Anabel Ortiz Morales (born 5 July 1986) is a Mexican
professional boxer
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. She is a two-time
mini flyweight
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Boxing
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world champion, having held the
WBA title since 2013 and previously the
WBC title from 2009 to 2011. She also challenged once for the
unified WBA, and
WBO
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light flyweight titles in 2012.
Professional boxing career
Ortiz won the
WBC female mini flyweight title in November 2009 with a
unanimous decision
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(96–94, 96–94, 97–93) defeat of
Caroline Moreno and defended it against
Nanako Kikuchi in September 2010
before losing the title to
Naoko Fujioka
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in May 2011. Ortiz was knocked down twice by Fujioka during the match, and lost by
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. She fought
Yésica Bopp for the
WBA and
WBO light flyweight titles in May 2012, but was unsuccessful.
A
split decision
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victory over
Etsuko Tada in July 2013 saw Ortiz gain the
WBA female mini flyweight title. She retained the title in matches against
Hye Soo Park in November 2013,
Neisi Torres in July 2014, and Tada in November 2014.
2015 saw Ortiz keep hold of the title against
Nana Yoshikawa in April (unanimous decision) and again against
Sandra Robles in September (six round technical decision). She also beat Suri Tapia in November.
Ortiz continued her winning streak into 2016 with further successful defences against
Katia Gutiérrez in April,
Jolene Blackshear in June and
Debora Rengifo in October. She remained undefeated into 2020, seeing off title challenges from
Nancy Franco in 2017, from
Yenifer Leon in 2018, and
Maria Milano in 2019. All of her wins from 2016 to 2019 were by unanimous decision except against Blackshear, which was a win by TKO.
A non-title defeat of
Brenda Ramos in January 2020 was Ortiz's 14th consecutive victory, and bought her record to 24–3 including four knockouts.
Her boxing nickname is Avispa.
She has two daughters.
Ortiz challenged WBA (
Regular) female light-flyweight champion
Sara Bailey in Toronto on 12 December 2024, losing by unanimous decision.
Professional boxing record
References
External links
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1986 births
Living people
Mexican women boxers
Atomweight boxers
Mini-flyweight boxers
Light-flyweight boxers
Boxers from Nayarit
Sportspeople from Tepic, Nayarit
21st-century Mexican sportswomen