Danny 'Little Red' Lopez ~ Career

[Bill Paxtom]

Tuesday ~ September 13, 1977

Olympic Auditorium ~ Los Angeles, California

~ Danny Lopez Comes Off Canvas To Score 7th Round TKO ~

~ 'Little Red' In Bloody Battle, Halts Torres At The End Of 7th ~

Danny Lopez successfully defended his WBC Featherweight Championship for the '1st-Time' by scoring
a TKO as Challenger - Jose Torres could not answer the bell for Round 8.

But the bout was a 'tough-battle' as Danny was dripping blood from his mouth at the end of the 1st-Round,
after taking a series of hard-punches to the mouth from the 'sharp-hitting' Challenger over the last
40-Seconds.

And after controlling most of Round 2, Danny found himself on the canvas near the end of the Round
after taking a 'vicious' right-hand counter from Jose Torres.

But the Champion came out both fast-and-strong at the 'opening' of Round 3. Both fighters got into
a fast-exchange near the left-side Ring area as each traded. Danny then caught the Challenger with
a hard chopping right-hand to the head, and Torres was 'dropped' at only the {0:12 Mark} of the Round.

Torres was up a the '3-Count' and looked to be hurt.

Then Danny tore into the 'stunned' Challenger with a barrage that drove him into the Ropes. But by
the {1:20 Mark}, Torres had worked himself off the Ropes, and was fighting back.

Surprisingly, Torres scored with a 'big-rally' over the last 30-Seconds of the Round, as he bloodied
Danny's nose by landing several sharp-punches to the face.

Danny was equally strong in Round 4, as he 'floored' the Mexican 'twice' with jolting-blows to the head.

But Torres would not quit, and fought back by landing left-hand jabs and right-hand counters when the
Champion let his guard down.

But Danny was unrelenting with pressure, and he battered Torres 'unmercifully' in Round 7 with heavy
punches to both the head and body.

A 'weary' Jose Torres sat in his stool at the end of Round 7, and he stayed there as he could not answer
when the Bell rang for Round 8.

It goes down as TKO 7 win for the Champion - Danny Lopez.