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Dan Lopez
Lopez, as Dan Maff, at a JAPW show in November 2008
Ring name(s)	Dan Maff Danny Maff Mafia Mafia Mack
Billed height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Billed weight	280 lb (130 kg)
Born	(1973-10-28) October 28, 1973 (age 38) Newark, New Jersey
Billed from	Bed Stuy Do-or-Die, Brooklyn, New York
Trained by	Homicide Magic
Debut	1999

Dan Lopez is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Dan "Danny" Maff. He retired in March 2005 following an as yet undisclosed incident involving his trainer, Homicide, and remained inactive until returning in June 2008.

Career[link]

Lopez attended Jersey All Pro Wrestling shows as a fan, and enrolled in the JAPW training school when it opened in the late 1990s. After training for several months in the JAPW school, Lopez began attending Homicide's training school, The Doghouse, in New York City after impressing Homicide with his work ethic. When his training was completed in 1999, Lopez adopted the name "Mafia" and formed a tag team with another Doghouse graduate who he resembled, Monsta Mack.

Da Hit Squad[link]

Mafia and Mack, collectively known as Da Hit Squad, began wrestling on the northeastern independent circuit. They won tag team title in JAPW in 1999 and in Jersey Championship Wrestling in 2000. In 2001, Da Hit Squad won titles in World Xtreme Wrestling and USA Pro Wrestling. At one stage they held a total of six titles between them.

After Mack injured his leg, he was unable to defend his half of the JAPW Tag Team Championship in a scheduled match on January 25, 2003 against the Dirty Rotten Scoundrelz. Lopez unsuccessfully defended the title singlehandedly in a handicap match.

Jersey All Pro Wrestling[link]

Lopez won his first singles Heavyweight Championship on February 22, 2003 in Woodbridge, New Jersey, defeating his trainer, Homicide. Inspired by his victory, Lopez turned face by leaving Mack, who he defeated in a match for USA Pro Wrestling on March 8.

Following a successful title defence against Slyk Wagner Brown, Lopez announced his retirement from professional wrestling, much to the dismay of the JAPW fans. That same evening, Lopez reverted to being a heel by renaming himself "Dan Maff" and forming a stable with the Dirty Rotten Scoundrelz known as "La Familia".

Lopez's title reign came to an end on August 1, 2003, when he was defeated by Al Snow, a WWE employee brought into JAPW as an outside challenger. He won the title for a second time on December 13, 2003, defeating Jerry Lawler in Secaucus, New Jersey.

On February 28, 2004, Lopez defended the JAPW Heavyweight Championship against his former partner, Monsta Mack. Lopez retained the title, and embraced Mack after the match in a show of respect and camaraderie. The Dirty Rotten Scoundrelz were disgusted by the show of sportsmanship, and attacked Lopez as he tried to leave the ring. Mack returned to the ring, but, instead of helping his former partner, assisted the Soundrelz with their assault on Lopez. Mack then formed a new version of La Familia with the Soundrelz, and enlisted a number of heels to try to take the title away from Lopez.

Lopez fought off a number of challengers, including ECW alumnus Mike Awesome. He eventually turned heel once again, and engaged in a lengthy feud for the JAPW Heavyweight Championship with the number one contender, Jay Lethal.

To this day, Lopez remains the longest reigning JAPW Champion of all time.

Ring of Honor[link]

Lopez (as "Mafia") and Mack appeared on The Era of Honor Begins, the inaugural Ring of Honor event, on February 23, 2002, attacking the Christopher Street Connection. They feuded with the CSC for several weeks before beginning a series of hardcore matches with The Carnage Crew, H.C. Loc and DeVito. In 2003, Da Hit Squad formed a loose alliance with Homicide.

Lopez turned heel by betraying Mack on April 12, 2003, at Epic Encounter. Later that evening, Lopez went to the ring immediately after a match between Homicide and Christopher Daniels and indicated that he had joined forces with Daniels and his stable, "The Prophecy". Lopez was renamed "Dan Maff" and designated "the assassin of The Prophecy".

