Danny 'Little Red' Lopez ~ Career

[Bill Paxtom]

Thursday ~ September 19. 1974

Olympic Auditorium ~ Los Angeles, California

~ Danny Lopez Stopped By TKO In 9th, Bid For Title On Hold ~

~ 'Little Red' Upset At The Olympic ~

~ Shig Fukuyama Upsets 'Little Red' Lopez ~

Japanese Featherweight - 'Shig' Fukuyama {6-1 Betting-Underdog} scored a 'major upset' as he
stopped Danny Lopez by a TKO in 9.

Before the Bell starting Round 9, 'Little Red' Lopez stumbled out to Center-Ring on wobbling legs.
Referee - Larry Rozadilla immediately called the bout over before the Bell sounded to start the
Round.

It goes down as a TKO 9 @ {0:00} win for Shigefumi 'Shig' Fukuyama.

The bout got off to a rousing start in Round 1, as both fighters traded good blows to the face
in spirited action in a relatively 'even session'.

But in Rounds 2 and 3, it was Lopez who got the better of the action, as his faster hand-speed
was the difference. 'Little Red' peppered Fukuyama's face with poking left-jabs, and fast straight
right-hands.

But the tough Nippon fighter, barreled in with hard left-hooks to the Lopez' head in Round 4, that
had the Alhambra Idol backing away.

Fukuyama kept up the pressure in Rounds 5 and 6, as he continued to land jarring left-hooks to the
head and right-hand counters through the porous defense of Lopez.

But 'Little Red' got it back-in-gear in Round 7, as he shook up Fukuyama with a series of punches to the
head. Just as it looked as if Lopez would take Fukuyama down, the tough Japan slugger came in with
a jolting right-hand to the jaw that shook Lopez. Fukuyama pounded Lopez for a good 25-Seconds
as he had taken back control over the second-half of the session.

But Lopez showed his great recuperative powers, and came storming back with a barrage to the head
at the {2:30 mark}, and pounded away over the last 30-Seconds, that had Fukuyama bleeding badly
from inside the mouth.