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One of my favorite boxers, exciting world featherweight champion Danny (Little Red) Lopez, was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated on February 12, 1979--29 years ago today. In today's repressive, politically correct society, there's no way SI would run that photo and use that caption. It generated no complaints in 1979, though.
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Added: 12th February 2008
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Posted By: Lava1964 |
 
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He was one of my faves from that era - and a great era in boxing it was!
While the portrayal is politically incorrect, it should also be noted that no one would dare strike such a pose today. After all, he would stand to lose more estimation from Native Americans than from anyone else.
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I believe Danny Lopez's ancestry was at least 50 percent 'Native American' (a term I dislike), so if anyone should be allowed to wear a headdress on a magazine cover, it should be Lopez.
Lopez also wore a headdress into the ring. I've posted Lopez's 1978 title defense aagainst Juan Malvarez. He can be seen wearing it after scoring a knockout.
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According to Lopez's Wikipedia biography, his ancestry is 'Ute Indian, Mexican and Irish.'
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