Carlos Ortiz

Carlos Ortiz (born 9 September 1936) is a Puerto Rican former professional boxer. He won three world titles, two at lightweight and once at light welterweight. Along with Félix Trinidad, Miguel Cotto, Wilfredo Gómez, Héctor Camacho, and Wilfred Benítez, Ortiz is considered among the best Puerto Rican boxers of all time by sports journalists and analysts.[1] As of January 2018, Ortiz holds the record for the most wins in unified lightweight title bouts in boxing history at 10.

For other people named Carlos Ortiz, see Carlos Ortiz (disambiguation).
Carlos Ortiz
Ortiz c. 1966
Statistics
Weight(s)Lightweight
Light welterweight
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Reach70 in (178 cm)
NationalityPuerto Rican
Born (1936-09-09) 9 September 1936
Ponce, Puerto Rico
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights70
Wins61
Wins by KO30
Losses7
Draws1
No contests1
External audio
You may hear Carlos Ortiz vs Kenny Lane II on YouTube

In 1991, Ortiz was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. In 2002, Ortiz was voted by The Ring magazine as the 60th greatest fighter of the last 80 years.[2] He currently holds 21st place in BoxRec ranking of the greatest pound for pound boxers of all time.[3]

Professional career

Ortiz, born in Ponce, started his professional career in 1955 with a first round knockout of Harry Bell in New York. He moved from Puerto Rico to New York before he began boxing as a professional, he would campaign there during the first stages of his career. After 9 bouts there, he fought outside New York for the first time, moving to Massachusetts to knock Al Duarte out in 4 rounds. 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 bouts in a row, then made his California debut, beating Mickey Northrup by a decision in 10 rounds. 2 more fights in California and one in New York went by, after which he returned to California to meet Lou Filippo, who was subsequently inducted into the International Boxing Hall Of Fame as a referee. Filippo was also one of the guys who participated in five Rocky films. The first time, it was declared a no-contest after 9 rounds, but in the second, Carlos prevailed, by a knockout in 9. 5 more wins followed, and then he met Johnny Busso, who handled Carlos his first loss, on a 10-round decision. That fight was held in New York, and in an immediate rematch between Ortiz and Busso, Carlos won, also by a 10-round decision, and also in New York.

Next Carlos flew to England to meet Dave Charnley, who was considered one of the top challengers of that time. 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 12 June 1959. Lane had handled Carlos his second loss months before, winning a 10-round decision over Ortiz in Florida. This time, Carlos became the World's Jr Welterweight champion, with a TKO of Lane at the end of 2 round.[4] Ortiz had become the first Puerto Rican world boxing champion since Sixto Escobar more than 30 years before, and only the second Puerto Rican world boxing champion ever. 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. But Carlos defended his title twice, knocking out the respected, until then undefeated Mexican puncher Battling Torres in Torres' home ground of Los Angeles, and beating Duilio Loi in 15 rounds by decision at San Francisco.

His next fight was a rematch with Loi, and it took Ortiz to Milan, Italy to defend his crown. This time, it was Loi's turn to become a world champion, winning by a 15-round decision.

After another win, Ortiz traveled to Milan once again, and met Loi in a rubber match. 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). Ortiz won a 15-round decision over Brown on 21 April 1962 in Las Vegas, to win his second world title, this time in his second championship division. Ortiz defended with a 5-round knockout of Teruo Kosaka in Tokyo before making his Puerto Rican debut, with a 13-round knockout win over Doug Valiant to retain his title on 7 April 1963 in San Juan.

A knockout win in 14 rounds over another Hall of Famer, Gabriel Elorde, Flash in the Philippines followed, and then a remach with Lane, this time Ortiz retaining his world Lightweight title with a 15-round decision in San Juan. 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. A rematch in San Juan followed, and Ortiz regained the world Lightweight title beating Laguna by a 15-round decision also.

1966 saw Ortiz draw with world Jr Welterweight champion Nicolino Locche in a ten-round non-title affair in Argentina, and retain his title vs Johnny Bizarro (KO in 12 in Pittsburgh), Cuban Sugar Ramos (another International Boxing Hall Of Fame Member, KO in 5 rounds in Mexico City) and Filipino Flash Elorde, also by KO in 14 at a New York rematch. 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 retained the title by a knockout in 4 rounds, and this time the bout went without any controversies. Then, he and Laguna fought a third time, and Ortiz retained his title by a 15-round decision in New York.

