Carlos Ortíz
Puerto Rican boxer (1936–2022)
Carlos Ortiz · カルロス・オルチス · 카를로스 오르티스
- Born
- 9 September 1936, Ponce
- Died
- 13 June 2022, New York City
- Citizenship
- United States
- Sport
- boxing
- Discipline
- light welterweight, lightweight
- Occupation
- boxer
- Height
- 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
- Recorded fight record
- 61 wins, 7 losses
Carlos Ortiz (9 September 1936 – 13 June 2022) was a Puerto Rican professional boxer. He held world titles in lightweight and light welterweight weight divisions. Along with Félix Trinidad, Miguel Cotto, Wilfredo Gómez, Héctor Camacho, José Torres, Edwin Rosario and Wilfred Benítez, Ortiz is considered among the best Puerto Rican boxers of all time by sports journalists and analysts. 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. He held 21st place in BoxRec ranking of the greatest pound for pound boxers of all time.
Awards and honours
- Sugar Ray Robinson Award 1967
- International Boxing Hall of Fame 1991
- The Ring World Lightweight Champion
- WBA World Lightweight Champion
- WBA World Super Lightweight Champion
- WBC World Lightweight Champion
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q719933 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.