Danny 'Little Red' Lopez ~ Career

[Bill Paxtom]

Danny 'Little Red' Lopez

Born .... July 6, 1952

Amateur Career ....... 40-7
Included, was winning the New Mexico Golden Gloves in both 1970 and 1971 at 54 Kg {119 lbs. Bantamweight}.

Danny also captured the Mountain Golden Gloves championship in the famous 'Battle of the Champions'
tournament held at Williams Gym in January 1971.

Danny was also selected to participate in the 1971 National Golden Gloves tournament held in
Forth Worth, Texas in March 1971.

Danny made it to the Semi-Finals of the Bantamweight Division where he lost a close Decision to Johnny Moreno
on March 22, 1971. Johnny went on to win the National Golden Gloves championship.

A 5' 7" tall, and hard-punching wide-open bombing Bantamweight, Danny was highly sought after by
Boxing Managers who wanted the 18 1/2 year old to turn Professional.
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1971 ... Danny, here with older brother Ernie, and Manager Howie Steindler