Nearly three months shy of his 43rd birthday, Luis Ortiz breathes new life into his career. The former two-time heavyweight title challenger rallied from two knockdowns to score two of his own in a ...

Luis Ortiz refuses to throw in the towel. On Saturday night in Florida, King Kong defeated the dangerous Charles Martin, a former IBF world champion, by knockout in their International Boxing ...

Every generation of heavyweight boxing has its big men whose ultimate career achievements are simply winding up on a list of best fighters to not win a heavyweight title. The 60s and 70s had a litany ...

Cuban heavyweight Luis 'King Kong’ Ortiz is getting ready for his scheduled Fox Sports pay-per-view engagement on January 1, when he will face former world champion Charles Martin. The card will take ...

Training smarter for his upcoming crossroads fight with Luis Ortiz has enabled Charles Martin to convert the “flab” he once had around his midsection into muscle. The hard-hitting, 6-feet-5 southpaw ...

Top heavyweight Luis “King Kong” Ortiz and former world champion Charles Martin went face-to-face at the official weigh-in Friday before they meet in an IBF Heavyweight Title Eliminator headlining a ...

Martin Ortiz was born and raised in the El Huarache barrio at 2227 Old Lawrence Boulevard, now known as Broadway Avenue. Ortiz grew up in poverty in a family of 12 children. “As a child, he was always ...

Top heavyweight Luis “King Kong” Ortiz and former world champion Charles Martin went face-to-face at the official weigh-in Friday before they meet in an IBF Heavyweight Title Eliminator headlining a ...

Martin Ortiz today was promoted to president and general manager of ABC O&O KFSN Fresno, Calif., succeeding Mike Carr who is now running ABC’s KTRK Houston. Ortiz has been KFSN’s news director since ...

Keith Thurman vs. Vergil Ortiz Jr. is being planned for the WBC Interim Junior Middleweight Title in October, while Arnold Barboza Jr. vs. Frank Martin could feature on the card too. Thurman has had ...