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[Photo
Credit: Samart from Japan]
5'0" junior flyweight Anabel "Avispa" Ortiz
lives in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico, where she was born on July 5, 1986.
She played soccer and practiced karate for five years, but
she
has been dedicated to
pugilism from the age of 11, when she says
"I saw a gym in
Naucalpan; I liked boxing very much and I got to train.
It was love at first sight." She
is reputed to have had 120 amateur fights in seven and a half years,
losing only three, so her home is full of trophies. Her
brother Victor was also a boxer.
Anabel made her pro debut on
January 12 2007 at te Plaza de la Unidad del PRI in Toluca, México. She
weighed in at 104¾ lbs and defeated fellow debuter
Cristina Aguilar (106 lbs) by a four-round unanimous decision. Aguilar
has not fought since.
On February 10, 2007 at
Arena-Casino Los Fresnos in Tepic, Mexico, she defeated debut
fighter La Traviesa Avalos from Guadalajara by a fourth round
KO in a scheduled
six-rounder. Avalos has not fought since.
On March 30, 2007 at
Arena-Casino Los Fresnos, Tepic, Mexico Anabel Ortiz won the Mexican
Junior Flyweight title with a ten-round unanimous decision over
previously undefeated Delia "Japonesa" Lopez. Lopez began the
fight aggressively looking for the KO, but Ortiz used her jab and
uppercut well. In the fourth, fifth and sixth rounds Lopez attempted to
work Ortiz into the ropes but Ortiz used her boxing skills to maintain
a good distance and to punish Lopez. In the seventh
Lopez began to look more desperate as Ortiz continued to score with her
jab and uppercut. In the ninth, referee Juan Rodriguez Orozco
deducted a point from Lopez for repeated rabbit punching. The tenth
round was a formality for the new national champion. Lopez
fell to 8-1-2 (4 KO's) with the loss.
Women who are dedicated to
women's boxing in Mexico "still
have many difficulties," says Ortiz, who adds that "we give more
spectacle, (but) we are not paid a quarter of what men earn. I
knew
I was going to win, because Delia is an experienced boxer and
had competed for a world title but she does not have much technique and
I am devoted
to be more intelligent," recalls Anabel. Ortiz's
win over Lopez earned her a purse of 12,000 pesos, while male
champions earn at least three or four times that.
"Money is important, but I am in
this more than anything because I like to fight," says
Ortiz.
On June 22, 2007 in Tepic,
Mexico, Anabel Ortiz won a ten-round unanimous ( 99-91,98-93,97-93)
decision over Mayela Perez of Saltillo, Mexico who fell to 7-6-1 with
the loss. Perez had to receive two
stitches in her right eyebrow, which bled profusely, after a
fight that brought a standing ovation from the crowd at its end.
On November 21, 2008 at Salon
Marbet Plus in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, México, Ibeth Zamora
Silva of San Cristóbal Huichochitlán, México won a ten-round
unanimous
decision over Ortiz for the Mexican Junior Flyweight
championship. Zamora Silva improved her record to 5-1 (0 KO's) with
this win.
On
August 23, 2009 at Salon 21 in Mexico City, Anabel won a four-round
unanimous decision over Anahi Torres of Tlalnepantla, México who fell
to 3-5-1 (0 KO's) with the loss.
On
October 31, 2009 at Gimnasio Del Imcufide, Toluca, México, Anabel Ortiz
(104¾ lbs) won a ten-round unanimous (96-94 x 3)
decision over Carina Moreno
(104¾ lbs) of Watsonville, California for the WBC Strawweight
title.
Moreno suffered her
second pro loss and her first loss in almost five years. "I couldn't get my punches off,"
said
Moreno. "I felt a bit
lethargic after the first few rounds. I take nothing away from Ortiz,
she's a great fighter. I've been promised an immediate rematch from
promoter Ignacio Huizar. I'm hoping we can fight again sometime in
December." Carina's trainer Rick Noble added
that "It's very
tough to fight in this elevation. I take full responsibility for this
loss as I know I over-trained Carina. Ortiz was ready to go and we take
nothing away from her. We're looking for a rematch, preferably in the
U.S."
On January 30, 2010 at
Auditorio Siglo XXI in Puebla, Mexico, Anabel Ortiz won a
six-round unanimous decision over Yesenia Martinez Castrejon who fell
to 4-4-0 (3 KO's).
