I'm pretty sure he's fighting Joey Dawejko in next month. That is most assuredly a step up edit: doesn't show it on boxrec but that wouldn't be the first time boxrec hasn't shown under the radar fights
If you want that collision course fight where one of the prospects takes a back seat, then you make the Itauma fight. He's signed to the same promoter as Ajagba/Vianello, right? Either of those guys would be good.
They are going to have to move him quickly and rush him some before he gets exposed. If I were Torrez's management, I would try to get a big money fight sometime in 2025. They need to cash him out early.
I like Torrez. He's an entertaining, old-school aggressive boxer. He reminds me of Rocky Marciano. He may never be champion because he's small for the current heavyweight division, but he's never in a dull fight.
i like him as well. I think his punches are fast and powerful but a little loopy at times. A strong counter puncher who throws straight shots may be his undoing. But i would love to see him pick up a belt.
I think he's under-rated. Particularly when you consider the paucity of talent in the H/W division in America atm. He did make the Olympic final & showed considerable improvement between getting pole-axed by Jalolov at the 2019 IBA World Championships & facing him in the 2021 Olympic final. In fact, if you watch the Olympic final carefully, I thought Torrez momentum was interrupted significantly in that fight by an unnecessarily meddlesome referee. Meaning he could have done better than he did without the ref running interference.
Imo Torres aint ready for Itauma. He might never be. I think it pretty likely that Itauma is the goods. Much as I like Torres, Im less certain of him. If they both continue rolling steadily up the ranks it might be ab epic clash in a couple of years.
torres is a fun fighter, and has potential. he needs to be more controlled in his aggression, from what ive seen. needs to learn how to use defensive movements to position his shots. he only seems to look for holes and fires. learn to walk opponents into shots, learn to use defensive rolls to put leverage on your counter, stuff like that. right now hes not tricky or unpredictable enough for an elite boxer.
Arguments like this always amuse me. He's the same size as Usyk, and is taller and in much better shape than Andy Ruiz, who are two of the most recent unified heavyweight world champions. The reason why he will never be "champion" (I assume by omitting "a", you mean the heavyweight champion as in man of the division) is because he isn't good enough.
Ruiz only won one heavyweight title fight, and was losing the fight until he landed a temple shot that discombobulated Joshua, arguably a lucky punch. Usyk is a special fighter, a generational talent. Torrez is good, but neither he nor any other currently active heavyweight is comparable to Usyk. There is a old saying in boxing: a good big man beats a good smaller man. Usyk and a very few other generational talents like Armstrong and Greb are exceptions to that general rule.
Would he have any chance against a faded Ruiz? That would be a fun fight and really get his name out there.