This day in boxing. A look back.

[johnsebastianmiran]

Only older Puerto Rican boxing fans remember and thus rate Carlos Ortiz as one of the greatest Puerto Rican fighters. Typical I guess, of any sport and most places. Carlos' trilogy with Ismael Laguna was one of the greatest in its time.
When asked to list the greatest Puerto Rican fighters ever... few nowadays include Ortiz on the list... a list to which he most certainly belongs.

I was surprised to see Carlos brought up and his performance against Laguna was great as his stoppage of Sugar Ramos I heard over the radio back then but I also remembered Club Tropicorso and when he drove a cab in the Bronx. Nevertheless a proud technician in a boxing world where ko specialists hog all the attention.