This Day in Boxing Vic Toweel Beats Manuel Ortiz This Day May 31, 1950 SteveMay 31, 2017, 11:10 pmMay 31, 2017 824 Facebook Twitter Vic Toweel Beats Manuel Ortiz This Day May 31, 1950 and wins the bantamweight crown Manuel Ortiz 117½ Vic Toweel 116¾ Wembley Stadium, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa PTS 15/15 referee: Willie Corner World Bantamweight Title Attendance: 20,000+ Previous ArticleMike Tyson KOs Pinklon Thomas This Day May 30, 1987Next ArticleTommy Gibbons Beats Georges Carpentier This Day May 31, 1924