Danny Lopez vs. Jose Torres

Danny Lopez 125 lbs beat Jose Torres 126 lbs by RTD at 3:00 in round 7 of 15

• Date: 1977-09-13
• Location: Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA
• Referee: Larry Rozadilla
• Judge: Richard Steele
• Judge: Rudy Jordan

Torres retires on his stool, after dropping Lopez early.

"A crowd estimated at 5,500 at the Olympic Auditorium, saw Danny 'Little Red' Lopez, of Alhambra, Calif., record his 33rd KO and improve his record to 35-3 after Jose Torres, Mexico, dropped him with a right to the jaw for a mandatory eight-count with 25 seconds left in the 2nd round in his first featherweight title defense. Lopez got up and had Torres on the floor once in the 3rd round and twice in the 4th before his opponent from Aranda, Mexico, was unable to answer the bell for the 8th round. It went into the books as a 7th round knockout." -United Press International

• The co-featured bout on this card was the WBC welterweight championship contest between Carlos Palomino and Everaldo Azevedo
• Purses: Lopez - $75,000, Torres - $20,000

Post fight comments

• "It wasn't my toughest fight but it was one of my toughest. Torres is a very good puncher and he hit me with some good shots but I wasn't close to being knocked out. I know it may not have appeared that way but I was confident all along I would win." -Danny Lopez

• "I think I lost to a great fighter. Little Red is probably the most aggressive fighter I've ever fought, he's a great puncher and he can take a great punch. I didn't see too much point of continuing the fight. I was swallowing a lot of blood and I was having trouble breathing. I didn't have much left to fight him with." -Jose Torres