Anabel Ortiz

Anabel Ortiz Morales (born 5 July 1986) is a Mexican professional boxer. She is a two-time mini flyweight 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 light flyweight titles in 2012.

Anabel Ortiz
Born	Anabel Ortiz Morales (1986-07-05) 5 July 1986 (age 39) Tepic, Mexico
Other names	Avispa
Statistics
Weight(s)	Atomweight Mini-flyweight Light-flyweight Flyweight Super-flyweight
Height	5 ft 0 in (152 cm)
Reach	62+1⁄2 in (159 cm)
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record[1]
Total fights	43
Wins	34
Wins by KO	4
Losses	9

Professional boxing career

Ortiz won the WBC female mini flyweight title in November 2009 with a unanimous decision (96–94, 96–94, 97–93) defeat of Caroline Moreno^[2] and defended it against Nanako Kikuchi in September 2010^[3] before losing the title to Naoko Fujioka in May 2011. Ortiz was knocked down twice by Fujioka during the match, and lost by TKO.^[4] She fought Yésica Bopp for the WBA and WBO light flyweight titles in May 2012, but was unsuccessful.^[3]

A split decision 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.^[3] 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).^[5] She also beat Suri Tapia in November.^[3]

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.^[3] 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.^[6]

Her boxing nickname is Avispa.^[3] She has two daughters.^[7]

Ortiz challenged WBA (Regular) female light-flyweight champion Sara Bailey in Toronto on 12 December 2024, losing by unanimous decision.^[8]

