Ernie Lopez vs. Johnny Brooks (3rd meeting)

Ernie Lopez 145 lbs lost to Johnny Brooks 146 lbs by MD in round 10 of 10

• Date: 1966-09-19
• Location: Silver Slipper, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
• Judge: Mike Petrovich 46-47
• Judge: Allen Reeves 45-47
• Judge: Dick Fehler 46-46

"Ernie 'Indian Red' Lopez, who fights out of the Pasadena YMCA, dropped a controversial 10 round decision to Johnny Brooks of Henderson, Nevada, in a bout Monday night in Las Vegas. There were no knockdowns but it was a close, hard-fought fight all the way. Lopez had Brooks stunned and shaken in the latter rounds and actually had Brooks' eye cut and bleeding in the 8th." -Pasadena Star News

• Lopez' brother Leonard also fought on the undercard.

• Unofficial Las Vegas Sun scorecard - The Sun did not post their tabulation but said it had Lopez the winner by a point.