Later career

29 June 1968 proved to be Ortiz's last day as a world champion, as he lost his world lightweight title to Dominican Carlos Cruz on a 15-round decision in the Dominican Republic. Ortiz kept on fighting, but he never got another chance at a world title. He retired after losing at Madison Square Garden by a knockout in 6 rounds to Ken Buchanan. It was the only time he was stopped in his career. His final record was of 61 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw, with one bout declared a no-contest and 30 knockout wins.

Ortiz is also a member of the International Boxing Hall Of Fame and he always enjoys taking photos with his fans and signing autographs for them.

Professional boxing record
Professional record summary
70 fights 61 wins 7 losses
By knockout 30 1
By decision 31 6
Draws 1
No contests 1
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
70 Loss 61–7–1 (1) Ken Buchanan TKO 6 (10) Sep 20, 1972 Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
69 Win 61–6–1 (1) Johnny Copeland KO 3 (10) Aug 01, 1972 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
68 Win 60–6–1 (1) Gerardo Ferrat KO 3 (10) Jun 03, 1972 International Amphitheatre, Chicago, Illinois
67 Win 59–6–1 (1) Greg Potter UD 10 May 01, 1972 Inglewood Forum, Inglewood, California
66 Win 58–6–1 (1) Junior Varney TKO 7 (10) Mar 20, 1972 Ponce
65 Win 57–6–1 (1) Leo DiFiore KO 2 (10) Feb 19, 1972 Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan
64 Win 56–6–1 (1) Ivelaw Eastman TKO 2 (10) Jan 31, 1972 Waltham, Massachusetts
63 Win 55–6–1 (1) Terry Rondeau TKO 4 (10) Jan 20, 1972 Exposition Building, Portland, Maine
62 Win 54–6–1 (1) Bill Whittenburg KO 7 (10) Jan 08, 1972 Coconut Grove Convention Center, Coconut Grove, Florida
61 Win 53–6–1 (1) Jimmy Ligons KO 3 (10) Dec 01, 1971 Silver Slipper, Las Vegas, Nevada
60 Win 52–6–1 (1) Edmundo Leite MD 10 Nov 21, 1969 Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
59 Loss 51–6–1 (1) Carlos Teo Cruz SD 15 Jun 29, 1968 Estadio Quisqueya, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Lost WBA, WBC, The Ring, and lineal lightweight titles
58 Win 51–5–1 (1) Ismael Laguna UD 15 Aug 16, 1967 Shea Stadium, Queens, New York Retained WBA, WBC, The Ring, and lineal lightweight titles
57 Win 50–5–1 (1) Sugar Ramos TKO 4 (15) Jul 01, 1967 Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan Retained WBA, WBC, The Ring, and lineal lightweight titles
56 Win 49–5–1 (1) Flash Elorde TKO 4 (15) Nov 28, 1966 Madison Square Garden, New York, New York Retained WBA, WBC, The Ring, and lineal lightweight titles
55 Win 48–5–1 (1) Sugar Ramos TKO 5 (15) Oct 22, 1966 El Toreo, Mexico City, Distrito Federal Retained WBA, WBC, The Ring, and lineal lightweight titles
54 Win 47–5–1 (1) Johnny Bizzarro TKO 12 (15) Jun 20, 1966 Pittsburgh Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Retained WBA, WBC, The Ring, and lineal lightweight titles
53 Draw 46–5–1 (1) Nicolino Locche PTS 10 Apr 07, 1966 Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina
52 Win 46–5 (1) Ismael Laguna TKO 4 (15) Nov 13, 1965 Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan Won WBA, WBC, The Ring, and lineal lightweight titles
51 Loss 45–5 (1) Ismael Laguna MD 15 Apr 10, 1965 Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City Lost WBA, WBC, The Ring, and lineal lightweight titles
50 Win 45–4 (1) Dick Divola TKO 1 (10) Dec 14, 1964 Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
49 Win 44–4 (1) Kenny Lane UD 15 Apr 11, 1964 Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan Retained WBA, WBC, The Ring, and lineal lightweight titles
48 Win 43–4 (1) Flash Elorde TKO 14 (15) Feb 15, 1964 Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Manila, Metro Manila Retained WBA, WBC, The Ring, and lineal lightweight titles
47 Win 42–4 (1) Maurice Cullen PTS 10 Oct 22, 1963 Empire Pool, Wembley, London
46 Win 41–4 (1) Pete Acera TKO 7 (10) Sep 18, 1963 Honolulu, Hawaii
45 Win 40–4 (1) Doug Vaillant TKO 13 (15) Apr 07, 1963 Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan Retained WBA, WBC, The Ring, and lineal lightweight titles
