1 00:00:01,960 --> 00:00:04,960 Speaker 1: All right, special edition of the Fight Preach You Night 2 00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:08,240 podcast as we come your way in midweek with the 3 00:00:08,359 --> 00:00:11,240 former silver medalists for the United States and the Olympics 4 00:00:11,439 --> 00:00:15,400 unbeaten heavyweight and he's right here with me midweek. Hello, 5 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:18,960 Richard Torrez. Good to have you here on our podcast feat. 6 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:21,879 Normally I have Dan Rayfield with me and I have 7 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:23,679 to put up with him. Rayfield's not able to be 8 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:26,280 here on this. We won't bang on him too much 9 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:27,839 for him not being here. But it's good to have 10 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:29,719 you here, and I'm glad that I get the chance 11 00:00:29,719 --> 00:00:31,839 to talk to you off of your win the other night. 12 00:00:31,879 --> 00:00:34,240 Speaker 2: How are things off your victory the other night. 13 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:36,920 Speaker 3: It's good to be here, Thank you, man. I feel 14 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:38,960 good after I win, you know. I'm I feel like 15 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:41,719 camp went really well and we were able to show 16 00:00:41,719 --> 00:00:43,039 it in the ring, and I think I was able 17 00:00:43,079 --> 00:00:44,920 to show a little bit different side to who I 18 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:47,039 am as a fighter, and I'm grateful for it. 19 00:00:47,359 --> 00:00:50,240 Speaker 1: So again, if people were not familiar, you won in 20 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:53,520 the co feature fight over Joey Deweco. You're eleven straight 21 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:56,759 victory as a professional. Doweco actually got disqualified. We're going 22 00:00:56,799 --> 00:00:58,679 to talk about that in a moment or two in 23 00:00:58,759 --> 00:01:02,399 the co feature fight at Glen Day, Arizona, to keep 24 00:01:02,399 --> 00:01:07,760 your record undefeated overall. Right, now, you're active if you 25 00:01:07,799 --> 00:01:10,359 have fought three times already this year. Are you happy 26 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:13,799 with the progress that you're making, especially in twenty twenty four? 27 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:16,400 Speaker 3: I am. I am happy with the progress I'm making, 28 00:01:16,439 --> 00:01:18,560 you know. I feel like I have a really good 29 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:21,239 team behind me, with top branking in ESPN. I feel 30 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:22,799 like I've been able to be on a couple of 31 00:01:22,799 --> 00:01:25,400 different platforms and to be able to be on actually ESPN, 32 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:29,319 not just ESPN Plus and have my friends watching all 33 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:30,760 over the TV. That was amazing. 34 00:01:30,799 --> 00:01:30,959 Speaker 2: Man. 35 00:01:31,439 --> 00:01:33,480 Speaker 3: I feel like the competition is starting to step up 36 00:01:33,519 --> 00:01:36,040 as well, and I have nothing bad to say. You know, 37 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:38,480 I'm here for you and I'm following the process. 38 00:01:38,719 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, no doubt about that. Okay. 39 00:01:40,719 --> 00:01:42,680 Speaker 1: So Dan was saying this going into the fight that 40 00:01:42,719 --> 00:01:46,079 Deweca was probably the most accomplished fighter or the most 41 00:01:46,159 --> 00:01:49,920 veteran fighter you you have faced to this point. How 42 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:52,400 did you find it in that fight? He's obviously big 43 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:55,000 and that was a bit of a challenge, But how 44 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:57,319 did you find it back on Friday night going against 45 00:01:57,400 --> 00:01:58,000 him head to head? 46 00:01:58,519 --> 00:02:00,959 Speaker 3: You know, He's really quick, slick with the punches. He 47 00:02:01,159 --> 00:02:03,239 slicked with his head movement. He almost kind of loads 48 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:04,799 you in. There was a couple of times he did 49 00:02:04,879 --> 00:02:07,120 a little some veteran moves, like he would talk and 50 00:02:07,159 --> 00:02:08,759 he would try to give me to be in conversation, 51 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:11,400 then he'd throw a punch. So it was kind of 52 00:02:11,439 --> 00:02:13,080 it was kind of interesting to be like that. You know, 53 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:17,280 it was interesting to be in the atmosphere, but you know, overall, 54 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:19,319 it was it's boxing. At the end of the day, 55 00:02:19,759 --> 00:02:23,159 I was able to follow the game plan still, and 56 00:02:23,199 --> 00:02:26,000 the biggest thing that my coach was telling me was 57 00:02:26,039 --> 00:02:27,719 to not get greedy. You know, I felt like I 58 00:02:27,759 --> 00:02:31,039 could land any punch I wanted to, and I just 59 00:02:31,199 --> 00:02:33,039 I couldn't stop and look after my shots. And I 60 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:35,800 had to be beat this responsible after. 