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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).
Nanako Kikuchi vs Anabel Ortiz in Sept 2010
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).
After the
fight, Anabel Ortiz said: "My
physical condition was good. Naoko Fujioka is a good boxer, but I say
that I was involved in a bitter fight Naoko Fujioka who made dirty
tactics such as elbows in the ring."
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).
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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