44 Win 39–4 (1) Teruo Kosaka TKO 13 (15) Dec 03, 1962 Kokugikan, Tokyo Retained WBA, The Ring, and lineal lightweight titles
43 Win 38–4 (1) Kazuo Takayama UD 10 Nov 07, 1962 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
42 Win 37–4 (1) Arthur Persley UD 10 Aug 01, 1962 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, Metro Manila
41 Win 36–4 (1) Joe Brown UD 15 Apr 21, 1962 Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada Won The Ring and lineal lightweight titles
Won inaugural WBA lightweight title
40 Win 35–4 (1) Paolo Rosi UD 10 Nov 18, 1961 Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
39 Win 34–4 (1) Doug Vaillant UD 10 Sep 02, 1961 Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida
38 Loss 33–4 (1) Duilio Loi UD 15 May 10, 1961 San Siro, Milan, Lombardia For lineal light welterweight title
37 Win 33–3 (1) Cisco Andrade UD 10 Feb 02, 1961 Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
36 Loss 32–3 (1) Duilio Loi MD 15 Sep 01, 1960 San Siro, Milan, Lombardia Lost lineal light welterweight title
35 Win 32–2 (1) Duilio Loi MD 15 Jun 15, 1960 Cow Palace, San Francisco, California Retained lineal light welterweight title
34 Win 31–2 (1) Battling Torres KO 10 (15) Feb 04, 1960 Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California Retained lineal light welterweight title
33 Win 30–2 (1) Kenny Lane TKO 2 (15) Jun 12, 1959 Madison Square Garden, New York, New York Won vacant NBA and lineal light welterweight titles
32 Win 29–2 (1) Len Matthews TKO 6 (10) Apr 13, 1959 Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
31 Loss 28–2 (1) Kenny Lane MD 10 Dec 31, 1958 Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida
30 Win 28–1 Dave Charnley PTS 10 Oct 28, 1958 Harringay Arena, Harringay, London
29 Win 27–1 (1) Johnny Busso UD 10 Sep 19, 1958 Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
28 Loss 26–1 (1) Johnny Busso SD 10 Jun 27, 1958 Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
27 Win 26–0 (1) Joey Lopes UD 10 May 09, 1958 Legion Stadium, Hollywood, California
26 Win 25–0 (1) Tommy Tibbs UD 10 Feb 28, 1958 Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
25 Win 24–0 (1) Harry Bell UD 10 Sep 23, 1957 St. Nicholas Arena, New York, New York
24 Win 23–0 (1) Felix Chiocca UD 10 May 29, 1957 Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois
23 Win 22–0 (1) Ike Vaughn UD 10 May 07, 1957 Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida
22 Win 21–0 (1) Lou Filippo TKO 7 (10) Apr 09, 1957 Legion Stadium, Hollywood, California
21 NC 20–0 (1) Lou Filippo ND 9 (10) Mar 02, 1957 Legion Stadium, Hollywood, California
20 Win 20–0 Bobby Rogers UD 10 Jan 23, 1957 Chicago Stadium, Chicago
19 Win 19–0 Gale Kerwin UD 10 Dec 31, 1956 St. Nicholas Arena, New York
18 Win 18–0 Philip Kim TKO 9 (10) Dec 15, 1956 Legion Stadium, Hollywood
17 Win 17–0 Mickey Northrup UD 10 Oct 27, 1956 Legion Stadium, Hollywood
16 Win 16–0 Tommy Salem SD 10 Jul 30, 1956 St. Nicholas Arena, New York
15 Win 15–0 Tommy Salem PTS 6 May 25, 1956 Madison Square Garden, New York
14 Win 14–0 Ray Portilla PTS 8 Feb 17, 1956 Madison Square Garden, New York
13 Win 13–0 Ray Portilla UD 8 Jan 09, 1956 St. Nicholas Arena, New York
12 Win 12–0 Charley Titone TKO 2 (8) Dec 10, 1955 Armory, Paterson
11 Win 11–0 Lem Miller PTS 8 Nov 12, 1955 Arena, Boston
10 Win 10–0 Al Duarte TKO 4 (6) Oct 29, 1955 Arena, Boston
9 Win 9–0 Leroy Graham KO 2 (6) Oct 03, 1955 St. Nicholas Arena, New York
8 Win 8–0 Hector Rodriguez KO 2 (6) Sep 19, 1955 St. Nicholas Arena, New York
7 Win 7–0 Armand Bush PTS 6 Aug 22, 1955 St. Nicholas Arena, New York
6 Win 6–0 Tony DeCola PTS 6 Aug 10, 1955 Madison Square Garden, New York
5 Win 5–0 Jimmy DeMura PTS 6 Jun 24, 1955 War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse
4 Win 4–0 Juan Pacheco KO 2 (4) May 30, 1955 St. Nicholas Arena, New York
3 Win 3–0 Danny Roberts KO 3 (4) May 13, 1955 Madison Square Garden, New York
2 Win 2–0 Morris Hodnett TKO 1 (4) Feb 28, 1955 St. Nicholas Arena, New York
1 Win 1–0 Harry Bell KO 1 (4) Feb 14, 1955 St. Nicholas Arena, New York

