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Show Danny Lopez to fight in February The Uintah Basin's Danny "Little Red" Lopez, who is the World Boxing Council's featherweight champion; will put his title on the line February 2 in Phoenix, Arizona, when he takes on the No. 1 rated challenger Salvador Sanchez San-chez it was announced Friday. Lopez was born in Ft. Duchesne and lived in Jensen and in other parts of the Uintah . Basin. Promoter Don Georgino, president of Five-Star Promotions, said that Lopez would receive $300,000 for the fight; and that Sanchez of Mexico City would receive $25,000. The afternoon title bout will be nationally televised by CBS. The fight will be the ninth title defense for Lopez of Alhambra, California. Also scheduled on the card is a bantamweight fight between WBC contender Alberto Davila of Pomono, California and Javier Flores of Salt Lake City, Utah. |