Ortiz has surgery on wrist

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Victor Ortiz had surgery Wednesday to repair a ruptured tendon in his right wrist and will be out at least two months.

Ortiz suffered the injury in his knockout loss to Marcos Maidana on June 27 in Los Angeles, according to his manager, Rolando Arellano.

The junior welterweight fighter, who lives in Oxnard, Calif., was stopped by Maidana in the sixth round of an entertaining brawl.





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