61 00:02:35,719 --> 00:02:39,159 Speaker 1: Through always learning and one of the old veteran tactics 62 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:41,919 is get you distracted even by talking. Don't talk to him, 63 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:46,680 just hit him right, hit him on it. It had 64 00:02:46,719 --> 00:02:49,319 to get frustrating because it looked like to us, we're 65 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:51,360 not in there, we're not taking the punches. 66 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:53,439 Speaker 2: You guys throw and take the punches. 67 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:55,439 Speaker 1: But it looked like to us and even the ESPN 68 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:58,639 commentators were saying this, the Joy kept spitting his mouthpiece 69 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:02,039 out to get a break and frustrate you and cause 70 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:05,719 a delay. How did you keep your focus the second time, 71 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:07,520 the third time, the fourth time. 72 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:09,599 Speaker 2: That that's happening over and over again during the fight. 73 00:03:10,719 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 3: You know, it was almost validation that conditioning was kicking in, 74 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:16,520 you know that I was like, Oh, this guy's getting 75 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:18,639 really tired now, you know, because you don't just spit 76 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:22,840 out your mouth peas for no reason. But I talked 77 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:26,479 to Joe after fight and he was saying that, he goes, 78 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:29,159 I wasn't doing it on purpose, he goes. I just 79 00:03:29,159 --> 00:03:31,400 had never been hit with uppercuts like that. He goes, 80 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:33,080 I'm usually the guy that I don't get hit with 81 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:35,360 the uppercuts and getting hit with like getting hit like that, 82 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:37,560 He goes. I just couldn't see the shot coming and 83 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:39,680 then my mouth heats to fall out, he goes. He goes, 84 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:41,960 I wanted to fight, He's like, it's just he goes, 85 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,159 I've never been hit with the uppercuts like that, and 86 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:48,520 so I'm I'm not knocking that. I think it's hard 87 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:51,560 for me to say that that none of the mouth 88 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:55,039 piece drops were intentional but you know, I do think 89 00:03:55,039 --> 00:03:56,560 he's better than fight, and I do think he came 90 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:58,159 for a fight. I don't think he wanted to go 91 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:02,080 out with the quh. But end of the day, that's 92 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:05,800 what happened. And even though my knock Gotti's gone, I'm 93 00:04:06,039 --> 00:04:08,039 I haven't seen the last bell yet and I'm gonna 94 00:04:08,039 --> 00:04:09,599 continue that going hopefully. 95 00:04:09,719 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 2: I like that. 96 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:12,280 Speaker 1: I like that out look, you haven't seen the last 97 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:14,400 bill yet in all of your victories. I like that 98 00:04:14,439 --> 00:04:18,639 way of looking at things. All right, So you have 99 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:21,839 an interesting story, not just the silver medal, but what's 100 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:25,240 led up to your background? Uh it is not every 101 00:04:25,319 --> 00:04:27,680 day I'm not knocking fighters in general, but I get 102 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:29,959 to talk to somebody that was the valedictorian of his 103 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:33,480 high school class, which you were, and that also was 104 00:04:33,519 --> 00:04:36,639 interested in theater and did you were you just in 105 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:37,720 a role or did you. 106 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:39,480 Speaker 2: Star in Beauty and the Beast? 107 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:42,160 Speaker 1: I need to know which, what's the what's the update 108 00:04:42,199 --> 00:04:44,519 on the acting chops that you have as well as 109 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:45,199 being able to fight. 110 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:48,639 Speaker 3: So that was actually a dance recital, So we did 111 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:52,199 the Gaston song of Being the Beast and I was ballet. 112 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:55,800 So currently I'm actually in a tap dance class. I'm 113 00:04:55,800 --> 00:05:01,360 taking American soiun lguage, tap dance, tennis, and a persuasion class. 114 00:05:02,079 --> 00:05:05,199 I'm actually at my little community college right now doing 115 00:05:05,199 --> 00:05:09,399 this interview. But yeah, I mean, I like, one of 116 00:05:09,439 --> 00:05:11,879 my favorite quotes is live as if you were to 117 00:05:11,879 --> 00:05:13,519 die today, learn as if you were to live forever, 118 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:16,319 you know, and Gandhi said that, and I kind of 119 00:05:16,519 --> 00:05:18,920 stand true to that. All my parents are, I mean, 120 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:22,319 both my parents are teachers. My sister is also a teacher. 