He was wiping out the competition. And that was the beginning of my life.”. There have been some amazing lightweight champions over the years. Persley, "Battling" Reymundo Torres, Johnny Bizzarro, Maurice Cullen, Trainers: Teddy Bentham, Whitey Bimstein, Charley Goldman, Al Braverman and Sammy Cherin. I’ve heard it once if I’ve heard it a thousand times that “Boxers don’t feel pain like the rest of us.”, “It’s the same pain,” he said. I couldn’t believe it!’ I said, ‘No, who was sitting with you?’ He said, ‘Jimmy McLarnin! Looking resplendant in a yellow-tannish suit, it looked liked he could go 10 rds with any lightwt. He’s interesting to watch. I had almost 200 fights, amateur and pro, and getting hit is nothing nice.”, Ortiz retired in 1972 with a 67-7-1 (30 KOs) record. I mean that ball was going back: boogadoo-boogadoo-boogadoom. Ortiz was junior lightweight champion from 1959 to 1962, followed by two reigns as WBA lightweight champion, from 1962 to 1965 and from 1965 to1968. You had Joey Giardello coming after the war. “I was champion for at least nine years,” Ortiz said. He was captain of the London team He was never the same after that. What most impressed me about Carlos is his intelligence. I used to get my ass kicked in every day. Carlos loves the sport. “I was junior welterweight champion, which I won in 1959 and then I lost in 1961. The way he fought was so precise and beautiful to watch—a master boxer who could punch too. Carlos says he came to New York in 1947 at the age of 8, but his birth year is said to be 1936. The training isn’t there. Then he brought me over to the gym and it just happened that there was a boxing class going on and I heard a noise—‘boogadoo-boogadoo-boogadoo boom-boom boogadoo-boogadoo-boogadoom’—and I fell in love with that noise. Ortiz turned pro in 1955 with a first round knockout over Harry Bell at the legendary St. Nicholas Arena. Silver not only saw Ortiz on TV. “It’s the same pain,” he said. “I came to New York City, the United States, back in 1947, and I was eight years old,” said Ortiz. Ortiz turned pro in 1955 with a first round knockout over Harry Bell at the legendary St. Nicholas Arena. You’ll find that fighters for the most part, fighters who are intelligent, they transfer that intelligence to their boxing. A great champion and just a wonderful man—one of my favorite guys to say hello to at the Hall of Fame. It always gets on my nerves when I tell the new boxing fan that Carlos Ortiz beats Floyd Mayweather in my opinion; and these guys don’t even know who i’m talking about. And that was my introduction to boxing.”. The fight was televised nationally and turned Carlos Ortiz into a star. I had to find a way to protect myself. “I had 18 title fights,” said Ortiz. Leonard and Gans would have considered Carlos Ortiz a dangerous opponent and they’d really have to be on their game to defeat him. It slows down, it slows down, it slows…and then it stops. Boxing takes its toll—it’s the nature of the beast—but Ortiz is remarkably fit for a man his age. I practiced that technique. Carlos really was special and Mike Silver is quite right in picking out his wins over Battling Torres and Ismael Laguna. Things had to have been different than they are today. The long reigning lightweight champion had won the title in 1956. The long reigning lightweight champion had won the title in 1956. I was always sure that I would do exactly what I was supposed to do in the ring, and not do what I was not supposed to do outside the ring. He knows and has spent time with him over the years and is as impressed by the man as he was by the boxer. Birth Name: Carlos Juan Ortiz. After going 29-2 with 1 ND over the next four years, he TKO’d Kenny Lane (57-6 at the time) on June 12, 1959 at New York’s Madison Square Garden to win the vacant junior welterweight crown. So every now and then we see somebody come up and they develop some skills and that’s an anomaly. From that day I never missed a day in the gym. I’ve always done it the right way. “I came to New York City, the United States, back in 1947, and I was eight years old,” he said. Any place I went to in the city I was always beat up—because I was Spanish. No, I’m good enough not to take punches. Typos perhaps? ‘That noise! No matter where I go, I’m still the champ.”. The great boxer-puncher Carlos Ortiz, by any estimation, earned his place in their august company. It means everything to me. ‘This is beautiful. I mean that ball was going back: boogadoo-boogadoo-boogadoom. No matter what, it’s the same pain. Carlos Ortiz was born 80 years ago today, on Sept. 9, 1936, in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Once I started practicing with that bag I felt at home. In fact, one of the first fights I ever saw on television was Carlos Ortiz vs. Kenny Lane for the junior welterweight championship.”. Ortiz and boxing were about to touch gloves. I did whatever they told me to do. “I found this Boy’s Club just a block from where I lived,” Ortiz said with a smile. That’s how deep the talent in that division was. “Old Bones” was a formidable presence and had successfully defended the crown 11 times. 1955-02-14. division. I practiced that technique. Television also had a lot to do with it. This is what I’ve done all my life.”. During his long and illustrious career he defeated such outstanding boxers as Kenny Lane, Battling Torres, Duilio Loi, Joe Brown, Flash Elorde, Ismael Laguna, Johnny Bizzarro, and Sugar Ramos. But I do train. They had a movie theater. Ortiz has given his life to boxing, but boxing has given back. I had to go to school, so I used to do roadwork after school and then at the nighttime I used to go to the gym. I had to survive. Carlos Ortiz was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico on Sept. 9, 1936. performance throughout; During his career, he won the “In my time you came over here it was strangers in paradise. It’s all logical, makes sense—just as his boxing style was logical and makes sense.” Silver paused. Ortiz was junior lightweight champion from 1959 to 1962, followed by two reigns as lightweight champion, from 1962 to 1965 and from1965 to1968. And it still made the sport interesting. Birthplace: Ponce, Puerto Rico. During his long and illustrious career he defeated such outstanding boxers as Kenny Lane, Battling Torres, Duilio Loi, Joe Brown, Flash Elorde, Ismael Laguna, Johnny Bizzarro, and Sugar Ramos. Everybody calls me the champ. I did what I set out to be and I did it better than what I expected…”, “Where else could a poor kid from Puerto Rico get the break I got, if not from boxing?”—Carlos Ortiz. Can you show me?’”. They scared the shit out of me!”, Ortiz found a Boy’s Club a block from where he lived. I’ll never forget talking to him after he was inducted into the Hall of Fame. He said, ‘You know who was sitting on the dais with me? I had the pleasure of meeting him at Oaks, PA, at a signing show. You throw at me—but you ain’t going to hit me. When it was all over, my dad (being an old-timer) said, “I don’t know what you see in Laguna, but that Ortiz could have held his own back in the 1930s.” I praise. “So he brought me upstairs and there’s this kid pounding this bag—and it was the most beautiful thing I have heard and ever seen. We had maybe twenty Pacquiaos. Today’s fighters and their attitudes can take a lesson from him. And that was my introduction to boxing.”. “I only lost four. “Next year I went to Macy’s and got into trouble and they told me you have to join a Boy’s Club or else we’re gonna come get you and put you in the slammer. Ortiz and boxing were about to touch gloves. Now we’re talking about the greats of the great. “I had 18 title fights. “Besides God, I think boxing has been a blessing to me. “Like all the fighters, they hate the business of boxing—but they all love the sport. I lived on 28th Street. It was a godsend. I practice it, but I practice it right. It had a place where you could play billiards. I’ve heard it once if I’ve heard it a thousand times that “Boxers don’t feel pain like the rest of us.” I asked Ortiz if that was true.

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