Pastrana, Ortega Street Fight Results in Stabbing, Arrest

By Jhonny Gonzalez

BoxingScene.com was advised that a few weeks, an unreported street fight took place between Colombian boxers Roberto Ortega and Mauricio Pastrana, the former flyweight champion of the International Boxing Federation, at a residence in Miami, Florida, where both fighters were staying.

It's said the fight broke out over a food dish that Pastrana took without permission. They verbal battle broke out into a brawl and that led to Pastrana grabbing a kitchen knife and stabbing Ortega badly in the upper arm.

Ortega stumbled to the street, badly wounded, looking for help and a passing patrol car came to his aid. He was to a local hospital for treatment. Pastrana was found inside the residence, with the weapon, and by authorities. They arrested him at the scene and took him to a detention center. It appears Pastrana is likely going to be deported back to Colombia because authorities said that he didn't have the correct papers to keep  residence in the country.