Danny 'Little Red' Lopez ~ Career

[Bill Paxtom]

Thursday ~ October 19, 1972

Olympic Auditorium ~ Los Angeles, California

Danny Lopez - 14-0-0 {14 KO's} ~ 121 lbs. ~ 5' 7 1/2" ~ {Age; 20 years, 3 months}
vs.
Jorge Reyes - 32-5-0 {20 KO's} - 121 1/2 lbs. ~ 5' 3" ~ {Age; 25 years, 3 months}

~ The Skinny ~

Danny 'Little Red' Lopez is now ranked as the #6 WBC Featherweight. Danny has had a
3-Month rest in preparation for this all important bout.

Jorge Reyes is a tough-slugging banger from Mexico City. Jorge has scored a 'shocking'
TKO 6 win over 'highly-regarded' Alexis Arguello in his hometown on Managua, Nicaragua
9-Months earlier on January 15, 1972.

But, Jorge has only gone 2-3-0 in his last 5-Bouts since defeating Alexis Arguello.

Jorge Reyes who is a Bantamweight, can bang, and is willing to get in with bigger and taller
fighters.

[Bill Paxtom]

Thursday ~ October 19, 1972

Olympic Auditorium ~ Los Angeles, California

Danny Lopez - 14-0-0 {14 KO's} ~ 121 lbs. ~ 5' 7 1/2" ~ {Age; 20 years, 3 months}
vs.
Jorge Reyes - 32-5-0 {20 KO's} - 121 1/2 lbs. ~ 5' 3" ~ {Age; 25 years, 3 months}

~ The Skinny ~

Danny 'Little Red' Lopez is now ranked as the #6 WBC Featherweight. Danny has had a
3-Month rest in preparation for this all important bout.

Jorge Reyes is a tough-slugging banger from Mexico City. Jorge has scored a 'shocking'
TKO 6 win over 'highly-regarded' Alexis Arguello in his hometown on Managua, Nicaragua
9-Months earlier on January 15, 1972.

But, Jorge has only gone 2-3-0 in his last 5-Bouts since defeating Alexis Arguello.

Jorge Reyes who is a Bantamweight, can bang, and is willing to get in with bigger and taller
fighters.

This was a near sell-out at the Olympic Auditorium, with 9400 in attendance.

This bout was one of the greatest Featherweight Battles ever seen at the Olympic.

It was 'toe-to-toe' all the way. Danny Lopez {5' 7 1/2"} standing tall over Jorge Reyes {5' 3"}
staggered each other in every Round.

Danny had little to no defense, and his chin was 'tagged' several times in every Round. The near
capacity crowd were on their feet for the entire bout.

Who was going to crash first. Danny was 'staggered', then Ryes was 'staggered'.

The Mexican supporters of Jorge Reyes were going crazy in each round, blowing horns.

In Round 5, Danny was in real bad-shape as he took '3' solid right-hands to the jaw that had
him reeling. Somehow he survived.

Thru 5 Rounds, the bout was all 'Even' on the '3' Scorecards.

In Round 6, Danny started to get his longer punches in as Rees was now starting to lunge.
But again it was still a slugfest.

Then at the {2:40 Mark}, Danny caught Reyes with a laser right-hand to the chin, and dropped
him. Reyes took the '8-Count' from Referee - George Latka, and was able to withstand the
next barrage from Danny to get out of Round 6.

[Bill Paxtom]

Thursday ~ October 19, 1972

Olympic Auditorium ~ Los Angeles, California

Danny Lopez - 14-0-0 {14 KO's} ~ 121 lbs. ~ 5' 7 1/2" ~ {Age; 20 years, 3 months}
vs.
Jorge Reyes - 32-5-0 {20 KO's} - 121 1/2 lbs. ~ 5' 3" ~ {Age; 25 years, 3 months}

~ The Skinny ~

Danny 'Little Red' Lopez is now ranked as the #6 WBC Featherweight. Danny has had a
3-Month rest in preparation for this all important bout.

Jorge Reyes is a tough-slugging banger from Mexico City. Jorge has scored a 'shocking'
TKO 6 win over 'highly-regarded' Alexis Arguello in his hometown on Managua, Nicaragua
9-Months earlier on January 15, 1972.

But, Jorge has only gone 2-3-0 in his last 5-Bouts since defeating Alexis Arguello.

Jorge Reyes who is a Bantamweight, can bang, and is willing to get in with bigger and taller
fighters.

This was a near sell-out at the Olympic Auditorium, with 9400 in attendance.

This bout was one of the greatest Featherweight Battles ever seen at the Olympic.

It was 'toe-to-toe' all the way. Danny Lopez {5' 7 1/2"} standing tall over Jorge Reyes {5' 3"}
staggered each other in every Round.

