Friday ~ August 6, 1976
The Forum ~ Inglewood, California
Attendance ........... 7850
Gate Receipts ....... $93,100
~ 'Little Red' Batters Art Hafey ~
~ Lopez TKO's Hafey, Earns Title Shot ~
Danny Lopez battered #1 WBC Featherweight - Art Hafey with a non-stop and vicious assault,
and stopped Hafey by TKO @ 0:56 of Round 7.
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Round 1 >
The bout got off to a rousing start in the Opening Round, as the fight developed into an immediate
'slug-fest'.
Danny came out by pressing-forward, as Art used long left-jabs while trying to keep Danny at bay.
Art, with a {5 1/2' Height and 7' Reach} disadvantage started winging 'looping' right-hand punches
from the outside as Danny pressed forward.
Art landed a tremendous 'looping' right-hand to Danny's jaw at the {1:48 Mark}, that buckled his
knee's slightly while at Center-Ring.
At the {1:55 Mark}, Art swarmed over Danny with a 'barrage', that drove Danny backwards and
into the front-left Corner.
But Danny fought off Art, as he landed a 'jolting' left-uppercut to the chin, making Art back out.
Danny then pressed, by using measuring left-jabs and quick straight right-hands to the head.
At the {2:22 Mark}, Art landed a 'big' overhand right to the head, that 'shook' Danny at Center-Ring.
But, again Danny continued to trudge forward.
Danny was now sporting a bruised upper-cheek on the left-side of his face.
At the {2:46 Mark}, Art caught Danny with a 'lightning-bolt' left-hook to head while they were in close.
But, Danny again came back with a 'left-left-right' at the end of the session to back Art up to the front
Ropes.
Round 1 ........ Art Hafey {10-9}
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Round 2 >
Both fighters came out aggressively, and met at Center-Ring and traded with 'thudding' punches.
0:04 > Art got off first by landing a hard 'left-right' to Danny's head.
0:11 > Danny stepped in, and landed a 'jolting' right-uppercut to the chin.
0:20 > Art gets off with a wide 'left-hook' to the head.
0:22 > Art comes back with a flurry and stays busy as Danny is right in front of him.
0:40 > Danny is using a steady flow of left-jabs to take advantage of his reach. and to poke Art in the face.
0:42 > Both trade hard punches to the head. Danny lands with a right, and Art lands with a left.
0:50 > Danny is pressing hard, and is firing 'one-two' punches.
1:00 > Art is doing a good job of avoiding the incoming long-range punches by 'bobbing-and-weaving'.
1:10 > Danny makes an aggressive-charge, and forces Art to back to the left-side Ropes.
1:20 > Art is trying to catch Danny with wide-punches, but he is missing.
1:25 > Danny is firing in with steady punches.
1:27 > Art moves to the back Ropes.
1:29 > Danny scores with a 'jarring' 5-Punch flurry.
1:34 > Danny lands with a hard 'left-right' to the head.
1:36 > Art 'wobbles slightly' and moved into the back-right Corner.
1:38 > Danny fires away with a barrage.
1:50 > Art works his way out of the Corner and out to Center-Ring.
2:04 > Danny scores with a 'hard' right-hand to the upper-chest.
2:05 > Art 'stumbles' forward on shaky-pins.
2:10 > Art is now pressing, and is tossing in wide-punches.
2:16 > Art lands with good chopping right-hand to the head.
2:22 > Danny scores with a solid counter right-hand to the head.
2:25 > Danny starts unloading with 'one-two' punches into Art's head.
2:40 > Art is now sporting a 'Golf Ball' sized swelling under his left-eye.
2:45 > Danny continues to slam away and batters Art.
2:51 > Art now has a 'cut' over his left-eye.
2:54 > Danny is still firing away with hard punches.
3:00 > 'Bell'
Round 2 ....... Danny Lopez {10-9}
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