Danny 'Little Red' Lopez ~ Career

[Bill Paxtom]

Sunday ~ August 28, 1977

Sahara Hotel, Lake Tahoe ~ Stateline, Nevada

Televised ....... CBS-TV

Attendance ............. 1800
Gate Receipts ........ $18,000 ~ {$10.00 per Ticket}

Danny Lopez - 33-3-0 {31 KO's} ~ 128 lbs. ~ 5' 7 1/2' ~ {Age; 25 years, 1 month}
vs.
Javier Altamirano- - 29-9-0 {21 KO's} ~ 130 lbs. ~ 5' 6" ~ {Age; 26 years, 4 months}
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~ The Skinny ~

'Little Red' will be having his 2nd 'non-title' bout in a row. Danny is still testing his repaired
right-hand {removal of bone-chips}.

Javier Altamirano is a 6-year veteran from Oaxaca, Mexico. Javier was also a 'one-time' sparring
partner for Danny back in {1975 and 1976}.

Javier is a decent boxer-puncher, who has some right-hand power. At one-time, Javier was
a highly-regarded Junior-Featherweight, as had posted a record of 27-3-0 by January 1975.

But over the past 2+ years {since March 1975} the Mexican has only gone 2-6-0 in his last
'8-Bouts', including suffering '5' Knockout losses.
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~ 'Little Red' Lopez Tunes Up For Title Defense, Scores KO In 6 in Non-Title Effort In Lake Tahoe ~

Danny came out with a 'slow-and-steady' pace over the first 4-Rounds, much like a lightly-spirited
sparring-session.

The Mexican - Javier Altamirano 'boxed-and-moved' quickly, and was smart enough to not get too
close to the hard-punching Lopez, as he stayed outside and 'flung' light left-jabs and an occasional
right-hand lead while moving fast and 'clowning'.

Danny controlled the bout, but the action was light, as the Mexican would not stand and exchange
with the 'slugging' WBC Featherweight Champion in this 'non-title' bout.

But in Round 5, Danny put on the pressure and backed up the Mexican to the Ring Perimeter, where
he landed some 'sharp-flurries' to the body of Altamirano that slowed him down some. But the Mexican
was still 'tricky', and countered Danny with poking left-hands to the face.

In Round 6, Danny continued with heavy-pressure, and stalked Altamirano who was running out of
both room and steam.

Early in the Round {0:30 Mark} Danny caught his opponent with a 'jarring' right-hand to the jaw,
and then came back quickly with a 'fast' right-hand to the chin. Altamirano was 'staggered', and
wobbled around the Ring on 'shaky-legs'.

But Alatamirano recovered, and started 'clowning' by dancing with his arms down and 'flipping' out
punches as he moved away from Danny throughout the middle-session of the Round.

But by the {2:00 Mark}, Danny had moved in close, and started to work over Altamiano's body with
'thudding-blows'.

Then as the Mexican slowed down near the end of the Round, Danny came in with '2' sharp right-hands
to the head, and then finished off Altamirano with a 'crushing' left-hook to the jaw.

Javier Altamirano went down at the {2:50 Mark}, and he was counted out at the end {3:00 Mark} of
Round 6.

Fight Purses >
Danny Lopez ........... $22,000
Javier Altamirano ...... $3000