Danny had little to no defense, and his chin was 'tagged' several times in every Round. The near
capacity crowd were on their feet for the entire bout.

Who was going to crash first. Danny was 'staggered', then Ryes was 'staggered'.

The Mexican supporters of Jorge Reyes were going crazy in each round, blowing horns.

In Round 5, Danny was in real bad-shape as he took '3' solid right-hands to the jaw that had
him reeling. Somehow he survived.

Thru 5 Rounds, the bout was all 'Even' on the '3' Scorecards.

In Round 6, Danny started to get his longer punches in as Reyes was now starting to lunge.
But again it was still a slugfest.

Then at the {2:40 Mark}, Danny caught Reyes with a laser right-hand to the chin, and dropped
him. Reyes took the '8-Count' from Referee - George Latka, and was able to withstand the
next barrage from Danny to get out of Round 6.

In Round 7, Danny came out looking to finish the job, and moved right into Jorge Reyes who was
still a bit groggy.

Danny slammed away, driving Jorge sideways as he attacked. Then Danny landed a solid 'left-right'
to the head, and Reyes went down at the {0:31 Mark}. He struggled back up at the 6-Count, and
was shaky. But, Referee - George Latka let him go on.

Jorge got on his bicycle and moved away fast as Danny came in swinging. Jorge then back-tracked,
and moved the Ropes. There Danny stepped in raked over Jorge with a 2-fisted barrage, as he
was taking a pounding.

At the {1:25 Mark}, Jorge finally dropped to his knee's after taking 17-Straight punches.

Referee - George Latka didn't even bother to count, and raised Danny Lopez' hand, ending the bout.

[Bill Paxtom]

January 1973

Howie Steindler - Manager for Danny 'Little Red' Lopez.

I wish the WBA or WBC would start to campaign for a Super-Bantamweight Division.

There a lot of great boxers out there who are too big for Bantamweight {118 lbs.} and
just too small for Featherweight {126 lbs.}.

In the Orient {OPBF and Japan} they have this Division at 122 lbs. > and it is by far the
most competitive.

The 8-Pound difference between Bantam and Feather, it's just too big for some of these
kids to overcome here in California.

[Bill Paxtom]

February 1973 Ratings


WBA .................................. WBC
*** Romeo Anaya ................. 'vacant'
#1.. Rafael Herrera ............... Rafael Herrera
#2.. Rodolfo Martinez ............ Rodolfo Martinez
#3.. Rogelio Lara .................. Rogelio Lara
#4.. Enrique Pinder ............... Enrique Pinder
#5.. Jesus 'Chucho' Castillo .... Paul Ferrari
#6.. Danny Lopez.................. Octavio 'Famoso' Gomez
#7.. Kyu-Chul Chang ............. Danny Lopez
#8.. Shintaro Uchiyama ......... Jesus 'Chucho' Castillo
#9.. Soo-Hwan Hong ............. Kid Pasualito
#10. Paul Ferrari ................... Julio Guerrero

[beenKOed]

February 1973 Ratings


WBA .................................. WBC
*** Romeo Anaya ................. 'vacant'
#1.. Rafael Herrera ............... Rafael Herrera
#2.. Rodolfo Martinez ............ Rodolfo Martinez
#3.. Rogelio Lara .................. Rogelio Lara
#4.. Enrique Pinder ............... Enrique Pinder
#5.. Danny Lopez .................. Danny Lopez
#6.. Jesus 'Chucho' Castillo .... Paul Ferrari
#7.. Kyu-Chul Chang ............. Octavio 'Famoso' Gomez
#8.. Shintaro Uchiyama ......... Jesus 'Chucho' Castillo
#9.. Soo-Hwan Hong ............. Kid Pasualito
#10. Paul Ferrari ................... Julio Guerrero

Really appreciate your efforts, Sir.

[Bill Paxtom]

February 1973 Ratings


WBA .................................. WBC
*** Romeo Anaya ................. 'vacant'
#1.. Rafael Herrera ............... Rafael Herrera
#2.. Rodolfo Martinez ............ Rodolfo Martinez
#3.. Rogelio Lara .................. Rogelio Lara
#4.. Enrique Pinder ............... Enrique Pinder
#5.. Danny Lopez .................. Danny Lopez
#6.. Jesus 'Chucho' Castillo .... Paul Ferrari
#7.. Kyu-Chul Chang ............. Octavio 'Famoso' Gomez
#8.. Shintaro Uchiyama ......... Jesus 'Chucho' Castillo
#9.. Soo-Hwan Hong ............. Kid Pasualito
#10. Paul Ferrari ................... Julio Guerrero

Really appreciate your efforts, Sir.

Thank You, Been KOed.

Danny 'Little Red' Lopez was exciting in every bout.