On September 13, 2010 at
Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, Anabel Ortiz (105 lbs) won a
ten-round unanimous (98-92,98-92,99-91) decision over Nanako Kikuchi
(5′0½″, 105 lbs) of Tokyo for the WBC Strawweight title. From the first
round, Kikuchi
was caught
repeatedly by the razor sharp jabs and left hooks of Ortiz, who
displayed excellent footwork and counter-punching
abilities. In
the middle rounds, Ortiz controlled Kikuchi with repeated left hooks
and hard rights. The open scoring system after the seventh round showed
Ortiz’s wide lead on points: 69-64 on all of the scorecards so
Kikuchi had to KO Ortiz in order to win. The Japanese
challenger made a brave effort in the later rounds but
she was unable to
find the range to connect effectively while she continued to
be hit hard by Ortiz. Kikuchi
fell to 12-4-1 (5 KO's) with the loss while Ortiz improved to 7-1 (1
KO). After
the fight Nanako Kikuchi was silent about whether she would retire from
competition or continue in her boxing career.
Anabel Ortiz vs Naoko Fujioka in May 2011
© Copyrighted photo by Samart
On May 8, 2011 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo,
Anabel Ortiz (105 lbs) lost the WBC Strawweight title by TKO at the end
of the eighth round to unbeaten Naoko
Fujioka (5'2", 105 lbs) of Osaki, Japan. In
the first three rounds, the two fought a tight offensive and
defensive battle, with Fujioka willing to exchange blows toe
to
toe with the defending champion from
Mexico. Naoko began to step up the
pace of her attack in the fourth, and she
dropped Anabel Ortiz to the
canvas with a right-left combination in the fifth. After that,
the tone
of the match visibly changed for Fujioka. According
to the open
scoring system, the judges had it 68-64 cards
for Fujioka after seven
rounds. The fight was effectively ended near
the end of the eighth
round when Anabel Ortiz fell to the canvas for
the second time after
taking a right hook from Fujioka while in a corner.
Ortiz bravely rose
from the canvas but retired after the round was
over because of an
ankle problem caused by her trips to the canvas in the fifth
and the
eighth rounds. Fujioka,
whose boxing gear was emblazoned with the words "Now or
Never" progressed to 6-0 (4 KO's) as
a pro boxer. Ortiz fell to 7-2 (1 KO).
On February 25, 2012 at Salón
Marbet Plus in Nezahualcóyotl, México, Anabel Ortiz
won a
ten-round unanimous decision over Ivonne Rosas of Mexico for the vacant
WBC Silver Straw-weight title. Rosas fell to 2-3 (1 KO) with
the
loss.
On April 21, 2012 at Unidad
Deportiva Centenario in Morelia, Michoacán de Ocampo, Mexico, Anabel
Ortiz (104¾ lbs) TKO'd Susana Cruz Perez (104¾ lbs)
of Ixmiquilpan, Hidalgo, Mexico
in the fifth round of a scheduled ten-rounder foir the WBC Silver
Strawweight title. Perez fell to 10-4 (5 KO's) with the loss.
On
May 24, 2012 at Estadio F.A.B. in Buenos
Aires, Argentina, Yesica Bopp
(107¼ lbs) of Buenos Aires remained
undefeated at 20-0-0- (9 KO's) when she won a
10-round unanimous (97-92,100-90,99-90) decision over Anabel Ortiz (107¼
lbs) defending the WBA and WBO Junior
Flyweight titles. Bopp improved her record to
20-0 (9 KO's) while Ortiz dropped to 10-3-0 (2 KO's).
On July 23, 2013, at the Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo, Japan,
Anabel Ortiz, 27 years old, now 12-3-0
(2KO), of Tepic, Mexico, won a 10-round split decision over
previously undefeated Etsuko Tada, 32 years old, now 12-1-2
(2KO), of Kyoto, Japan. Tada was defending her WBA [105
lb.] strawweight belt. In a second, female bout,
Bantamweight Marina Isami won her first pro bout, when she
defeated pro debuter Chisa Tanaka. Isami won by a
four-round unanimous decision.
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On November 19, 2013, at the Jeju Grand Hotel, Jeju island,
South Korea
WBA strawweight champion Anabel Ortiz successfully defended her title over
Hye-Soo Park by a ten-round unanimous decision. The final judges scores were
100-90 on all cards.
On April 12, 2014, at the Oasis Hotel Complex, Cancun, Mexico,
light flyweight Anabel Ortiz, won a 10-round unanimous decision over Ivoon Rosa.
Final judges scores were 100-92, 99-92, 100-92.
On July 26, 2014, at the Centro de Espectaculos, Epazoyucan,
Hidalgo, Mexico, straweight Anabel Ortiz won by a third round TKO over Neisi
Torres. In a second fight strawweights Katia Lopez had a a four-round draw with
Mary Martinez.
On November 8, 2014, at the Auditorio General Arteaga, Queretaro,
Mexico Anabel Ortiz, now 16-3-0 (3KO), won a 10-round split decision over Etsuko
Tada, 13-2-2 (3KO), for the WBA Strawweight title. Ortiz was defending this
title in this bout.
