On February 15, 1978, Danny Lopez and David Kotey met again in a rematch.
Lopez came in to the fight on a 11-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 2 days.
In the rematch, Danny Lopez stopped David Kotey via TKO in the 6th round of the 15-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC featherweight title. Lopez improves his record to 17-3 (15 KOs)
On March 10, 1979, the 26-year-old WBC featherweight world champion, Danny Lopez (20-3, 17 KOs), faced Roberto Castañón, in a title defense fight.
Lopez came in to the fight on a 15-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 17 days.
Danny Lopez made very easy work of Roberto Castañón, stopping the challenger via KO in the 2nd. Lopez improves his record to 21-3 (18 KOs)
On September 15, 1978, the 26-year-old WBC featherweight world champion, Danny Lopez (18-3, 16 KOs), faced Juan Malvarez, in a title defense fight.
Lopez came in to the fight on a 13-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 23 days.
Danny Lopez made very easy work of Juan Malvarez, stopping the challenger via KO in the 2nd. Lopez improves his record to 19-3 (17 KOs)
On September 25, 1979, the 27-year-old WBC and The Ring featherweight world champion, Danny Lopez (22-3, 19 KOs), faced Jose Caba, in a title defense fight.
Lopez came in to the fight on a 17-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 8 days.
Danny Lopez made easy work of Jose Caba, stopping the challenger via TKO in the 3rd. Lopez improves his record to 23-3 (20 KOs)
On April 23, 1978, the 25-year-old WBC featherweight world champion, Danny Lopez (17-3, 15 KOs), faced Jose De Paula, in a title defense fight.
Lopez came in to the fight on a 12-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 8 days.
Danny Lopez stopped Jose De Paula via TKO in the 6th round of the 15-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC featherweight title. Lopez improves his record to 18-3 (16 KOs)
On September 13, 1977, the 25-year-old WBC featherweight world champion, Danny Lopez (15-3, 13 KOs), faced José Torres, in a title defense fight.
Lopez came in to the fight on a 10-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 16 days.
The challenger refused to continue the fight in the 7th round, and Danny Lopez is crowned the new featherweight world champion. Lopez improves his record to 16-3 (14 KOs)
On June 17, 1979, the 26-year-old WBC and The Ring featherweight world champion, Danny Lopez (21-3, 18 KOs), faced Mike Ayala, in a title defense fight.
Lopez came in to the fight on a 16-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 7 days.
Danny Lopez stopped Mike Ayala via KO in the final round of the 15-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC and The Ring featherweight titles. Lopez improves his record to 22-3 (19 KOs)
On November 6, 1976, a 24-year-old Danny Lopez (12-3, 11 KOs) got a shot at the WBC featherweight title held by David Kotey.
Lopez came in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months.
Danny Lopez defeated David Kotey via unanimous decision and wins the WBC title — in his first world-title fight. Lopez improves his record to 13-3
On April 24, 1975, a 22-year-old Danny Lopez (5-3, 4 KOs) and Chucho Castillo met in the ring.
Lopez came in to the fight on a 2-fight losing streak with a 50% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 6 days.
Danny Lopez stopped Chucho Castillo via TKO in the 2nd round. Lopez improves his record to 6-3 (5 KOs)
On December 4, 1975, a 23-year-old Danny Lopez (8-3, 7 KOs) and a 28-year-old Mexican boxer Rubén Olivares (80-6-1, 72 KOs) met in the ring.
Lopez came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 21 days. Olivares was on a -1-fight win streak with a 82% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 14 days.
Danny Lopez stopped Rubén Olivares via KO in the 7th round. Lopez improves his record to 9-3 (8 KOs), while Olivares adds a loss to his record at 80-7-1.