Richard Torrez Jr. believes conditioning is the edge that separates him from most of the heavyweight division, and he says many of today’s big men get gassed up much earlier than people admit.
“I’m 100% sure that I’m the most conditioned heavyweight in the heavyweight division,” Torrez Jr. said. told the Sean Zittel channel while discussing his upcoming fight against Frank Sanchez. “A lot of these heavyweights, whether you like it or not, they’ve got four good rounds in them.”
Torrez pointed to his pressing style, constant finesse and tempo as the foundation of his approach. Rather than relying on one punch, he says he wants to drain opponents mentally and physically over time.
“I’m going to take you to hell and back. I’m going to take it out of you. I’m going to be in your face all night, but I’m going to be there in a way where sometimes you can’t hit me, sometimes you can’t,” Torrez Jr. says. “I’m going to make you faint. I’m going to make you mentally and physically tired.
“If I pass out on you all night, I don’t have to hit you all the time. If I just pass out on you and I get you to get that mental little bit of not knowing if you’re going to fight or not knowing if you’re going to throw or not, it’s going to wear you out, man.
“And then after those rounds go a little more and more, then I still have, I’m still going to punch. I’m still going. I’m still going to ride.”
Torrez also separated himself from the one-punch heavyweight stereotype, arguing that conditioning becomes much more dangerous when combined with speed, power and ring IQ.
“I understand that people say, ‘Conditioning only goes so far.’ Yeah, but if we can incorporate that with the power that I have, or the speed that I have, or the ring IQ that I have, that’s where that level changes,” Torrez Jr. said.
“A lot of these heavyweights, whether you like it or not, they’ve got four good rounds in them. Even at the top level, other than Usyk and some of these other guys, these big guys, they don’t have that tank anymore.
“I’m not going to do it. I’m going there. I’m going to keep hitting until you go down.”
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Last updated on 2026/05/19 at 16:34