On April 29, 2015, in Osaka, Japan, Anabel Ortiz won by a
10-round unanimous decision over Nana Yoshikawa. The two were fighting for the
WBA Strawweight Title.
On September 5, 2015, at the Gran Teatro Moliere, Polanco, Mexico, Anabel Ortiz,
103.2, successfully defended her WBA Minimumweight world title belt over Sandra
Robles, 103.2, by a sixth round TD, in a 10-round scheduled bout.
On April 30, 2016, at the Malecon Turistico, in Guaymas, Sonora,
Mexico,
Anabel Ortiz, 105, won a ten round unanimous decision over Katia Gutierrez, 105.
Final judges scores were 99-91, 99-91, and 98-92.
On June 18, 2016, at the Auditorio Municipal, Tijuana, Baja
California, Mexico
Anabel Ortiz won by an eighth round TKO over Jolene Blackshear. The bout was
scheduled for ten rounds for the WBA Minimumweight title. In another bout Sandra
Robles won by first round TD over Ana Polo.
On July 16, 2016, at the Polideportivo Soraya Jimenez, Los Reyes
La Paz, México, Anabel Ortiz, 108, won an eight-round unanimous decision over
Karely Lopez, 108. Final judges scores were 78-74, 78-74, 77-75.
On January 21 2017, in Deportivo Benito Juárez, Mexico City,
Distrito Federal, Mexico, lightweight Anabel Ortiz won a ten-round unanimous
decision over Brenda Ramos; and in a second female bout Valeria Perez won by a
third round TKO over Alejandra Soto.
On July 29, 2017, in the Centro de Convenciones IMSS, in Tlalpan,
Mexico,
Anabel Ortiz, 105, of Mexico City, 25-3-0 (4KO), won by a ten-round unanimous
decision over Nancy Franco, 105, of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, now 17-11-2
(5KO). The two were fighting for the WBA strawweight title.
On November 25, 2017, at the Domo Sindicato de Trabajadores IMSS,
in Tlalpan, Distrito Federal, Mexico, light flyweight Anabel Ortiz 107.5,
won a ten-round unanimous decision over Esmeralda Torres, 106.5.
On March 24, 2018, at the Domo Sindicato de Trabajadores IMSS,
Tlalpan, in Distrito Federal, Mexico, strawweight Anabel Ortiz won a ten-round
unanimous decision over Debora Rengifo. Final judges scores were 100-90, 99-91,
and 98-92.
On August 18, 2018, at the Club Britania, in Chihuahua,
Mexico, Anabel Ortiz, 105, won a ten-round unanimous decision over Yenifer
Leon, 104. Ortiz successfully defended her WBA Strawweight title. Final judges
scores were 91-99, 92-98, and 93-99.
On May 18, 2019, at the Deportivo del Sindicato del Metro ,
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico, light flyweight Anabel Ortiz, 108.5, won
an eight-round unanimous decision over Barbara Martinez-Munoz,108¼.
On August 31, 2019 - Arena La Paz, La Paz, Mexico, Straweight
Anabel Ortiz, 105, won by a ten-round unanimous decision over Maria Maria Milano,
104. The two were fighting for the WBA Minimum Tltle.
On March 20, 2021, at the Dickies Arena, Fort Worth, Texas,
Strawweight Seniesa Estrada won a ten-round unanimous decision over Anabel
Ortiz. Estrada won the WBA Strawweight World title.
On December 18, 2021, at the AT&T Center, in San Antonio,
Texas,
flyweight Marlen Esparza, 111 1/2, won a ten-round unanimous decision over
Anabel Ortiz, 111 1/4. The two were fighting for the WBC Flyweight title. In a
second female bout, strawweight Seneisa Estrada, 104 1/2, won by a fourth round
KO over Maria Micheo Santizo, 103 3/4. The bout was scheduled for ten rounds.
Estrada won the WBA Strawweight world title.
On September 10, 2022, at the Arena Neza, Ciudad
Nezahualcoyotl,
Anabel Ortiz, 108, won an eight-round unanimous decision over Cindy Corona
Chavez, 108 3/4. Final judgesw scores were 79-72, 78-73 and 78-73.
On October 20, 2022, at the Fantasy Springs Casino, in
Indio, California,
Maria Micheo Santizo, 108, won an eight-round unanimous decision over Anabel
Ortiz, 106.5. Final judges scores were 79-73, 78-74, and 77-75.
Ortiz is married to former
boxer Mario
Andrade, and they have two daughters, Danae and Evelyn. She
says that being a
championship level boxer involves sacrifices to maintain herself at a
good level in
every contest: "I
stop going to parties
, dances, among other things, to concentrate on training."
Her ambition is to win world
titles in three different weight classes.
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last updated: Tuesday,
June 26 2012
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