Lopez's singles career in ROH began on May 31 at Do Or Die, where he defeated B.J. Whitmer with the assistance of Allison Danger, the valet of The Prophecy. Following his victory, Lopez was confronted by two of Homicide's former students, Julius Smokes and Low-Ki, who accused him of "forgetting his roots".

On June 14 at Night of the Grudges, The Prophecy (Lopez, Daniels and Donovan Morgan) defeated rival faction The Group, with Lopez pinning ROH World Champion Samoa Joe. This led to a title match at WrestleRave '03 on June 28, where Joe defeated Lopez to retain. It was announced before the match that Lopez's father had died the previous night, which meant that Lopez, nominally a heel, enjoyed the support of the audience for the duration of the match.

Lopez and the rest of The Prophecy continued to feud with Homicide and his supporters, leading to a match between Lopez and Low-Ki at Bitter Friends, Stiffer Enemies on August 16. The match was halted when Lopez was legitimately knocked unconscious following a poorly timed kick by the notoriously stiff Low-Ki.

In late-2003, Lopez competed in the annual Field Of Honor event, but was eliminated by B.J. Whitmer. Whitmer joined The Prophecy on December 22 at Final Battle 2003, and confessed that he had been behind a career-ending attack on Lucy, the valet of CM Punk, earlier that year. This infuriated Lopez, who had been disgusted by the brutal attack, and had sworn on his father's grave to Punk that The Prophecy had nothing to do with the attack. Lopez called Whitmer a "scumbag" but was admonished by Daniels, who claimed that the attack was part of his plan to destroy ROH. Lopez and Whitmer began teaming together in 2004 after Daniels left ROH, and, along with Allison Danger, continued their feud with CM Punk and the Second City Saints. They defeated the Saints in a match for the ROH Tag Team Championships on May 15, 2004 in Lexington, MA at Round Robin Challenge III, but lost the title to the Briscoe Brothers that same evening.^[1]

On June 12, 2004, at World Title Classic, Lopez and Whitmer defeated three other teams in a thirty five minute long Ultimate Endurance Match in which they earned the respect of the ROH fans. After the match, Lopez convinced Whitmer to discard both the Prophecy name and the managerial services of Allison Danger, claiming that they no longer needed a leader or a manager and could now win matches on their own merits. Danger was furious, and placed a bounty on the heads of Lopez and Whitmer. They spent several months feuding with teams sent after them by Danger, including Slash Venom and Chicano and The Carnage Crew. On December 26 at Final Battle 2004 they defeated the Carnage Crew in a "fight without honor" and shook hands with their opponents after the match. Whitmer and Lopez captured the ROH Tag Team Championship for a second time at the third ROH anniversary show on February 19, 2005 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, defeating the Havana Pitbulls.

Retirement[link]

In March 2005, Homicide issued a number of statements accusing Lopez of "betraying" him and announcing that he would not work for any company which hired Lopez in the future.^[2] As a result, Lopez was essentially blacklisted from dozens of promotions^{[citation needed]} and thus retired from professional wrestling. The titles, which he held at the time, were vacated although he kept both of the physical belts themselves. JAPW openly acknowledged the situation between Lopez and Homicide.^{[citation needed]}

Return to the ring[link]

Lopez broke his retirement on October 8, 2005, unsuccessfully challenging El Chicano for the IWA Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship in Levittown.

In February 2009, Lopez arrived at American Championship Entertainment in Union City, NJ after multiple cryptic videos and comments on the ACE message board, in the ring, face to face, Lopez was challenging the current champion for the belt during the next show "Destined For Greatness". On March 21, 2009, Lopez defeated Hollywood Joe Hardway for the Heavyweight Championship.

Lopez made his return to professional wrestling as a surprise guest at Jersey All Pro Wrestling's June 28 event in Jersey City New Jersey. Having a special guest being hyped for weeks as a former JAPW World Heavyweight Champion, Maff made his return after the World Heavyweight Title bout between Heavyweight Champion Kenny Omega and New Jersey State Champion, The Grim Reefer.

Lopez has been wrestling exclusively for Jersey All Pro Wrestling since his return to the ring. Homicide has also been competing in JAPW since Maff's return, but it's unknown if the two have had any meetings. Lopez and Homicide did appear at a show at the Elks Lodge in Queens on July 12, 2010, but they did not have much interaction in the locker room. They will appear on the same card on September 17 again at the Elks Lodge in Queens, NY.

