 The NYSAC, had issues with Ortiz as the new champion, as the bout had been scheduled for only twelve and not fifteen rounds.In a fairly decisive win for Ortiz, the Associated Press and two of the judges ringside gave three rounds to Salica and the remaining nine rounds to Ortiz.On March 10, 1943, Ortiz defeated Salica again in an eleventh round TKO at the Auditorium in Oakland, California before an enthusiastic crowd of 7,000.