Danny 'Little Red' Lopez ~ Career

[Bill Paxtom]

Saturday ~ January 18, 1975

Convention Center ~ Anaheim, California

~ Danny Lopez Loses ~

~ 'Famoso' Gomez Pins Loss On 'Little Red' Lopez ~

~ 'Famoso' Gomez Too Tricky For Danny Lopez ~



Danny 'Little Red' Lopez' comeback-run hit another 'Bump-in-the-Road' as he was out-pointed by cragey
veteran Octavio 'Famoso' Gomez.

This is now the 3rd-Loss in the last 4-Bouts for the Fair-Haired Boy of Alhambra. Lopez will undoubtedly fall
out of the Top 10, and with it a chance at Bobby Chacon for the WBC Featherweight Championship.

'Famoso' Gomez came out by using smart tactics, by hitting and moving, and not standing still where Lopez
could deliver his lethal power.

In Round 2, Gomez 'staggered' Danny when he tagged him with a roundhouse-right to the chin. But late in
the Round, Lopez put together a short-burst that opened up a cut over Gomez' left-eye.

Lopez' best Round was the 3rd, when he was able to catch Gomez with a long left-hook, that shook the
28 year-old veteran. Lopez used a steady assortment of 'one-two' punches as Gomez was forced to cover
up along the Ring Perimeter.

But in Round 4, Gomez showed his experience, as he ducked and stayed low as Lopez fired away. Then
with cat-quick reflexes, Gomez would fire back with fast counters that had 'Little Red' bewildered.

Gomez also inflicted a cut inside Lopez right eye-brow when the landed several roundhouse hooks to the area.

During the middle Rounds {5, 6, and 7} 'Little Red' pressed with his upright-stance, but he was ineffective
with his attack.

'Octavio' Gomez with his free-wheeling style, repeatedly connected with round-house swings as Lopez moved
in. And when Lopez tried to counter, Gomez used 'nifty footwork' to scamper away.

Gomez scored time and again with '3 and 4' punch combinations, rocking Lopez to his toes.

A desperate Lopez tried to land one his lethal-blows in the later Rounds, but he was constantly baffled as he
pressed Gomez.

Each time that Lopez was able to score, he did have Gomez in some trouble. But each time, 'Famoso' would
rally back to out-punch Lopez in 'toe-to-toe' exchanges.

Scorecards
* Referee - John Thomas .......... 6-3 > {Octavio Gomez}
* Judge - Larry Rozadilla ........... 7-3 > {Octavio Gomez}
* Judge - George Latka ............. 7-1 > {Octavio Gomez}