Carlos Ortiz

Career, Record, Stats

Carlos Ortiz was a Puerto Rican professional boxer. He was a lightweight world champion with 5 world-title wins and 2 world-championship elevations. In a career spanning 17 years, 7 months, and 6 days, Ortiz amassed a record of 61-7-1, which includes 30 wins via KO, 7 of which were in world-title fights.

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Carlos Ortiz' Boxing Career

Carlos Ortiz was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico on September 9, 1936. He made his professional debut at the age of 18 years on February 14, 1955 against Harry Bell. Ortiz defeated Bell via 1st round KO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

Ortiz became a world champion at the age of 25 after 40 professional fights. He challenged Joe Brown for the The Ring lightweight title and defeated the champion via 15-round unanimous decision, winning his first world title.

He then went on to successfully win the WBA and WBC lightweight world titles as well — and undisputed at lightweight.

Ortiz' last fight was a 6th-round RTD loss to Ken Buchanan at age 36, on September 20, 1972.

Some of Carlos Ortiz' best fights were against Gabriel Elorde, Sugar Ramos (HOFer), Ismael Laguna (HOFer), and Nicolino Locche (HOFer). For a complete list of Ortiz' best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Carlos Ortiz".

Ortiz has 7 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Carlos Ortiz Losses".

Carlos Ortiz' Boxing Record

#	Date	Age	Opponent	Res	Via
70	Sep 20, 1972	36	Ken Buchanan 27 43-2	loss	RTD 6
69	Aug 01, 1972	35	Johnny Copeland	win	KO 3
68	Jun 03, 1972	35	Gerardo Ferrat	win	TKO 3
67	May 01, 1972	35	Greg Potter	win	UD 10
66	Mar 20, 1972	35	Junior Varney	win	TKO 7
65	Feb 19, 1972	35	Leo DiFiore	win	KO 2
64	Jan 31, 1972	35	Ivelaw Eastman	win	TKO 2
63	Jan 20, 1972	35	Terry Rondeau	win	TKO 4
62	Jan 08, 1972	35	Bill Whittenburg	win	KO 7
61	Dec 01, 1971	35	Jimmy Ligons	win	TKO 3
60	Nov 21, 1969	33	Edmundo Leite	win	MD 10
59	Jun 29, 1968	31	Carlos Teo Cruz	loss	SD 15
58	Aug 16, 1967	30	Ismael Laguna 24 47-4-1	win	UD 15
57	Jul 01, 1967	30	Sugar Ramos 25 50-3-3	win	TKO 4
56	Nov 28, 1966	30	Flash Elorde 31 81-20-2	win	TKO 14
55	Oct 22, 1966	30	Sugar Ramos 24 50-2-3	win	TKO 5
54	Jun 20, 1966	29	Johnny Bizzarro	win	TKO 12
53	Apr 07, 1966	29	Nicolino Locche 26 61-2-12	draw	MD 10
52	Nov 13, 1965	29	Ismael Laguna 22 40-2-1	win	UD 15
51	Apr 10, 1965	28	Ismael Laguna 21 38-2	loss	MD 15
50	Dec 14, 1964	28	Dick Divola	win	TKO 1
49	Apr 11, 1964	27	Kenny Lane	win	UD 15
48	Feb 15, 1964	27	Flash Elorde 28 71-18-2	win	TKO 14
47	Oct 22, 1963	27	Maurice Cullen	win	PTS 10
46	Sep 18, 1963	27	Pete Acera	win	TKO 7
45	Apr 07, 1963	26	Doug Vaillant	win	TKO 13
44	Dec 03, 1962	26	Teruo Kosaka	win	KO 5
43	Nov 07, 1962	26	Kazuo Takayama	win	UD 10
42	Aug 01, 1962	25	Arthur Persley	win	UD 10
41	Apr 21, 1962	25	Joe Brown	win	UD 15
40	Nov 18, 1961	25	Paolo Rosi	win	UD 10
39	Sep 02, 1961	24	Doug Vaillant	win	UD 10
38	May 10, 1961	24	Duilio Loi	loss	UD 15
37	Feb 02, 1961	24	Cisco Andrade	win	UD 10
36	Sep 01, 1960	23	Duilio Loi	loss	MD 15
35	Jun 15, 1960	23	Duilio Loi	win	SD 15
34	Feb 04, 1960	23	Battling Torres	win	KO 10
33	Jun 12, 1959	22	Kenny Lane	win	TKO 2
32	Apr 13, 1959	22	Len Matthews	win	TKO 6
31	Dec 31, 1958	22	Kenny Lane	loss	MD 10
30	Oct 28, 1958	22	Dave Charnley	win	PTS 10
29	Sep 19, 1958	22	Johnny Busso	win	UD 10
28	Jun 27, 1958	21	Johnny Busso	loss	SD 10
27	May 09, 1958	21	Joey Lopes	win	UD 10
26	Feb 28, 1958	21	Tommy Tibbs	win	UD 10
25	Sep 23, 1957	21	Harry Bell	win	UD 10
24	May 29, 1957	20	Felix Chiocca	win	UD 10
23	May 07, 1957	20	Ike Vaughn	win	UD 10
22	Apr 09, 1957	20	Lou Filippo	win	TKO 7
21	Mar 02, 1957	20	Lou Filippo	nc	NA
20	Jan 23, 1957	20	Bobby Rogers	win	UD 10
19	Dec 31, 1956	20	Gale Kerwin	win	UD 10
18	Dec 15, 1956	20	Philip Kim	win	TKO 9
17	Oct 27, 1956	20	Mickey Northrup	win	UD 10
16	Jul 30, 1956	19	Tommy Salem	win	SD 10
15	May 25, 1956	19	Tommy Salem	win	PTS 6
14	Feb 17, 1956	19	Ray Portilla	win	PTS 8
13	Jan 09, 1956	19	Ray Portilla	win	UD 8
12	Dec 10, 1955	19	Charley Titone	win	TKO 2
11	Nov 12, 1955	19	Lem Miller	win	PTS 8
10	Oct 29, 1955	19	Al Duarte	win	TKO 4
9	Oct 03, 1955	19	Leroy Graham	win	KO 2
8	Sep 19, 1955	19	Hector Rodriguez	win	KO 2
7	Aug 22, 1955	18	Armand Bush	win	PTS 6
6	Aug 10, 1955	18	Tony DeCola	win	PTS 6
5	Jun 24, 1955	18	Jimmy DeMura	win	PTS 6
4	May 30, 1955	18	Juan Pacheco	win	KO 2
3	May 13, 1955	18	Danny Roberts	win	KO 3
2	Feb 28, 1955	18	Morris Hodnett	win	TKO 1
1	Feb 14, 1955	18	Harry Bell	win	KO 1

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