121 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:24,519 I'm like the black people of the family in that sense. 122 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:28,839 But they've really from a young age that instilled how 123 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:33,160 much education is, how important education is, and I just 124 00:05:33,199 --> 00:05:35,079 love going to classes and learning a little bit new. 125 00:05:35,439 --> 00:05:38,399 I think they kind of translate into the ring a 126 00:05:38,399 --> 00:05:41,319 little bit, you know. Persuasion will help me with my interviews, 127 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:43,680 and tap dance and tennis kind of helped with my footwork. 128 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:48,079 And so I get a little break from boxing while 129 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:50,639 still benefiting in the ring. 130 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:51,680 Speaker 2: Love it. 131 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:53,480 Speaker 1: And by the way, you gave me so much there. 132 00:05:53,519 --> 00:05:55,000 I don't know the last time that we've had a 133 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:59,160 fighter on who quoted Gandhi. That's outstanding. As the husband 134 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:03,279 of a twenty five year elementary school educator. Bravo to 135 00:06:03,399 --> 00:06:06,560 your parents, your sister, and to all the teachers, by 136 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:10,199 the hundreds of thousands of educators that are out there, 137 00:06:10,519 --> 00:06:14,800 Bravo to them. Your education is obviously still important to you, 138 00:06:14,879 --> 00:06:18,079 not just diverse different stuff like tennis and like you said, 139 00:06:18,079 --> 00:06:21,079 tap dancing for footwork, but your education is obviously still 140 00:06:21,079 --> 00:06:22,360 important to you right now. 141 00:06:22,879 --> 00:06:25,839 Speaker 3: Yeah. No, I like you. I and I mean it's 142 00:06:25,879 --> 00:06:27,959 it's fun right now. You know. I don't know if 143 00:06:27,959 --> 00:06:30,959 I'm really pursuing too much of a degree. Just yeah, 144 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:35,279 just staying active, staying in the in the mindset of 145 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:37,279 being able to learn, I think is one of the 146 00:06:37,279 --> 00:06:39,480 most important things from you right now. And uh and 147 00:06:39,519 --> 00:06:41,759 I'm loving it. You know, there's nothing there's nothing better 148 00:06:41,759 --> 00:06:44,720 than getting uh a discount on your food here because 149 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:46,759 I got a student ID, you know, I get, I 150 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:48,399 go walk around, I get. 151 00:06:48,399 --> 00:06:50,439 Speaker 1: Wait wait wait wait wait wait wait, we got a 152 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:53,639 pause right there. The guy that was fighting on top 153 00:06:53,759 --> 00:06:58,079 ranked boxing on ESPN on national cable TV is proud 154 00:06:58,120 --> 00:06:59,920 of the fact that he can get a discount on 155 00:07:00,079 --> 00:07:03,199 the food at the community college because he's got the 156 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:03,720 student I. 157 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:08,920 Speaker 2: D that is tremendous. Richard Man, you know what do they. 158 00:07:08,879 --> 00:07:10,639 Speaker 1: What do they make that's really good food at the 159 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:12,639 community college that you've got to get the good food. 160 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 2: What do they have? 161 00:07:14,519 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 3: But they actually have a couple of broken bars that 162 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:20,639 can eat and so and so in the sounds half off, 163 00:07:20,759 --> 00:07:22,720 you know what I mean. So it's mind blowing. Man. 164 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:24,399 So I get I guess. 165 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:26,279 Speaker 2: Inflation is a real thing right now. 166 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 1: If you've got one of these student IDs and you 167 00:07:28,639 --> 00:07:29,160 can get. 168 00:07:28,959 --> 00:07:32,879 Speaker 2: Half off, get half off. Bravo, bravo. 169 00:07:33,079 --> 00:07:35,240 Speaker 1: On that. Richard Torres is hanging out with us on 170 00:07:35,279 --> 00:07:37,920 the Fight Freaks Unit podcast Special one. 171 00:07:37,959 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 2: Here TJ. 172 00:07:38,759 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 1: Reeves hanging out with the former sil silver medals in 173 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:45,120 the Olympics. All right, that experience to have won a 174 00:07:45,199 --> 00:07:48,720 silver medal in the Olympics, what was that like? What 175 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:50,920 did it teach you in preparing you to be a professional. 