)

Further reading

  • Troy Rondinone, Friday Night Figher: Gaspar "Indio" Ortega and the Golden Age of Television Boxing. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2013.


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