Richard Torrez defeated Guido Vianello by unanimous choice of their 10-round heavyweight conflict in Las Vegas on Saturday evening.
The American heavyweight of large promise – a silver medallist on the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 – stays unbeaten in consequence, passing arguably the hardest take a look at thus far of his 13 skilled contests in opposition to fellow Olympian (Rio 2016) Vianello.
From the beginning, Torrez (13-0, 11 KOs) bull-rushed Vianello, swinging wildly with overhand lefts and proper hooks. Vianello (13-3-1, 11 KOs) clinched him to keep away from injury, a lot in order that he was deducted a degree within the second spherical.
The Italian tried to counter as Torrez continued ahead, touchdown pictures as he might, although taking the occasional punch on the way in which in.
Vianello linked with a chopping shot within the fifth spherical, however Torrez returned hearth and stunted his momentum. The 2 went toe-to-toe within the eighth, with Torrez beautiful his opponent within the ninth and controlling the ultimate spherical.
All three judges scored the combat in favour of Torrez, two of them giving it to him 98-91 and the opposite marking it down as 97-92.
Richard Torrez defeated Guido Vianello by unanimous choice of their 10-round heavyweight conflict in Las Vegas
Torrez stated after his victory: “I used to be attempting to arrange my feints and my physique pictures. Then, my physique pictures began touchdown increasingly more. From there, different pictures began touchdown like my hooks. That was the plan that we had.
“He’s an Olympian. I give him all the credit. He’s a great fighter. I have nothing but respect for him, but Tulare, California, came out today.
“I do not say no to fights. I would like that to be clear. I would like that to be recognized. Whoever you guys give me, I will say sure to.”
In a battle of junior welterweight contenders on the undercard, Lindolfo Delgado (23-0, 16 KOs) maintained his unbeaten record with a razor-thin 10-round majority decision over Dominican puncher Elvis Rodriguez (17-2-1, 13 KOs). The scores – 95-95, 96-94, 96-94 – were indicative of a closely contested tilt that had ringside observers split.
Abdullah Mason (18-0, 16 KOs) celebrated his 21st birthday with a sixth-round TKO over Carlos Ornelas (28-5, 15 KOs) to capture the NABF and NABO lightweight titles.
Featherweight Albert “Chop Chop” Gonzalez (13-0, 7 KOs) earned a workmanlike unanimous choice over gritty Australian Dana Coolwell (13-4, 8 KOs), whereas Jahi Tucker (14-1-1, 6 KOs) tallied a dominant 10-round unanimous choice over former British junior middleweight champion Troy Williamson (20-4-1, 14 KOs).