176 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:56,759 Speaker 3: I think it gave me a lot of experience on 177 00:07:56,839 --> 00:08:01,319 how to handle different fighters. You know. I got from Africa, 178 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:04,399 thought a guy from UH, from Asia, thought a guy 179 00:08:04,439 --> 00:08:07,639 from like from the America, as I thought, like all 180 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:11,120 over different continents and uh and for all the shapes 181 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:14,279 and sizes, and they're all like the best of those sizes, 182 00:08:14,319 --> 00:08:16,240 you know, Like I thought the best six to seven 183 00:08:16,319 --> 00:08:19,600 years guy. I fought the best, bigger like guy that 184 00:08:19,639 --> 00:08:21,680 can move, you know. So I think that the amateurs 185 00:08:21,879 --> 00:08:24,759 really taught me and uh and gave me the ability 186 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:28,240 on how to adapt and conquer and uh, you know 187 00:08:28,319 --> 00:08:32,159 whenning's still a touchy subject because you don't win the 188 00:08:32,159 --> 00:08:34,039 story medal, you lose the so you lose and get 189 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:36,799 you lose, you lose the gold, right and so uh 190 00:08:37,039 --> 00:08:39,039 and so like that was a rough day for me, 191 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:41,960 But I'm proud of my accomplishment. I'm probably was able 192 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,720 to do. I was a I think I was the 193 00:08:44,759 --> 00:08:47,000 first guy to be a first American to be the 194 00:08:47,039 --> 00:08:50,960 Cuban fighter since Andre Ward and I was the first 195 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:54,440 American heavyweight to win a medal since Ridic Bow in 196 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:57,840 eighty eight. And so I'm thankful to to kind of 197 00:08:57,840 --> 00:08:59,679 bring that headway back for the US. 198 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:01,200 Speaker 2: To love all of that. 199 00:09:01,279 --> 00:09:04,600 Speaker 1: And you fought John Off who is now also a professional, 200 00:09:04,639 --> 00:09:07,320 and he was a professional and then came back obviously 201 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:10,840 into the Olympics. Is that somebody down the road that 202 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:13,200 you have your eye on or too soon to worry 203 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:14,919 about that stuff. The fact that you met him for 204 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:16,440 a gold medal. At one point it would be some 205 00:09:16,519 --> 00:09:19,639 intrigue for what we do with podcasts and the internet 206 00:09:19,720 --> 00:09:22,279 and TV and all of that. Is that a goal 207 00:09:22,399 --> 00:09:24,120 to get him in the ring as a professional at 208 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:25,000 some point down the road? 209 00:09:25,759 --> 00:09:27,559 Speaker 3: I think so, yeah, I would love to be able 210 00:09:27,559 --> 00:09:29,159 to have that by the end, And I think it 211 00:09:29,159 --> 00:09:30,679 would go a little differently now that we have a 212 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:34,120 lot more rounds and I could actually show my conditioning. 213 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:37,639 But end of the day, it's whoever in front of 214 00:09:37,679 --> 00:09:40,039 me right now and whoever Toppering gives me. Those are 215 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:42,519 like kind of the fantasy fights that everyone would want 216 00:09:42,559 --> 00:09:46,200 to see and I would too. But currently I'm falling 217 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:48,320 toppering proscess and I'm gonna pound with that. 218 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:51,639 Speaker 1: Okay, a couple more fun ones. Where's the silver medal? 219 00:09:51,799 --> 00:09:54,639 I always wonder about these things. That's not an ordinary 220 00:09:54,799 --> 00:09:58,159 trophy that goes on the trophy case or on the mantle. 221 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:02,240 That's a stinking Olympic metal. Where is that thing? Tell 222 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:04,039 me it's put away safely, or maybe you got it 223 00:10:04,039 --> 00:10:05,360 on display in the house or something. 224 00:10:05,399 --> 00:10:05,919 Speaker 2: What's going on? 225 00:10:06,399 --> 00:10:09,399 Speaker 3: So my dad actually has his safe tucked away in 226 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:11,279 his house. He said he doesn't trust me with it 227 00:10:11,399 --> 00:10:13,039 because I had it for a little bit as like 228 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:16,960 a coffee table orderment because like he's like, you walk 229 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:18,320 my apartment. 230 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:21,039 Speaker 1: Did you seriously put a beverage like on the super 231 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:22,039 metal as a coaster? 232 00:10:22,519 --> 00:10:24,960 Speaker 3: Like no, just like I just had it. It was 233 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,159 like the centerpiece of my coffee table, you know what 234 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:29,320 I mean? Because like, no one was in my house, 235 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:31,440 No one comes in my apartment, no one does anything 236 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:32,799 like that. So all right, I put it right there 237 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:34,080 so I can see it every time I walk in. 238 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:36,320 The first time my dad walked in there, he said, 239 00:10:36,519 --> 00:10:38,440 I'm taking this back, and he took it back and 240 00:10:38,519 --> 00:10:40,360 hit it. And we don't really bring it out too much, 241 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:42,000 just keep it, keep it tucked away. 242 00:10:42,639 --> 00:10:44,759 Speaker 1: That is that is a smart move by the elder 243 00:10:44,799 --> 00:10:46,600 Torres there to go get that under control. 