Carlos Ortiz (boxer)
Carlos Ortiz | |
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![]() Ortiz c. 1966 | |
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Nationality | Puerto Rican |
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Weight(s) | Lightweight Light welterweight |
Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) |
Reach | 70 in (178 cm) |
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 70 |
Wins | 61 |
Wins by KO | 30 |
Losses | 7 |
Draws | 1 |
No contests | 1 |
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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.
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
70 fights | 61 wins | 7 losses |
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By knockout | 30 | 1 |
By decision | 31 | 6 |
Draws | 1 | |
No contests | 1 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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70 | Loss | 61–7–1 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 6 (10) | Sep 20, 1972 | ![]() |
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69 | Win | 61–6–1 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 3 (10) | Aug 01, 1972 | ![]() |
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68 | Win | 60–6–1 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 3 (10) | Jun 03, 1972 | ![]() |
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67 | Win | 59–6–1 (1) | ![]() |
UD | 10 | May 01, 1972 | ![]() |
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66 | Win | 58–6–1 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 7 (10) | Mar 20, 1972 | ![]() |
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65 | Win | 57–6–1 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 2 (10) | Feb 19, 1972 | ![]() |
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64 | Win | 56–6–1 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (10) | Jan 31, 1972 | ![]() |
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63 | Win | 55–6–1 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (10) | Jan 20, 1972 | ![]() |
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62 | Win | 54–6–1 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 7 (10) | Jan 08, 1972 | ![]() |
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61 | Win | 53–6–1 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 3 (10) | Dec 01, 1971 | ![]() |
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60 | Win | 52–6–1 (1) | ![]() |
MD | 10 | Nov 21, 1969 | ![]() |
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59 | Loss | 51–6–1 (1) | ![]() |
SD | 15 | Jun 29, 1968 | ![]() |
Lost WBA, WBC, The Ring, and lineal lightweight titles |
58 | Win | 51–5–1 (1) | ![]() |
UD | 15 | Aug 16, 1967 | ![]() |
Retained WBA, WBC, The Ring, and lineal lightweight titles |
57 | Win | 50–5–1 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (15) | Jul 01, 1967 | ![]() |
Retained WBA, WBC, The Ring, and lineal lightweight titles |
56 | Win | 49–5–1 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (15) | Nov 28, 1966 | ![]() |
Retained WBA, WBC, The Ring, and lineal lightweight titles |
55 | Win | 48–5–1 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 5 (15) | Oct 22, 1966 | ![]() |
Retained WBA, WBC, The Ring, and lineal lightweight titles |
54 | Win | 47–5–1 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 12 (15) | Jun 20, 1966 | ![]() |
Retained WBA, WBC, The Ring, and lineal lightweight titles |
53 | Draw | 46–5–1 (1) | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Apr 07, 1966 | ![]() |
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52 | Win | 46–5 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (15) | Nov 13, 1965 | ![]() |
Won WBA, WBC, The Ring, and lineal lightweight titles |
51 | Loss | 45–5 (1) | ![]() |
MD | 15 | Apr 10, 1965 | ![]() |
Lost WBA, WBC, The Ring, and lineal lightweight titles |
50 | Win | 45–4 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (10) | Dec 14, 1964 | ![]() |
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49 | Win | 44–4 (1) | ![]() |
UD | 15 | Apr 11, 1964 | ![]() |
Retained WBA, WBC, The Ring, and lineal lightweight titles |
48 | Win | 43–4 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 14 (15) | Feb 15, 1964 | ![]() |
Retained WBA, WBC, The Ring, and lineal lightweight titles |
47 | Win | 42–4 (1) | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Oct 22, 1963 | ![]() |
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46 | Win | 41–4 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 7 (10) | Sep 18, 1963 | ![]() |
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45 | Win | 40–4 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 13 (15) | Apr 07, 1963 | ![]() |
Retained WBA, WBC, The Ring, and lineal lightweight titles |
44 | Win | 39–4 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 13 (15) | Dec 03, 1962 | ![]() |
Retained WBA, The Ring, and lineal lightweight titles |
43 | Win | 38–4 (1) | ![]() |
UD | 10 | Nov 07, 1962 | ![]() |
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42 | Win | 37–4 (1) | ![]() |
UD | 10 | Aug 01, 1962 | ![]() |
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41 | Win | 36–4 (1) | ![]() |
UD | 15 | Apr 21, 1962 | ![]() |
Won The Ring and lineal lightweight titles Won inaugural WBA lightweight title |
40 | Win | 35–4 (1) | ![]() |
UD | 10 | Nov 18, 1961 | ![]() |
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39 | Win | 34–4 (1) | ![]() |
UD | 10 | Sep 02, 1961 | ![]() |
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38 | Loss | 33–4 (1) | ![]() |
UD | 15 | May 10, 1961 | ![]() |
For lineal light welterweight title |
37 | Win | 33–3 (1) | ![]() |
UD | 10 | Feb 02, 1961 | ![]() |
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36 | Loss | 32–3 (1) | ![]() |
MD | 15 | Sep 01, 1960 | ![]() |
Lost lineal light welterweight title |
35 | Win | 32–2 (1) | ![]() |
MD | 15 | Jun 15, 1960 | ![]() |
Retained lineal light welterweight title |
34 | Win | 31–2 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 10 (15) | Feb 04, 1960 | ![]() |
