Emile Griffith vs. Gaspar Ortega (2nd meeting)

Emile Griffith 146 lbs beat Gaspar Ortega 146 lbs by TKO at 0:48 in round 12 of 15

• Date: 1961-06-03
• Location: Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA
• Referee: Tommy Hart 12-2
• Judge: George Latka 16-1
• Judge: Lee Grossman 13-1

"Emile Griffith of New York retained his world welterweight championship Saturday night when he dealt a savage beating to game Gaspar Ortega of Mexico and stopped him in the 12th round of their scheduled 15-round fight. Referee Tommy Hart stopped the one-sided bout after 48 seconds of the 12th to spare the challenger further punishment. Griffith knocked Gaspar down twice for eight-counts in the turbulent 7th round that had the 7,000 or more fans in the Olympic Auditorium in an uproar. The gallant Mexican put on quite a show in the 11th and appeared to have a shade the better of it until a few seconds before the round ended when Griffith let loose his lethal left and sent Ortega clutching the ropes as the bell sounded. Ortega was bleeding from cuts over both eyes and the nose in the 12th until he could go no farther." -Associated Press

• Unofficial AP scorecard - 15-1 Griffith
• It was reported that this was the first time Ortega was stopped in 83 fights
• The AP reported that the actual scores through 11 rounds were: Referee Tommy Hart - 12-2, Judge George Latka - 11-2 and Judge Lee Grossman - 13-2, all for Griffith