- Won the European Heavyweight Boxing Championship twice
- Fastest knockout was in 17 seconds over Tony Rodri.
- Won his first 30 fights all by knockout.
- Lost to European Heavyweight Champions Jurgin Blin, Henry Cooper, Alfredo Evangelista and Jean-Pierre Coopman.
- Defeated four European Heavyweight Boxing Champions: Peter Weiland, Jurgin Blin, Jack Bodell and Richard Dunn.
- Defeated former World Boxing Association World Lightheavyweight Champion Vicente Rondon.
- From the age of 14 to 25, Urtain was Spain's undefeated Rock-Lifting champion; able to lift a 220lbs. rock with one arm, and a 400 pound rock with two.
- Had five brothers and four sisters.
- His brother Candido was a star Jai Alai player in Florida.
- Started professional boxing at 25 without having had any amateur fights.
- Nat Fleischer the editor of Ring Magazine said that "No man who ever held the world heavyweight title could match Urtain's feats of strength."
- Urtain's sister Antonia was a rock-lifter in 1970. At 18 she was able to lift a 220 pound stone 7-times.
- Had three children Jose Manuel (born 1964), Maria Jesus (1966), and Francisco (1970).
- Was a fan of Mexican music and Western movies.
- Hobby of collecting and trading sport's cars.
- Wasn't knocked off his feet until his 31st fight.
- Proposed World Heavyweight Title bouts with champions Joe Frazier, George Foreman and Muhammad Ali never materialized.
- Held The European Heavyweight twice and was also the Heavyweight Champion of Spain.
- On 27 May 1971 Urtain knocked out former European Lightheavyweight Champion Ivan Prebeg in 3 rounds in Germany.
- On 2 July 1975 Urtain won the Heavyweight Championship of Spain by knocking out Casimiro Martinez in 9 rounds in Madrid, Spain.
- Defeated Italian Heavyweight champion Dante Cane in 1976.
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