Manuel Ortiz

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Name: Manuel Ortiz
Hometown: El Centro, California, USA
Birthplace: Corona, California, USA
Died: 1970-05-31 (Age:53)
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 163cm
Reach: 164cm
Referee: Record
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

• Manager: Tommy Farmer, Johnny Rogers, Self
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Amateur Career

Manuel Ortiz started his amateur career in 1937. With-in a year, Ortiz won the Southern California Amateur Flyweight Title and a Golden Glove Title. He also defeated Chief Lopez, who was an Olympic runner-up. As an amateur, Ortiz defeated Bobby Hagar twice. In their first fight, Ortiz decked Hagar 17 times. In their second match, Ortiz decked Hagar twenty times.

Factoids

• Defeated 16 opponents (9 by KO) for the World Bantamweight Title.
• He made a very brief appearance in a gym scene in the 1947 movie Killer McCoy.
• Ortiz ended his career broke, and died from cirrhosis of the liver after a long illness.
• Ortiz was the first boxer to have his record entered into the BoxRec.com database by site founder John Sheppard, and thus has Global ID #1. Ortiz's loss to Benny Goldberg on Feb. 25, 1938, was the first bout entered into the BoxRec database, and thus is Fight:1.
• He served in the U.S. Army.

Preceded by: Lou Salica	World Bantamweight Champion 7 Aug 1942 – 6 Jan 1947	Succeeded by: Harold Dade
Preceded by: Harold Dade	World Bantamweight Champion 11 Mar 1947 – 31 May 1950	Succeeded by: Vic Toweel