Legacy

He is recognized at Ponce's Parque de los Ponceños Ilustres in the area of sports.[5]

See also

References
  1. Sánchez, José A. (25 November 2012). "Entre leyendas Macho Camacho". El Nuevo Día.
  2. Andrew Eisele. "Ring Magazine's 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years". About.com Sports.
  3. Boxrec all time p4p rankings
  4. "Carlos Ortiz - Lineal Junior Welterweight Champion". The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia.
  5. "Sports". TravelPonce.com. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
Achievements
Preceded by
Tippy Larkin
Abandoned		 World Light Welterweight Champion
12 Jun 1959–1 Sep 1960		 Succeeded by
Duilio Loi
Preceded by
Joe Brown		 World Lightweight Champion
21 Apr 1962–10 Apr 1965		 Succeeded by
Ismael Laguna
Preceded by
Ismael Laguna		 World Lightweight Champion
13 Nov 1965–29 Jun 1968		 Succeeded by
Carlos Teo Cruz

Puerto Ricans in the International Boxing Hall of Fame
Number Name Year inducted Notes
1 Carlos Ortíz 1991 World Jr. Welterweight Champion 1959 June 12- 1960, September 1, WBA Lightweight Champion 1962 Apr 21 – 1965 Apr 10, WBC Lightweight Champion 1963 Apr 7 – 1965 Apr 10, WBC Lightweight Champion 1965 Nov 13 – 1968 Jun 29.
2 Wilfred Benítez 1994 The youngest world champion in boxing history. WBA Light Welterweight Champion 1976 Mar 6 – 1977, WBC Welterweight Champion 1979 Jan 14 – 1979 Nov 30, WBC Light Middleweight Champion.
3 Wilfredo Gómez 1995 WBC Super Bantamweight Champion 1977 May 21 – 1983, WBC Featherweight Champion 1984 Mar 31 – 1984 Dec 8, WBA Super Featherweight Champion 1985 May 19 – 1986 May 24.
4 José "Chegui" Torres 1997 Won a silver medal in the junior middleweight at the 1956 Olympic Games. Undisputed Light Heavyweight Champion 1965 Mar 30 – 1966 Dec 16
5 Sixto Escobar 2002 Puerto Rico's first boxing champion. World Bantamweight Champion 15 Nov 1935– 23 Sep 1937, World Bantamweight Champion 20 Feb 1938– Oct 1939
6 Edwin Rosario 2006 Ranks #36 on the list of "100 Greatest Punchers of All Time." according to Ring Magazine. WBC Lightweight Champion 1983 May 1 – 1984 Nov 3, WBA Lightweight Champion 1986 Sep 26 – 1987 Nov 21, WBA Lightweight Champion 199 Jul 9 – 1990 Apr 4, WBA Light Welterweight Champion 1991 Jun 14 – 1992 Apr 10.
7 Pedro Montañez 2007 92 wins out of 103 fights. Never held a title.
8 Joe Cortez 2011 The first Puerto Rican boxing referee to be inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame
9 Herbert "Cocoa Kid" Hardwick 2012 Member of boxing's "Black Murderers' Row". World Colored Welterweight Championship - June 11, 1937 to August 22, 1938; World Colored Middleweight Championship - January 11, 1940 until the title went extinct in the 1940s; World Colored Middleweight Championship - January 15, 1943 until the title went extinct in the 1940s
10 Félix "Tito" Trinidad 2014 Captured the IBF welterweight crown in his 20th pro bout. Won the WBA light middleweight title from David Reid in March 2000 and later that year unified titles with a 12th-round knockout against IBF champ Fernando Vargas. In 2001 became a three-division champion.
11 Héctor "Macho" Camacho 2016 First boxer to be recognized as a septuple champion in history. WBC Super Featherweight Championship - August 7, 1983 – 1984, WBC Lightweight Championship - August 10, 1985 – 1987, WBO Light Welterweight Champion - March 6, 1989 – February 23, 1991, WBO Light Welterweight Champion - May 18, 1991–1992.
12 Mario Rivera Martino 2019 First Puerto Rican boxing sports writer to be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. He served Puerto Rican boxing for more than 50 years as a writer and eventual commissioner.

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