On June 27, 2009, Lopez defeated Jay Lethal to win the JAPW Heavyweight Title for the third time.

On March 19, 2010, Lopez defeated Rob Fury, El Shoes and Xavier at the ICW return show "Reborn" at the Elks Lodge in Queens, NY.

Lopez also works for other Independent Wrestling Circuits such as Pro Wrestling Syndicate (PWS)

On May 13, 2011, New Japan Pro Wrestling, with help from JAPW, held their first ever show in the United States. During the event, held in Rahway, New Jersey, Maff made his debut for the Japanese promotion, losing to Toru Yano via low blow in the first round of a tournament to determine the first IWGP Intercontinental Champion.^[3][4] At the following day's event in New York City, Maff teamed with Jushin Liger and Tiger Mask IV in a six man tag team match, where they defeated CHAOS (Shinsuke Nakamura, Gedo and Jado).^[5] On the final day of the tour in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Maff teamed with Satoshi Kojima in a match, where they were defeated by the IWGP Tag Team Champions, Bad Intentions (Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson).^[6]

On August 19, 2011, Maff became Impact Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Champion after winning one-day tournament. He defeated Azrieal in 1st round, Devon Moore in semifinal and Danny Demanto in final.^[7]

In wrestling[link]

• Finishing moves
  • Inverted Death Valley driver

• Signature moves
  • Bicycle kick
  • Cannonball senton
  • Diving headbutt
  • Elbow smash
  • European uppercut
  • Giant swing
  • Multiple suplex variations
    • Delayed vertical
    • Half nelson
    • Northern lights
  • Rolling fireman's carry slam
  • Three–quarter headlock

Championships and accomplishments[link]

• American Championship Entertainment (ACE)

• ACE Heavyweight Championship (2 time)

• Defiant Wrestling Alliance

• DWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Impact Championship Wrestling

• ICW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Monsta Mack
• ICW Heavyweight Championship (1 time, current)^[7]

• Jersey All Pro Wrestling

• JAPW Heavyweight Championship (4 times, current)^[8]
• JAPW Tag Team Championship (6 times) – with Monsta Mack

• Jersey Championship Wrestling

• JCW Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Low Ki (1) and Monsta Mack (1)

• New Blood Wrestling

• NBW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Pro Wrestling Alliance

• PWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Eddie Thomas

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him #260 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2003

• Ring of Honor

• ROH Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with B.J. Whitmer ^[1]

• South Jersey Championship Wrestling

• SJCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Dizzie

• USA Pro Wrestling

• USA Pro Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Monsta Mack

• World Xtreme Wrestling

• WXW Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Monsta Mack

Notes[link]

External links[link]

Professional wrestling portal

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Dan Maff

• Online World of Wrestling profile
• Homicide's statement on Maff
• Homicide Speaks On The Dan Maff Situation

This article is about the boxer. For the Puerto Rican politician, see Danny López Soto.

Danny Lopez (born July 6, 1952) is a former American boxer from Fort Duchesne, Utah. He was world Featherweight champion, and a very popular fighter both in television and Southern California, during the 1970s. His nickname is Little Red.

Background[link]

Lopez is of Ute Indian, Mexican, and Irish heritage. He had been moved from one foster home to another, and coming off a Ute Indian Reservation in Utah, he finally found a home in Southern California. .^[1] He is also the brother of welterweight contender Ernie Lopez. He is married to Bonnie Lopez and has three sons, Bronson, Jeremy, and Dylan.

Pro career[link]

Lopez began boxing professionally on May 27, 1971, knocking out Steve Flajole in one round at Los Angeles. He won his first 21 fights in a row by knockout, in one of the longest knockout win streaks ever. During that streak, all but one of his fights were in Los Angeles, a fact which could be credited for his popularity in the area. The only one of his fights among those 21 fights outside Los Angeles took place in Honolulu, where he beat Ushiwakamaru Harada by a knockout in three.

