A professional boxer from Cuba, Luis Ortiz, is worth $8 million.
Camaguey, Cuba was where Luis Ortiz was born in March 1979.
He achieved a silver medal in the 2005 Moscow World Cup while playing as an amateur.
Ortiz’s debut as a professional boxer was in February 2010 when he defeated Lamar Davis.
The vacant WBC FECARBOX heavyweight title was claimed by him in a bout against Kendrick Releford in August 2010.
Luis Andres Pineda lost the vacant WBA Fedelatin heavyweight title to Luis Ortiz in June 2011, and subsequently won the WBC Latino and WBO Latino heavyweight titles by defeating Epifanio Mendoza in February 2012.
The vacant WBA interin heavyweight title was taken by him from Lateef Kayode in September 2014.
Ortiz emerged victorious over Matias Ariel Vidondo in October 2015, securing the vacant WBA interim heavyweight title.
He emerged victorious over Malik Scott in the November 2016 WBA Inter-Continental heavyweight title fight.
In March 2018, Luis Ortiz lost his first WBC heavyweight title fight to Deontay Wilder.
In November 2019, he was defeated by Wilder for the WBC heavyweight title, resulting in a record of 31-2.