Professional boxing record

43 fights	34 wins	9 losses
By knockout	4	1
By decision	30	8

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
43	Loss	34–9	Carolina Ferrari	SD	6	18 Jul 2025	Boxing Club, Río Gallegos, Argentina
42	Loss	34–8	Kim Clavel	UD	10	27 Feb 2025	Montreal Casino, Montreal, Canada	For vacant IBF Inter-Continental and WBC International female mini-flyweight titles
41	Loss	34–7	Sara Bailey	UD	10	12 Dec 2024	Great Canadian Casino Resort, Toronto, Ontario, Canada	For WBA (Regular) female light-flyweight title
40	Win	34–6	Monserrat Alarcón	UD	10	31 Aug 2024	Foro Oceanía Show Center, Mexico City, Mexico
39	Loss	33–6	Yokasta Valle	UD	10	4 Nov 2023	Polideportivo de Cartago, Cartago, Costa Rica	For IBF and WBO female mini-flyweight titles
38	Win	33–5	Maria Micheo Santizo	UD	8	20 Oct 2022	Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio, California, U.S.
37	Win	32–5	Cindy Chavez	UD	8	10 Sep 2022	Arena Neza, Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico
36	Loss	31–5	Marlen Esparza	UD	10	18 Dec 2021	AT&T Center, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.	For WBC female flyweight title
35	Loss	31–4	Seniesa Estrada	UD	10	20 Mar 2021	Dickies Arena, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.	Lost WBA female mini-flyweight title
34	Win	31–3	Heidy Cruz	UD	6	7 Mar 2020	Gimnasio Nuevo, Parral, Mexico
33	Win	30–3	Maria Milano	UD	10	31 Aug 2019	Arena La Paz, La Paz, Mexico	Retained WBA female mini-flyweight title
32	Win	29–3	Barbara Munoz	UD	8	18 May 2019	Deportivo del Sindicato del Metro, Mexico City, Mexico
31	Win	28–3	Yenifer León	UD	10	18 Aug 2018	Club Britania, Chihuahua City, Mexico	Retained WBA female mini-flyweight title
30	Win	27–3	Debora Rengifo	UD	10	24 Mar 2018	Domo Sindicato de Trabajadores IMSS, Mexico City, Mexico	Retained WBA female mini-flyweight title
29	Win	26–3	Esmerelda Torres Ramirez	UD	10	25 Nov 2017	Domo Sindicato de Trabajadores IMSS, Mexico City, Mexico
28	Win	25–3	Nancy Franco	UD	10	29 Jul 2017	Domo Sindicato de Trabajadores IMSS, Mexico City, Mexico	Retained WBA female mini-flyweight title
27	Win	24–3	Brenda Ramos	UD	10	21 Jan 2017	Deportivo Benito Juárez, Mexico City, Mexico
26	Win	23–3	Debora Rengifo	UD	10	15 Oct 2016	Deportivo G2, Mexico City, Mexico	Retained WBA female mini-flyweight title
25	Win	22–3	Kareli Lopez	UD	8	16 Jul 2016	Polideportivo Soraya Jimenez, La Paz, Mexico
24	Win	21–3	Jolene Blackshear	TKO	8 (10)	18 Jun 2016	Auditorio Fausto Gutierrez Moreno, Tijuana, Mexico	Retained WBA female mini-flyweight title
23	Win	20–3	Katia Gutiérrez	UD	10	30 Apr 2016	Malecon Turistico, Guaymas, Mexico	Retained WBA female mini-flyweight title
22	Win	19–3	Suri Tapia	UD	10	28 Nov 2015	Arena Tequisquiapan, Tequisquiapan, Mexico
21	Win	18–3	Sandra Robles	TD	6 (10)	5 Sep 2015	Gran Teatro Moliere, Mexico City, Mexico	Retained WBA female mini-flyweight title
20	Win	17–3	Nana Nogami	UD	10	29 Apr 2015	Sangyo Shinko Center, Sakai, Japan	Retained WBA female mini-flyweight title
19	Win	16–3	Etsuko Tada	SD	10	8 Nov 2014	Auditorio General Arteaga, Querétaro, Mexico	Retained WBA female mini-flyweight title
18	Win	15–3	Neisi Torres	TKO	3 (10), 1:56	26 Jul 2014	Centro de Espectaculos, Epazoyucan, Mexico	Retained WBA female mini-flyweight title
17	Win	14–3	Ivoon Rosas Merino	UD	10	12 Apr 2014	Oasis Hotel Complex, Cancún, Mexico
16	Win	13–3	Park Hye-soo	UD	10	19 Nov 2013	Grand Hotel, Jeju City, South Korea	Retained WBA female mini-flyweight title
15	Win	12–3	Etsuko Tada	SD	10	23 Jul 2013	Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo, Japan	Won WBA female mini-flyweight title
14	Win	11–3	Lorena Arias	UD	8	25 Aug 2012	Auditorio Municipal, Torreón, Mexico
13	Loss	10–3	Yésica Bopp	UD	10	24 May 2012	Estadio F.A.B., Buenos Aires, Argentina	For WBA and WBO female light-flyweight titles
12	Win	10–2	Susana Cruz Perez	TKO	5 (10)	21 Apr 2012	Unidad Deportiva Centenario, Morelia, Mexico	Retained WBC Silver female mini-flyweight title
11	Win	9–2	Ivoon Rosas Merino	UD	10	14 Oct 2011	Salon Marbet Plus, Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico	Won vacant WBC Silver female mini-flyweight title
10	Loss	8–2	Naoko Fujioka	RTD	8 (10), 2:00	8 May 2011	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan	Lost WBC female mini-flyweight title
9	Win	8–1	Nanako Kikuchi	UD	10	13 Sep 2010	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan	Retained WBC female mini-flyweight title
8	Win	7–1	Yesenia Martinez Castrejon	UD	6	30 Jan 2010	Auditorio Siglo XXI, Puebla, Mexico
7	Win	6–1	Carina Moreno	UD	10	31 Oct 2009	Gimnasio Del Imcufide, Toluca, Mexico	Won WBC female mini-flyweight title
6	Win	5–1	Anahi Torres	UD	4	23 Aug 2009	Salon 21, Mexico City, Mexico
5	Loss	4–1	Ibeth Zamora Silva	PTS	10	21 Nov 2008	Salon Marbet Plus, Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico	Lost Mexican female light-flyweight title
4	Win	4–0	Mayela Perez	UD	10	22 Jun 2007	Tepic, Mexico
3	Win	3–0	Delia Lopez	UD	10	30 Mar 2007	Salón de Eventos Los Fresnos, Tepic, Mexico	Won vacant Mexican female light-flyweight title
2	Win	2–0	Lucia Avalos	KO	4 (6)	10 Feb 2007	Salón de Eventos Los Fresnos, Tepic, Mexico
1	Win	1–0	Cristina Aguilar	UD	4	12 Jan 2007	Plaza de la Unidad del PRI, Toluca, Mexico