Manuel Ortiz (July 2, 1916 – May 31, 1970) was an American professional boxer in the bantamweight division and one of the very best boxers of the 1940s, and was named to Ring Magazine's list of the 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years.

In their second match, Ortiz decked Hagar twenty times.

Ortiz turned pro in 1938 and in 1942 won the World Bantamweight title by beating Lou Salica.

[1] He defended the title a division record of 15 times against 11 boxers[2] before losing to Harold Dade in 1947.

After losing his undisputed championship to the undefeated Vic Toweel in 1950, he went on to fight for 5 more years never getting a chance at an unprecedented third bantamweight title reign.