Torrez said he doesn’t expect a diminished opponent when they meet on the Glory in Giza card headlined by Oleksandr Usyk and Rico Verhoeven.
“Yeah, I think it’s definitely in the back of my mind,” Torrez Jr. said. to mr. Verzace said at Ring Magazine when asked about Sanchez’s knee problems. “However, I’m going there to prepare for the best, Frank. I’m going there, preparing for a Frank who has two great knees. That’s the Frank I’m hoping to expect because I want to fight the best. I don’t want to fight somebody who’s at 60%.”
“I think his team doing their due diligence won’t let him get in the ring with me if he’s at 60%, and that’s why they postponed this last fight. So I’m ready for 100% from Frank Sanchez.”
Torrez also gave a technical breakdown of Sanchez’s style, saying pressure could be the key to breaking him down over time.
“I think Frank, being of Cuban descent, has that Cuban style. He’s able to bust his butt when he needs to,” Torrez Jr. said. said about Sanchez. “I think he has a really strong backhand. I think he knows how to lull you into a moment where he can get a certain shot that he wants.
“I think where he lacks though is in that pace. If you’re able to take control of it, pressure him and impose your will on him, I think that’s where things start to fundamentally break down in the game plan. I think we saw that with Kabayel.”
The 2024 Olympic silver medalist also revealed that his professional career almost never happened. Torrez admitted he believes he would have retired from boxing if he had won gold instead of silver in Paris.
“If I would have gotten gold, I would have retired. I wouldn’t have boxed anymore. That would have been it. I would have felt like I accomplished what I needed to accomplish,” Torrez Jr. said.
“Getting the silver, I feel that kept a drive and determination so that I could prove something, not only to myself, but to everyone who sacrificed for me.”
