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Thursday ~ June 21, 1973

Olympic Auditorium ~ Los Angeles, California

Television ......... Channel 13 {KCOP-TV}
Special Promo ....... Jim Healy {Announcer}

Danny Lopez - 18-0-0 {18 KO's} ~ 122 lbs. ~ 5' 7 1/2" ~ {Age; 20 years, 11 months}
vs.
Juan Ordonez - 24-3-2 {15 KO's} ~ 123 lbs. ~ 5' 5" ~ {Age; 23 years, 1 month}

Danny Lopez has had a 'special' mouthpiece made. As he had lost one of his front teeth
in his last bout with Cesar Ordonez, after taking a 'jarring' right to the mouth, with a loose fitting guard.

Juan Ordonez from Mexico City {no relation to Danny's last opponent Cesar Ordonez} is
ranked as Mexico's #5 Bantamweight.

Ordonez is a 'brick-layer' in Mexico City, and carries power in both fists, especially the right-hand.

Danny Lopez is listed as a {2-1} Betting-Favorite.

Danny Lopez >
"They rank me as a Bantamweight. But I'm really a 122 lb. Featherweight."

"I don't know a lot about Jose, but I have seen him here at the Main Street Gym. He has a good
right-hand, and looks like he comes to fight. Here we go again."

Jose Ordonez >
"They made a big mistake in taking me as an opponent. I have a hard right-hand that I have been
improving on in the Gym over the last 6-Months. Danny Lopez eats right-hands all night long. He
will fall within 3-Rounds."

~ Danny Lopez Featured In Main Event ~

~ Danny Lopez Scores 19th Straight KO Win ~

Danny 'Little Red; Lopez had little trouble with Mexican - Jose Ordonez, as he stopped Mexico's
#5 Bantamweight at 1;16 of Round 4.

'Little Red' dropped Ordonez in each of the first 3-Rounds, by landing his powerful right-hand
onto Ordonez' chin. After each knock-down, the Mexican bounced up quickly.

Ordonez, a brick-layer by trade in Mexico City, had come in with a reputation as a big right-hand
power-puncher. But the Mexican could never get close enough to the tall-and-rangy Los Angeles
based Lopez.

Each time that the 5' 5" Ordonez moved within range, the nearly 3" taller Lopez sent in stiff
right-hands over Ordonez' left-hand, jarring him time and again.

In Round 4, Lopez came blazing-out with a non-stop 'two-fisted' barrage, and drove Ordonez
from pillar-to-post across the Ring.

By the {0:50 Mark}, Ordonez was bleeding badly from the mouth, and retreated to a Corner.

Lopez moved in, and sent in a 'left-right' to the head, followed by a jolting left-hook to the chin,
dropping Ordonez to his hands-and-knees.

The Mexican was counted out by Referee - Rudy Jordan at the {1:16 Mark} of Round 4.