For Torrez, the fight is about more than rankings.
“This fight will cement me in the top heavyweight division,” Torrez said during an interview with Fight Hub TV.
“Being able to take Frank out or do what I have to do against him is going to make it known throughout the boxing community that I’m not a hype job and I’m supposed to be here.”
Torrez enters the fight with confidence in both his pace and conditioning, which he believes separates him from many of the division’s bigger heavyweights.
“I firmly believe that I have the best conditioning in all of the heavyweight division,” Torrez said.
That confidence is part of the reason why he expects Sanchez to struggle with his pressure over a long fight. Sanchez was stopped by Agit Kabayel earlier this year after fading under sustained body attacks and pressure.
Torrez believes his own style creates different problems than the one Sanchez dealt with against Kabayel.
“Mine is more of a wobbly print,” Torrez says.
“A feint and keep you in the loop all the time.”
Torrez also believes the heavyweight division itself is changing stylistically, with smaller, more active heavyweights starting to replace the older generation of one-punch punchers.
“It’s like a tank and a minigun,” Torrez said, describing the contrast between modern pressure heavyweights and the division’s traditional power punchers.
He pointed to fighters like Usyk and rising contender Moses Itauma as examples of heavyweights who use activity, movement and pressure rather than waiting for one big shot.
Torrez sees himself fitting into that group as well.
“We’re getting more guys that want that action,” Torrez said.
“We go there and actively try to win the battle.”
A win over Sanchez would easily be the biggest result of Torrez’s career and move him closer to the title level he says he’s been preparing for since his Olympic days.