Retained lineal light welterweight title |
33 | Win | 30–2 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (15) | Jun 12, 1959 | ![]() |
Won vacant NBA and lineal light welterweight titles |
32 | Win | 29–2 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 6 (10) | Apr 13, 1959 | ![]() |
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31 | Loss | 28–2 (1) | ![]() |
MD | 10 | Dec 31, 1958 | ![]() |
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30 | Win | 28–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Oct 28, 1958 | ![]() |
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29 | Win | 27–1 (1) | ![]() |
UD | 10 | Sep 19, 1958 | ![]() |
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28 | Loss | 26–1 (1) | ![]() |
SD | 10 | Jun 27, 1958 | ![]() |
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27 | Win | 26–0 (1) | ![]() |
UD | 10 | May 09, 1958 | ![]() |
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26 | Win | 25–0 (1) | ![]() |
UD | 10 | Feb 28, 1958 | ![]() |
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25 | Win | 24–0 (1) | ![]() |
UD | 10 | Sep 23, 1957 | ![]() |
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24 | Win | 23–0 (1) | ![]() |
UD | 10 | May 29, 1957 | ![]() |
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23 | Win | 22–0 (1) | ![]() |
UD | 10 | May 07, 1957 | ![]() |
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22 | Win | 21–0 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 7 (10) | Apr 09, 1957 | ![]() |
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21 | NC | 20–0 (1) | ![]() |
ND | 9 (10) | Mar 02, 1957 | ![]() |
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20 | Win | 20–0 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | Jan 23, 1957 | ![]() |
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19 | Win | 19–0 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | Dec 31, 1956 | ![]() |
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18 | Win | 18–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 9 (10) | Dec 15, 1956 | ![]() |
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17 | Win | 17–0 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | Oct 27, 1956 | ![]() |
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16 | Win | 16–0 | ![]() |
SD | 10 | Jul 30, 1956 | ![]() |
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15 | Win | 15–0 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | May 25, 1956 | ![]() |
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14 | Win | 14–0 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Feb 17, 1956 | ![]() |
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13 | Win | 13–0 | ![]() |
UD | 8 | Jan 09, 1956 | ![]() |
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12 | Win | 12–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (8) | Dec 10, 1955 | ![]() |
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11 | Win | 11–0 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Nov 12, 1955 | ![]() |
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10 | Win | 10–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (6) | Oct 29, 1955 | ![]() |
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9 | Win | 9–0 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (6) | Oct 03, 1955 | ![]() |
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8 | Win | 8–0 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (6) | Sep 19, 1955 | ![]() |
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7 | Win | 7–0 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | Aug 22, 1955 | ![]() |
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6 | Win | 6–0 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | Aug 10, 1955 | ![]() |
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5 | Win | 5–0 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | Jun 24, 1955 | ![]() |
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4 | Win | 4–0 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (4) | May 30, 1955 | ![]() |
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3 | Win | 3–0 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (4) | May 13, 1955 | ![]() |
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2 | Win | 2–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (4) | Feb 28, 1955 | ![]() |
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1 | Win | 1–0 | ![]() |
KO | 1 (4) | Feb 14, 1955 | ![]() |
Legacy
He is recognized at Ponce's Parque de los Ponceños Ilustres in the area of sports.[5]
See also
- Lineal championship
- List of lightweight boxing champions
- List of light welterweight boxing champions
- List of WBA world champions
- List of WBC world champions
- List of undisputed boxing champions
- List of Puerto Rican boxing world champions
- List of Puerto Ricans
- Sports in Puerto Rico
References
- ^ Sánchez, José A. (25 November 2012). "Entre leyendas Macho Camacho". El Nuevo Día.
- ^ Andrew Eisele. "Ring Magazine's 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years". About.com Sports.
- ^ Boxrec all time p4p rankings
- ^ "Carlos Ortiz - Lineal Junior Welterweight Champion". The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia.
- ^ "Sports". TravelPonce.com. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
External links
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- Boxing record for Carlos Ortiz from BoxRec (registration required)
- Carlos Ortiz - CBZ Profile
![]() Puerto Ricans in the International Boxing Hall of Fame |
Number | Name | Year inducted | Notes |
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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 (counting championships from minor sanctioning bodies). 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. |
13 | Miguel Cotto | 2022 | He is a multiple-time world champion, and the first Puerto Rican boxer to win world titles in four weight classes, from light welterweight to middleweight. In 2007 and 2009, |
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