On January 17, 1974, Genzo Kurosaw became the first person to go the distance with Lopez, Lopez winning by a ten round decision. His next fight, a month later, in Mexicali, Mexico, was his first fight abroad. He beat Memo Rodriguez by a knockout in nine rounds there.

People in Los Angeles were eager to see Lopez and another up-and-coming Angelino, Bobby Chacon, square off inside a ring. The fight took place on May 24, and Lopez was knocked out in the ninth round in a thrilling fight. In his next fight, he won once again by a knockout in round nine, this time to Shig Furuyama.

After defeating Octavio Gómez to begin 1975, Lopez went into a roll: He began by beating Chucho Castillo by a knockout in two rounds. Two more wins, and he was faced with Rubén Olivares, whom he beat by a knockout in seven rounds, after recovering from a first round knockdown himself.

In 1976, he beat Sean O' Grady by knockout in four, Gómez by knockout in three and Art Hafey by knockout in seven. Finally ranked number one by the WBC, he travelled to Ghana to challenge world Featherweight champion David Kotei in front of an estimated crowd of more than 100,000 Kotei partisans. Lopez became world champion by outpointing Kotey over 15 rounds on November 6. This trip proved to be troublesome for the new champion, however: back in his hotel room, he tried to call his family in the United States to announce the good news, but all communication systems had been cut down in Ghana. Lopez then tried to send them a telegram through the American embassy in Accra, but they too were affected by the system failure and could not get his message through. Lopez's family was finally able to realize that Danny was a world champion when they picked him up at the airport one week later.

Lopez won three fights in 1977, retaining the title once, against José Torres by a knockout in round seven.

He and Kotei had a rematch on February 15 of 1978, as part of the undercard where Leon Spinks dethroned Muhammad Ali of the world Heavyweight title. Lopez knocked Kotey out in round six of their rematch, and then he retained the title against Jose DePaula by knockout in round six, and Juan Malvares (on the undercard where Ali regained the title from Spinks) by knockout in two. On October 21, he had a fight with Fel Clemente, against whom he retained the world title with a four round disqualification in Italy.

By the end of 1978, there was much talk of a super-fight against world Jr. Featherweight champion Wilfredo Gómez, but the bout never materialized.

His fight on March 10 of 1979 against Spain's Roberto Castanon in Salt Lake City, not only marked the first time he defended his world title in his home-state, but the first time he fought in his home-state as a professional period. He retained the crown with a ten round knockout. Then, on June 17, at San Antonio, Lopez and Mike Ayala fought what boxing book The Ring: Boxing in the 20th Century called one of the best fights of 1979. Lopez retained the title with a 15th round knockout, but the fight was marred by the finding afterwards that Ayala had been fighting under the influence of drugs. Nevertheless, this did not affect the fight's result, but left many to speculate about how the fight would have ended had Ayala not been drugged during it. Ayala himself admitted to have been, in his own words, loaded on the day of the fight.

Lopez went on to defend the title once more that year, knocking out Jose Caba in three rounds.

Lopez's reign as world champion came to an end on February 2, 1980, at the Arizona Veterans Coliseum in Phoenix. He met Salvador Sánchez that day, and he lost by knockout in round 14 in a one-sided affair. A rematch was fought on June 21, in Las Vegas, and that time around, Lopez was knocked out in the 13th round, in a replay of the first fight. He announced his retirement after that fight.

In 1985, he talked about a comeback, but decided not to do it.

His record was of 42 wins and 6 losses, with 39 wins by knockout.

On June 2010, Lopez and 12 other boxing personalities were inducted in the International Boxing Hall of Fame.^[2]

Life After Boxing[link]

Lopez has remained active during his latest retirement in the social sphere: He has been the object of various dedications and been active on the autograph signing circuit. He returned to live in Utah full-time after stepping away from the boxing ring for the last time, then moved to Los Angeles, where he works as a construction worker. Today he lives in Chino Hills, CA.

