1. Victor Ortiz was born on January 31,1987 and is an American professional boxer and film actor.
52 Facts About Victor Ortiz
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Victor Ortiz held the WBC welterweight title in 2011, and was formerly rated as one of the world's top three active welterweights by most sporting news and boxing websites, including The Ring magazine, BoxRec, and ESPN.
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Victor Ortiz's crowd-pleasing and aggressive fighting style made him the 2008 ESPN Prospect of the Year.
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Outside of boxing, Ortiz has had roles in the films The Expendables 3 and Southpaw, and made a cameo appearance in the TV series Ray Donovan.
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Victor Ortiz was born and raised in Garden City, Kansas, and is the third of four children of Mexican parents.
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When he was seven years old, Victor Ortiz's mother abandoned her family.
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Shortly thereafter, Victor Ortiz began boxing at the insistence of his father, an alcoholic who often beat his children following his wife's departure.
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Victor Ortiz' father abandoned the family five years after their mother left, which forced Victor Ortiz and his five siblings into the Kansas foster care system.
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At age 16, Victor Ortiz won the 2003 Police Athletic League national championships in Toledo, then at seventeen, Victor Ortiz reached the United States Olympic boxing trials in the 132-pound weight class, where he was eliminated in the champion's bracket semifinals.
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Victor Ortiz turned professional later in 2004 while still only seventeen years of age.
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Victor Ortiz boxed at The Garden City Boxing club, where he was trained by five trainers who all worked together to get him ahead in his boxing career.
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Victor Ortiz won the Ringside National Title in 2001 and 2002 and the National Jr.
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However, on June 3,2005, Victor Ortiz was controversially disqualified in the first round of a bout against unknown Corey Alarcon in Oxnard.
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Victor Ortiz defeated Clottey by technical knockout in the tenth and final round.
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Three months later, Ortiz followed up on his victory with another knockout win, this time in the first round of a ten-round bout against former junior welterweight titlist Carlos Maussa of Colombia.
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On September 13,2008, Victor Ortiz fought his first bout scheduled for twelve rounds, against Roberto David Arrieta of Argentina.
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Victor Ortiz knocked Arrieta down in the second, fourth and fifth rounds and won by technical knockout in the fifth round.
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On March 7,2009, Victor Ortiz fought his first bout televised on HBO Boxing After Dark against Mike Arnaoutis of Greece, who had fought top-ten light welterweight contenders such as Juan Urango, Ricardo Torres and Kendall Holt without ever having been knocked out.
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However, Victor Ortiz scored a technical knockout of Arnaoutis in the second round.
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On June 27,2009, Victor Ortiz faced Marcos Maidana of Argentina in Los Angeles for the Interim WBA Light Welterweight title.
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Victor Ortiz knocked Maidana to the canvas twice in the second round.
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Victor Ortiz suffered a cut in the 5th round and was knocked down in the 6th round.
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Victor Ortiz expressed how the Garcias constantly humiliated him through derogatory speech but would then hire Garcia's brother Danny.
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On December 12,2009, Victor Ortiz bounced back from the defeat he suffered vs Maidana to stop Antonio Diaz, who failed to answer the bell for the seventh round.
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Victor Ortiz then fought Hector Alatorre on February 25,2010, winning by TKO in the tenth and final round.
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Victor Ortiz, 23, was quicker, more active and landed heavier shots throughout the fight.
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Victor Ortiz appeared troubled all fight by Ortiz's southpaw style and straight left hand as he followed Ortiz around.
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Victor Ortiz scored a knockdown on a short right hand, although it looked like he shoved Campbell.
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On September 18,2010, Victor Ortiz faced former WBA Light Welterweight Champion Vivian Harris on the Shane Mosley vs Sergio Mora undercard at Staples Center.
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Victor Ortiz was on ESPN's SportsNation to promote the fight with Harris.
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Victor Ortiz dropped Harris with both hands and landed some nasty power punches.
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Victor Ortiz knocked Harris down three times in the second round en route to a knock out win with :45 seconds left in the third round.
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Victor Ortiz fought Andre Berto for the WBC Welterweight title on April 16,2011, at the Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket.
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Berto and Victor Ortiz exchanged knockdowns in their fights with both of them going down twice.
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Victor Ortiz had his way from the 7th on and only had to worry about an occasional big punch from Berto.
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Victor Ortiz dropped and was unable to beat Cortez's count as the crowd of 14,687 were furious at the ruined fight.
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However, just days before the fight was scheduled to take place, Victor Ortiz was announced as the opponent for Saul Alvarez in the main event of a Pay-Per-View show entitled "Knockout Kings" scheduled for September 15,2012, if he were to defeat Lopez.
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At the beginning of the tenth round, Victor Ortiz's team threw in the towel when the fighter complained of a broken jaw, subsequently cancelling his possible bout with Alvarez.
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On January 30,2014, Victor Ortiz was defeated by Luis Collazo.
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Victor Ortiz expected to be back in the ring towards the end of 2015.
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Victor Ortiz went down twice in the 4th round although he beat both counts, he didn't answer to referee Jack Reiss, who kept asking if he wants to continue.
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Victor Ortiz made a successful comeback with a fourth round stoppage win over Corral.
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Victor Ortiz stalked Corral from the opening round landing straight lefts and hooks, although Corral fought back, Victor Ortiz did enough to win the early rounds.
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In round 4, Victor Ortiz landed a left hand that sent Corral down.
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Victor Ortiz beat the count, but Ortiz pounced, forcing the referee to stop the fight after 1 minute and 26 seconds.
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The bout was closely contested in the first half of the fight, with Victor Ortiz controlling more of the fight and landing the heavier shots.
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Victor Ortiz made his intentions clear that he was aiming for a future world title opportunity.
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Victor Ortiz participated on the sixteenth season of ABC's Dancing with the Stars.
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Sexual assault charges against Victor Ortiz were dismissed by prosecutors in December 2020 because they could not prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt.
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Victor Ortiz first appeared on screen as an actor in the action film The Expendables 3.
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Victor Ortiz played the character of Mars, a young American soldier recruited onto the Expendables team.
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Victor Ortiz appeared in the sports drama film Southpaw, co-starring Jake Gyllenhaal, playing a young boxer named Ramone.