Danny 'Little Red' Lopez ~ Career

[Bill Paxtom]

January 23, 1977

~ Howie Steindler Has A World Champion At Last ~

According to reports >

The rematch with former Champion - David Kotey was in the works. But, the Kotey Camp had to get
the contracts together by February 6, 1977 {90-days after their 1st bout}.

The Ghanan Promoters had put $80,000 on the table to Manager - Howie Steindler. But Howie wanted
a few more bucks and {some assurances}, otherwise he would take Danny's '1st-Title' defense to Don Fraser
and The Forum.

The other issue, was that David Kotey was still not ready for a bout, as he was still recovering from the
beating he took on November 6, 1976 {2 1/2 Months earlier}.

Howie said, that if they could not work out negotiations, they would look elsewhere. This really got
the Ghanan Promoters 'pissed off'.



WBC Ratings

*** Danny Lopez
#1 . David Kotey
#2 . Pedro Nino Jiminez .............. European Champion {from Spain}
#3 . Rafael Ortega ...................... WBA Champion {from Panama}
#4 . Art Hafey ............................ Canadian Champion
#5 . Francisco Toro Coronado ...... Central American and Nicaraguan Champion
#6 . Ernesto Herrera .................... #1 Mexican and #1 NABF Featherweight
#7 . Jose Torres .......................... #2 Mexican and #2 NABF Featherweight
#8 . Shuzo Yoshida ..................... Japanese Champion
#9 . Elio Cotena .......................... Italian Champion
#10. Vernon Sollas ....................... British Champion
#11. Alfredo Pitalua
#12. Salvador Torres .................. Mexican Featherweight Champion