Rudell Stitch vs. Gaspar Ortega (2nd meeting)

Gaspar Ortega 147 lbs lost to Rudell Stitch 146 lbs by UD in round 10 of 10

• Date: 1959-05-08
• Location: War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse, New York, USA
• Referee: Joe Palmer 2-6
• Judge: Dick Albino 3-6
• Judge: Harold McGrath 4-5

• See also: Rudell Stitch vs. Gaspar Ortega (1st meeting)

Notes

• Ortega was a 6-5 favorite.
• Ortega was cut over the left eye in the first round and rocked by a solid right in the third. The cut was reopened in the eighth, and the commission doctor examined the cut at the end of the round.
• UPI scored the fight 8-2 for Stitch.
• The New York Times called the bout "as one-sided as their first encounter was close."
• The bout was televised nationally by NBC.
• Attendance was 1,472.
• Hours before the fight, Stitch was awarded a bronze medal from the Carnegie Hero Fund for rescuing a man from drowning in the Ohio River in September 1958.

Newspaper Article

• "Gaspar Ortega Takes On Rudell Stitch In TV Bout" - Sarasota Herald-Tribune - May 8, 1959