Official professional boxing record[link]

42 Wins (39 Knockouts), 6 Defeats (5 Knockouts), 0 Draws[3]
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Rd., Time	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	42-6	Jorge Rodriguez	KO	2 (10), 0:37	1992-02-27	Marriott Hotel, Irvine, California
Loss	42-5	Salvador Sánchez	TKO	14 (15), 1:42	1980-06-21	Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada	For The Ring & WBC World Featherweight titles
Loss	42-4	Salvador Sánchez	TKO	13 (15), 0:51	1980-02-02	Veteran's Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, Arizona	Lost The Ring & WBC World Featherweight titles
Win	42-3	Jose Caba	TKO	3 (15), 1:41	1979-09-25	Los Angeles Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California	Retained The Ring & WBC World Featherweight titles
Win	41-3	Mike Ayala	KO	15 (15), 1:09	1979-06-17	San Antonio Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas	Retained The Ring & WBC World Featherweight titles The Ring magazine's "Fight of the Year" (1987)
Win	40-3	Roberto Castañón	KO	2 (15)	1979-03-10	Salt Palace, Salt Lake City, Utah	Retained WBC & Won vacant The Ring World Featherweight titles
Win	39-3	Fel Clemente	DQ	4 (15), 2:15	1978-10-21	Palazzo Dello Sport, Pesaro, Marche	Retained WBC World Featherweight title
Win	38-3	Juan Malvarez	KO	2 (15), 0:45	1978-09-15	Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana	Retained WBC World Featherweight title
Win	37-3	Jose De Paula	TKO	6 (15), 1:30	1978-04-23	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California	Retained WBC World Featherweight title
Win	36-3	David Kotey	TKO	6 (15), 1:18	1978-02-15	Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada	Retained WBC World Featherweight title
Win	35-3	José Torres	RTD	7 (15)	1977-09-13	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California	Retained WBC World Featherweight title
Win	34-3	Jorge Altamirano	KO	6 (10)	1977-08-28	Sahara Tahoe Hotel, Stateline, Nevada
Win	33-3	Jose Olivares	KO	2 (10), 1:22	1977-07-29	San Diego Coliseum, San Diego, California
Win	32-3	David Kotey	UD	15	1976-11-06	Accra Sports Stadium, Accra	Won WBC World Featherweight title
Win	31-3	Art Hafey	TKO	7 (10), 0:56	1976-08-06	Inglewood Forum, Inglewood, California
Win	30-3	Octavio Gomez	KO	3 (10), 1:15	1976-04-28	Inglewood Forum, Inglewood, California
Win	29-3	Sean O'Grady	RTD	4 (10)	1976-02-25	Inglewood Forum, Inglewood, California
Win	28-3	Rubén Olivares	KO	7 (10), 1:59	1975-12-04	Inglewood Forum, Inglewood, California
Win	27-3	Antonio Nava	KO	6 (10), 2:09	1975-09-13	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
Win	26-3	Raul Cruz	KO	6 (10), 0:30	1975-07-26	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
Win	25-3	Chucho Castillo	TKO	2 (10), 3:00	1975-04-24	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
Loss	24-3	Octavio Gomez	UD	10	1975-01-18	Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California
Loss	24-2	Shig Fukuyama	RTD	8 (10)	1974-09-19	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
Win	24-1	Masanao Toyoshima	KO	3 (10), 2:59	1974-08-08	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
Loss	23-1	Bobby Chacon	TKO	9 (10), 0:48	1974-08-08	Los Angeles Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California
Win	23-0	Memo Rodriguez	TKO	10 (10)	1974-02-04	Mexicali, Baja California
Win	22-0	Genzo Kurosawa	UD	10	1974-01-17	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
Win	21-0	Goyo Vargas	KO	1 (10), 2:59	1973-09-27	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
Win	20-0	Ushiwakamaru Harada	TKO	3 (10)	1973-07-31	Honolulu, Hawaii

Honors[link]

• Inducted into the California Boxing Hall of Fame - 2005
• Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame - 2010

References[link]

External links[link]

• Professional boxing record for Danny Lopez from BoxRec
• Danny Lopez at the Internet Movie Database

Daniel Fernando López Rojas (born 6 March 1969) is a retired Chilean footballer. He played as a defender during his career.

López also obtained a total number of three caps (no goals) for the Chilean national side, making his debut with the squad on 22 March 1994.

References[link]

• Player profile at National-Football-Teams.com
• Player profile at PlayerHistory.com

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