Richard Torrez jr. And Guido Vianello weighed today for their 10-round headliner for Saturday night’s event on April 5, with the map starting at 17:30 ET/2:30 pm, pt, Live on ESPN+ Of the Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas.
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It’s a step battle for the 2020 Olympic silver medalist Torrez Jr. (12-0, 11 COs), which adopt the 2016 Italian Olympic Vianello (13-2-1, 11 COs). The ring runs for the main meeting between Torrez Jr., 25, and Vianello is around 23:30 Et/20:30 pm pt.
Lightweight contender Abdullah Mason weighed 135 pounds for his 10-round battle against replacement opponent Carlos Ornelas. Initially, Mason (17-0, 15 food) weighed at 135.1 pounds, but after stripping, he made weight on the second attempt.
Weigh-in-results
– Richard Torrez jr. 229.2 Against Guido Vianello 242.3
– Abdullah Mason 135 vs. Carlos Ornelas 133.8
“I think he became much more confident, and the confidence made him a better person to fight,” said Richard Torrez Jr. Seconds When asked what his thoughts were about Guido Vianello.
Guido’s fighting against Efe Ajgagba and Arslanbek Makhmudov are the ones that Torrez Jr. Talk, because he gave him more confidence because he had to deal with some big punch. Although Vianello, 30, lost the fight against Ajagba by a 10-round, it was a close one, and he showed a lot of heart.
“He tried to hone some of his backhand blows, which is very nice. I think his style is playing very well for me, ‘says Torrez jr. About Vianello. “If he is the longer fighter, he wants to stay on the outside. I am the man who wants to come in and want to fight. I’m the man who’s about action. ‘
Vianello does not have the kind of punch power that Richard Torrez jr. Problems in the past during his amateur days. Torrez Jr. was brutally knocked out in the first round with 6’7 ″ Uzbek Bakhodir Jalolov in September 2019 in Russia.
“I want to show what the persistence and pressure can do to a fighter, especially a heavyweight fighter in the later rounds,” says Torrez. “I’d rather be a fighter in the garden than a gardener in a war. I have the ability to be violence, but I choose to be nice. You must have the ability to be bad and not work on being good.
“To achieve what I want to achieve, I’m going to hit you as hard as possible. I’m not saying no to fighting, I really don’t want to. I want to fight the best, and I want to prove that I’m the best, ‘says Torrez jr. When asked what his thoughts were when asked if he wanted to fight against Guido Vianello.
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Last updated on 04/04/2025
