Carlos Juan Ortiz

Place: Ponce

Born: 1936

Death: 2022

Biography:

Carlos Ortiz was a Puerto Rican professional boxer who held world titles in lightweight and light welterweight weight divisions. He 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.