Danny 'Little Red' Lopez ~ Career

[Bill Paxtom]

Thursday ~ May 10, 1973

Olympic Auditorium ~ Los Angeles, California

Danny 'Little Red' Lopez - 17-0-0 {17 KO's} ~ 122 lbs. ~ 5' 7 1/2" ~ {Age; 20 years, 10 months}
vs.
Cesar 'Cobra' Ordonez - 23-3-1 {15 KO's} ~ 122 1/2 lbs. ~ 5' 6" ~ {Age; 21 years, 8 months}

These two were supposed to face each other 4-Months earlier, back on January 4, 1973. But
Danny injured his right-hand in training, and was forced to pull out.

Cesar Ordonez is ranked as the #3 Mexican Bantamweight. The 'Cobra' is a hard-puncher, with
a dangerous right-hand.
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Danny Lopez >
I consider myself a Big Bantamweight, or a Small Featherweight. I'm stuck right in the middle
of two Divisions.

Howie Steindler {Manager} >
We were hoping to take on WBC Champion - Jose Legra after this fight. But he lost a couple of days
ago {May 5th} to Brazilian - Eder Jofre in a very controversial 15-Round Decision.

~ 'Little Red' Lopez Strikes 'Cobra' Ordonez Down At The End Of 6 ~

~ Lopez Loses Tooth, But Scores TKO 6 Win ~

Danny Lopez came from behind after getting battered during the first 2 1/2 Rounds, to halt
Cesar 'Cobra' Ordonez who could not continue after finishing the 6th Round.

Lopez did not come out of this bout 'unscathed', as he had one of his front teeth knocked out, after
taking a vicious overhand right from the Mexican fighter in Round 2.

Ordonez came out fast in this bout, and struck fast like a 'Cobra' as he landed several good
left-hooks into Lopez' face, reddening it by the end of the 1st Round.

Ordonez kept the pressure on in Round 2, and mixed in overhand rights to jar Lopez repeatedly,
and knocked out Danny's {loose fitting mouthpiece} 'twice'.

Ordonez continued to fire in hard right-hands, and knocked out Danny's mouthpiece again, and with
it his front tooth.

Referee - Larry Rozadilla had to halt the action each time that Danny's mouthpiece was knocked out.

In Round 3, Ordonez was having his way until the {2:00 Mark}, when Lopez came alive with
a 'two-fisted' barrage that shook up the Mexican fighter.

In Rounds 4 and 5, Lopez hammered Ordonez with heavy punches, and sent him backwards
several times, after tagging him with stiff right-hands over the Mexican's low left-guard.

But the Mexican visitor would not back down, and each time that he was 'jarred', he would come
back with his own 'one-two'.

But, in Round 6, Lopez laid down the heavy-arsenal, and hammered Ordonez while he was on
the Ropes.

At the {1:55 Mark}, Ordonez was forced to take a knee, after absorbing a heavy right-hand
to the head. Referee - Larry Rozadilla administered the 'Mandatory 8-Count'.

Ordonez tried to fight back, but Lopez would give him no room to rest, and continued to slam
in stiff 'lefts-and-rights' into Ordonez' face.

At the end of the 6th Round, Ordonez had a badly swollen left-eye, and left cheekbone. The Ordonez
corner called it off with their fighter on his stool in between Rounds 6 and 7.