Citlalli Ortiz
Citlalli Ortiz at the 2024 Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nickname | Bellatrix[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Mexican[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Citlalli Vanessa Ortiz 19 January 2000[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (160 cm)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | Super-middleweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Stance | Orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boxing record[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total fights | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Win by KO | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Losses | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Citlalli Ortiz (born 19 January 2000) is an American-born Mexican professional boxer who has challenged for the WBA and WBC female super-middleweight titles. As an amateur she won a gold medal at the 2017 IBA Youth Women's World Championships, silver at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games and bronze at the 2023 Pan American Games. Ortiz also represented Mexico at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Biography
Having taken up boxing aged eight, Ortiz represented the United States at the 2017 IBA Youth Women's World Championships in India, winning the gold medal in the 69kg category.[3][4]
After being overlooked for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, she switched alligences to Mexico, qualifying through family ties, although she had to serve a period of ineligibility due to her previously fighting for the United States.[3][4]
Ortiz turned professional in 2021 and compiled a record of four wins and one defeat, before returning to the amateur ranks to make a run at qualifying for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[4]
In Mexican colours and competing in the 75kg division, she won a silver medal at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games in El Salvador and bronze at the 2023 Pan American Games in Chile.[3][4]
Ortiz won three bouts, all via unanimous decision, at the World Boxing Olympic final qualification tournament held in Thailand across May and June 2024 to secure a spot at the Paris Games later that year, where she lost in the first round to fifth seed, and eventual bronze medalist, Caitlin Parker from Australia.[3]
Returning to the professional ranks, Ortiz challenged WBA and WBC female super-middleweight champion Franchón Crews-Dezurn at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York, on 6 June 2025. She lost via majority decision with two of the ringside judges scoring the fight 98–92 and 96–94 respectively for her opponent, while the third had it a 95–95 draw.[5][6]
References
- ^ "Boxing record for Citlalli Ortiz". BoxRec.
- ^ a b c d e "Citlalli Ortiz". tapology.com. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
- ^ a b c d "Coachella Valley High alum loses Olympic first-round bout". Desert Sun. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
- ^ a b c d "Coachella-Born Olympian: Local Native Citlalli Ortiz Heads for the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics as Part of Mexico's Boxing Team". Coachella Valley Independent. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
- ^ "Franchon Crews-Dezurn edges Citlalli Ortiz in crowd-disputed win". Boxing Scene. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
- ^ "Brandon Moore Drops Stanley Wright, Wins Early As Franchon Crews-Dezurn Retains WBC, WBA World Titles". The Ring. Retrieved 23 October 2025.