SON OF SIMI BOXING FAMILY FAILS TO DELIVER KO DEBUT; CRUISERWEIGHT STRUGGLES TO UNANIMOUS DECISION IN 4 ROUNDS.Byline: Patrick Hipes Daily News Staff Writer The result was not as Victor Ortiz Vixtor Ortíz (b. 1987,January 31 in Liberal, Kansas ) is a US-American boxer touted as a 140/147lbs prospect. Amateur Ortíz is a righthander who nevertheless chooses to fight from a southpaw stance."I’m naturally righthanded. Everything I do is righthanded. had planned. Visions of a quick knockdown and a triumphant return to boxing danced through his head in the weeks before his first pro fight. Instead, Ortiz had to ugly his way to a unanimous decision A Unanimous Decision is a winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts and others sports involving striking in which all 3 judges agree on which fighter won the match. over cruiserweight cruis·er·weight n. In both senses also called junior heavyweight. 1. A weight division in professional boxing having an upper limit of 190 pounds (85.5 kilograms), between light heavyweight and heavyweight. 2. Fred Parks on Thursday, earning his first pro victory in front of a capacity crowd at the Reseda Country Club that often cheered the Ortiz name. Ortiz, 29, became the third Ortiz to fight at the venue, joining popular brothers Danny ``Big Shorty'' and Robert ``Too Sweet.'' Both, along with their father, Mike Sr., were in his corner Thursday. With them, scores of screaming fans came from Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. , where the Ortiz family proclaims itself the ``First Family of Boxing.'' ``I was anticipating a big crowd, I was expecting a big crowd,'' Victor Ortiz said after the fight, which went the maximum four rounds. ``But I wasn't prepared for this crowd.'' Most in the gallery of 800 fans began cheering as Ortiz, known as ``Li'l Hoss,'' came into the ring, the fourth fight in a five-fight undercard un·der·card n. The event or events coming before and supporting the main event, as of boxing matches. . The cheers wavered, however, after the opening bell, when he and Parks did little more than clinch and hold. Between the first and second rounds, the referee came to the corner and told Ortiz that he would ``confiscate To expropriate private property for public use without compensating the owner under the authority of the Police Power of the government. To seize property. When property is confiscated it is transferred from private to public use, usually for reasons such as (him) personally'' if he didn't come out fighting. Parks, standing 6 foot, 4 inches, did little in the way of fighting himself, opting to smother Ortiz into his body when he got under the long reach, pushing Ortiz to the ropes. Ortiz's best round was the third, when he stood Parks up with a right uppercut, then followed with a nice combination to put the Moreno Valley-based fighter on his heels. Ortiz, clearly the aggressor AGGRESSOR, crim. law. He who begins, a quarrel or dispute, either by threatening or striking another. No man may strike another because he has threatened, or in consequence of the use of any words. , won on all three judges cards - 40-36, 40-36 and 40-37 - and the announcement drew more screams and chants. ``His power, his punches, they never bothered me,'' said Ortiz, who weighed in at 178 pounds after beginning training in January at 247. ``I don't think anyone is going to hurt me with power at this level.'' The problem, admitted Ortiz, was Parks' height. Ortiz's tallest sparring partner sparring partner Noun 1. a person who practises with a boxer during training 2. a person with whom one has friendly arguments Noun 1. was kickboxer Jim Mullen, who is 6 feet. ``His height threw me off a little bit,'' he said. But Parks did little to capitalize on the advantage in reach and size. ``Victor is a superb boxer,'' Robert Ortiz said. ``Tonight, a bad boxer made a good boxer look bad. Victor was wrestling with him, playing his game. ``I thought it would be easier for him, but I'm glad it was a bit of a rough one, though,'' he said. ``I'm glad it wasn't a quick fight. Victor needs to learn in there.'' |
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