Heavyweight prospect Richard Torrez Jr., (9-0, 9 KOs) the U.S. Olympic silver medalist who has knocked out every man he’s faced, hopes to extend his streak of fallen foes. Torrez steps up against fellow unbeaten Brandon Moore (14-0, 8 KOs) on Saturday, May 18 at Pechanga Arena San Diego.
The eight-round televised opener joins a loaded bill headlined by the vacant WBO lightweight world title showdown between Mexican three-weight world champion Emanuel “Vaquero” Navarrete and Ukraine’s Denys Berinchyk. The 12-round welterweight co-feature, a match of undefeated contenders, will see San Diego native Giovani Santillan fight Brian Norman Jr.
Navarrete-Berinchyk, Santillan-Norman and Torrez-Moore will be broadcast LIVE on ESPN.
This is a pretty good card, actually.
Top Rank signed up all those heavyweights so it’s cool now that they’re starting to put them in with each other. Got Torrez – Moore now and Ajagba – Guido Vianello this weekend. Hopefully they get Jalolov in there somewhere against someone decent also.
@Lucie: Exciting these hws actually stepping up against each other. Look forward to these fights. Jalolov, I will believe it when I see it that he finally steps up. Same goes for Jared Anderson.
Unfortunately I’ve heard that Jalolov is headed back to the Olympics this year. If that’s true… yeah, it’s going to be awhile before he fights anyone decent.
Better card than Canello vs Mungia !