Joe Cortez Autographs
Joe Cortez (born October 13, 1945) is an American former boxing referee who has officiated in many important world title bouts. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2011.
Cortez is of Puerto Rican descent. He had a successful amateur boxing career, winning various Golden Gloves tournaments from 1960 to 1962. In 1963, Joe turned pro at the age of eighteen. He had a record of ten wins and one defeat as a professional boxer, and the loss was to Georgie Foster from Ohio. He retired from boxing after only eleven professional fights. Cortez moved to Puerto Rico in 1969, working at The El Conquistador Hotel there; he worked his way up to Executive Assistant manager. Living there, he became fluent in Spanish. In 1977, he moved back to New York where he started work as a Casino Operations Manager for the El San Juan Hotel, one of the three properties in Puerto Rico.
Beginning in the 1977, Cortez started working as a referee. During the 1980s, he took on the responsibility to referee some major Championship fights. During this time he was the third man in the ring in several professional Mike Tyson and Roberto Durán fights.
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Traded items with a signature of Joe Cortez
The most expensive item with a signature of Joe Cortez (JOE CORTEZ SIGNED AUTOGRAPH BOXING GLOVE JSA COA FAIR BUT FIRM REFEREE) was sold in August 2025 for $89.99 while the cheapest item (Joe Cortez is an American boxing ref Hand Signed Photo Page 1999 Signed Letter) found a new owner for $0.99 in March 2019. The month with the most items sold (2) was December 2011 with an average selling price of $17.50 for an autographed item of Joe Cortez. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2025 with $89.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $3.00 was August 2016. In average, an autographed item from Joe Cortez is worth $22.88.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Joe Cortez were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Joe Cortez Alerican USA Boxer & Referee Original Hand Signed Boxing Picture | $22.26 |  |
| Joe Cortez Autographed 8x10 Photo Connor McGregor Assistence HOF IN PERSON | $11.00 | |
| Joe Cortez Boxing Referee SIGNED 8x10 Photo COA! | $30.00 | |
| Joe Cortez Signed 8x10 Photo COA | $14.99 | |
| JOE CORTEZ SIGNED AUTOGRAPH 8x10 PHOTO PICTURE ACOA BOXING REFERE HOF | $26.49 | |
| JOE CORTEZ SIGNED AUTOGRAPH 8x10 PHOTO PICTURE ACOA BOXING REFERE HOF | $26.49 | |
| JOE CORTEZ Signed Autograph Auto 8x10 Boxing Referee Picture Photo w/COA | $29.99 | |
| JOE CORTEZ SIGNED AUTOGRAPH BOXING GLOVE JSA COA FAIR BUT FIRM REFEREE | $89.99 | |
| JOE CORTEZ SIGNED BOXING LEGEND PHOTO | $7.50 | |
| Joe Cortez Signed Everlast Boxing Glove “HOF 2011" Authentic | $9.99 | |
| JOE CORTEZ SIGNED FAIR BUT FIRM! REFEREE EVERLAST BOXING GLOVE 2011 HOF | $32.99 | |
 | Joe Cortez Signed Puerto Rican Glove Classic | $30.00 | |
| Original hand Signed by Joe Cortez 7x5; Boxing Autographed Promo Card | $21.38 | |
| Signed Gold Everlast Boxing Glove by IBHOF Ref Joe Cortez Fair but Firm Tyson | $39.00 | |
| Steve Smoger Joe Cortez signed (2) 8x10 boxing HOF autograph lot | $3.25 | |
