Danny López

“Little Red”

Boxing

42-6-0RECORD

39WINS BY KO / TKO

3WINS BY DECISION

48PRO FIGHTS

Profile

Full name	Danny Lopez
Nickname	Little Red
Date of birth	6 Jul 1952
Nationality	American
Birthplace	Fort Duchesne, Utah, USA
Based in	Not added yet
Weight classes	Featherweight
Trainers	Not added yet
Height	171 cm (5′7″)
Reach	180 cm (71″)
Stance	Orthodox
Years active	1971–1992
Status	Not added yet
Pro debut	27 May 1971
Last fight	Loss vs Jorge Rodriguez, 27 Feb 1992

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Titles and honours

WBC featherweight champion (1976-1980)
The Ring featherweight champion (1979-1980)
Inducted into International Boxing Hall of Fame (2010)

Fight history

48 professional fights. Newest first.

Result	Opponent	Method	Round	Time	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	Jorge Rodriguez	KO	2	0:37	27 Feb 1992	Irvine, California, USA
Loss	Salvador Sánchez	TKO	14	1:42	21 Jun 1980	Paradise, Nevada, USA	For WBC and The Ring featherweight titles
Loss	Salvador Sánchez	TKO	13	0:51	2 Feb 1980	Phoenix, Arizona, USA	Lost WBC and The Ring featherweight titles
Win	Jose Caba	TKO	3	1:41	25 Sep 1979	Los Angeles, California, USA	Retained WBC and The Ring featherweight titles
Win	Mike Ayala	KO	15	1:09	17 Jun 1979	San Antonio, Texas, USA	Retained WBC and The Ring featherweight titles
Win	Roberto Castañón	KO	2	3:02	10 Mar 1979	Salt Lake City, Utah, USA	Retained WBC featherweight title; Won vacant The Ring featherweight title
Win	Fel Clemente	Disqualification	4	2:15	21 Oct 1978	Pesaro, Italy	Retained WBC featherweight title
Win	Juan Domingo Malvarez	KO	2	0:45	15 Sep 1978	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Retained WBC featherweight title
Win	Jose de Paula	TKO	6	1:30	23 Apr 1978	Los Angeles, California, USA	Retained WBC featherweight title
Win	David Kotei	TKO	6	1:18	15 Feb 1978	Winchester, Nevada, USA	Retained WBC featherweight title
Win	José Torres	TKO (corner retirement)	7	3:00	13 Sep 1977	Los Angeles, California, USA	Retained WBC featherweight title
Win	Jorge Altamirano	KO	6		28 Aug 1977	Stateline, Nevada, USA
Win	Jose Olivares	KO	2		29 Jul 1977	San Diego, California, USA
Win	David Kotei	Decision (unanimous)	15		6 Nov 1976	Accra, Ghana	Won WBC featherweight title
Win	Art Hafey	TKO	7	0:56	6 Aug 1976	Inglewood, California, USA
Win	Octavio Gomez	KO	3	1:15	28 Apr 1976	Inglewood, California, USA
Win	Sean O'Grady	TKO (corner retirement)	4	3:00	25 Feb 1976	Inglewood, California, USA
Win	Rubén Olivares	KO	7	1:59	4 Dec 1975	Inglewood, California, USA
Win	Antonio Nava	TKO	6	2:09	13 Sep 1975	Los Angeles, California, USA
Win	Raul Cruz	KO	6	0:30	26 Jul 1975	Los Angeles, California, USA
Win	Chucho Castillo	TKO	2	3:00	24 Apr 1975	Los Angeles, California, USA
Loss	Octavio Gomez	Decision (unanimous)	10		18 Jan 1975	Anaheim, California, USA
Loss	Shig Fukuyama	TKO (corner retirement)	8	3:00	19 Sep 1974	Los Angeles, California, USA
Win	Masanao Toyoshima	KO	3	2:59	8 Aug 1974	Los Angeles, California, USA
Loss	Bobby Chacon	TKO	9	0:48	24 May 1974	Los Angeles, California, USA
Win	Memo Rodriguez	TKO	10		3 Feb 1974	Mexicali, Mexico
Win	Genzo Kurosawa	Decision (unanimous)	10		17 Jan 1974	Los Angeles, California, USA
Win	Goyo Vargas	KO	1	2:59	27 Sep 1973	Los Angeles, California, USA
Win	Ushiwakamaru Harada	TKO (corner retirement)	2	3:00	31 Jul 1973	Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Win	Juan Ordonez	KO	4	1:44	21 Jun 1973	Los Angeles, California, USA
Win	Cesar Ordonez	TKO (corner retirement)	6	3:00	10 May 1973	Los Angeles, California, USA
Win	Kenji Endo	TKO	2	1:26	17 Mar 1973	Los Angeles, California, USA
Win	Jorge Carrasco	KO	1	2:24	8 Feb 1973	Los Angeles, California, USA
Win	Jorge Reyes	KO	7	1:25	19 Oct 1972	Los Angeles, California, USA
Win	Yoshinobu Goto	TKO (corner retirement)	8	3:00	27 Jul 1972	Los Angeles, California, USA
Win	Benny Rodriguez	KO	1	2:25	20 Jul 1972	Los Angeles, California, USA
Win	Jose Luis Valdovinos	TKO	4		11 May 1972	Los Angeles, California, USA
Win	Arturo Pineda	KO	4	2:59	9 Mar 1972	Los Angeles, California, USA
Win	Rafael Lopez	KO	2		18 Feb 1972	Los Angeles, California, USA
Win	Jose Manuel Orantes	KO	2		20 Jan 1972	Los Angeles, California, USA
Win	Margarito Rios	KO	1		18 Nov 1971	Los Angeles, California, USA
Win	Frankie Granados	KO	2		14 Oct 1971	Los Angeles, California, USA
Win	Rafael Lopez	TKO	5		16 Sep 1971	Los Angeles, California, USA
Win	Modesto Ortiz	KO	4		12 Aug 1971	Los Angeles, California, USA
Win	Jose Luis Estrada	KO	3	0:35	29 Jul 1971	Los Angeles, California, USA
Win	Mauro Olivares	KO	1		8 Jul 1971	Los Angeles, California, USA
Win	Filiberto Castro	KO	1		17 Jun 1971	Los Angeles, California, USA
Win	Steve Flajole	KO	1		27 May 1971	Los Angeles, California, USA