Isaac Logart vs. Gaspar Ortega (3rd meeting)

Ortega sinks to his knees in the 2nd round.

Isaac Logart 146 lbs lost to Gaspar Ortega 147 lbs by SD in round 12 of 12

• Date: 1957-05-10
• Location: War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse, New York, USA
• Referee: Al Berl 4-7
• Judge: Harold Barnes 5-6
• Judge: Joe Agnello 7-5

Ortega sank to his knees in the 2nd round, claiming a foul. Referee Al Berl ignored his protest of a low blow.

• Unofficial AP scorecard - 6-4-2 Ortega
• Unofficial UP scorecard - 6-5-1 Logart

Post fight comments

• "I told Ortega to get up or I'll start counting. I didn't see any punch. After the round I told Logart to keep his punches up because he was getting a little low with some of them." -Referee Al Berl

• "It was a low bolo punch and it hurt me. I don't think it was intentional, but it slowed me down for a couple of rounds." -Gaspar Ortega, on the alleged 2nd round low blow.

• "We want Basilio and nothing else." -Jimmy Stinson, Ortega's manager, calling for a title shot at welterweight champ Carmen Basilio.

• "Right now we hope to make the Basilio - Ray Robinson middleweight title fight for this summer. If we can't make that for July, we'll try to get Basilio to defend his title and we feel Ortega deserves the shot off his win over Logart." -Harry Markson, managing director of the IBC.