Felipe Orucuta

Felipe Guadalupe Orucuta Ramirez (born 13 October 1985) is a Mexican professional boxer and is the former WBC FECARBOX bantamweight Champion.

Felipe Orucuta
Statistics
Real nameFelipe Guadalupe Orucuta Ramirez
Nickname(s)Gallito
Weight(s)Super flyweight
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Reach181 cm (71 in)
NationalityMexican
Born (1985-10-13) 13 October 1985
Ciudad López Mateos, State of Mexico, Mexico
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights42
Wins36
Wins by KO30
Losses6
Draws0
No contests0

Professional career

In March 2008, Orucuta beat veteran Jorge Romero by T.K.O. to win the WBC FECARBOX bantamweight title. The bout was the main-event of a boxing card at the Arena Adolfo López Mateos in Tlalnepantla, México, Mexico.[1]

In 2019, after a fight against Jonathan 'Titan' Rodriguez, he fell into a coma.[2] After successful emergency surgery performed to remove a blood clot from his brain he was placed in a medically-induced coma.

References

  1. "BoxRec Boxing Records". Archived from the original on 2015-03-17. Retrieved 2010-12-01.
  2. "Boxing News: Felipe Orucuta in coma after brutal loss » June 23, 2019". Archived from the original on 2019-06-24. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
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