244 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:49,559 Speaker 2: Uh as we rock along with Richard Torres. All right, 245 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:50,159 a couple more. 246 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:53,120 Speaker 1: How soon do you want You've been very active three 247 00:10:53,159 --> 00:10:54,399 fights as I'm mentioned already this year. 248 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:55,759 Speaker 2: How soon do you want to be back in. 249 00:10:55,679 --> 00:10:57,639 Speaker 3: The ring before the end of the year. I want 250 00:10:57,679 --> 00:11:00,919 to hopefully, uh soon as soon as like I love 251 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:03,879 fighting and hopefully I could continue this way so I 252 00:11:03,879 --> 00:11:05,159 don't have to do a full camp again. 253 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:08,600 Speaker 1: You know, if you're analyzing Richard Torrez, What do you 254 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:11,240 need to improve on in the next fight, the next 255 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:12,159 coming couple of fights. 256 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 2: What do you want to do better? 257 00:11:13,519 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 3: I want to keep my hands up more. I think 258 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:17,039 in this last fight I had a pretty good range 259 00:11:17,039 --> 00:11:19,080 of distance, but I was dropping my hands too much, 260 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:21,519 and even though I was rolling with some of the shots, 261 00:11:21,559 --> 00:11:23,519 they were able to still them in UH and I 262 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:26,320 want to like I was looking at some of the 263 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:28,240 guys before and Canel and those guys that may keep 264 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:30,480 their hands up so high, you know, And so I'm 265 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:31,440 gonna try to be like that. 266 00:11:32,399 --> 00:11:35,799 Speaker 1: Did you idolize anybody by the way, in recent boxing 267 00:11:35,879 --> 00:11:38,120 or anything? Do you pattern yourself off of stuff that 268 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:41,799 other people that are famous? Maybe did anybody like that 269 00:11:41,879 --> 00:11:44,480 in your background that you're you're trying to emulate a little. 270 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:46,799 Speaker 3: Bit, honey, guys, you know, I think all the USA fighters. 271 00:11:47,279 --> 00:11:50,960 I like Keishaan Davis's bring general ship, I like I 272 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:54,440 like Tigers Tyer Johnson's quickness, I like Duke Reagan's jab, 273 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:59,039 I like Freddie Ross's boxing ability, I like Course Steveson's 274 00:11:59,039 --> 00:12:02,080 double step back. I like UH and one guy. I 275 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:04,120 just like love this work. And with the reason I 276 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:06,840 started going to dance classes with Luma Chenko. You know, 277 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:11,080 I love what he does. I like Usik's mobility and 278 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:14,000 how he could uh after he throws a punch kits 279 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:16,240 out of the way both with head and feet. I 280 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:19,960 like Tyson's faints, uh teston furious faints. And I try 281 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:21,720 to kind of take what I like from all the 282 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:24,080 fighters and kind of put that into Richard Torres. 283 00:12:24,279 --> 00:12:25,080 Speaker 2: Love it all. 284 00:12:25,159 --> 00:12:27,519 Speaker 1: Right, So you're taking the community college classes, but you're 285 00:12:27,559 --> 00:12:29,399 also back in the gym, or you're taking just a 286 00:12:29,399 --> 00:12:31,200 slight break or when would you be back in the 287 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:33,200 gym or waiting for when the next fight might be. 288 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:33,919 Speaker 2: How does that work. 289 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:36,519 Speaker 3: I'm still doing my conditioning and anything like that. I'm 290 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:39,080 running four miles a day. I had that tennis and 291 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:42,080 tap dance. I'm in the weights room as well. I 292 00:12:42,399 --> 00:12:45,159 still I went on Monday, I went to boxing as well, 293 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:47,159 you know, so I'll go to box to night. It's 294 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:50,000 a little more relaxed, but I'm still doing the workouts, 295 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:53,159 you know, so I'm not going as like on scale 296 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:54,720 one to ten. I've probably had like a six right 297 00:12:54,759 --> 00:12:58,720 now of like how of effort. But I'm just continuing 298 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:02,200 to just try and listen. 299 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:04,720 Speaker 1: What a treat, What an absolute treat to get to 300 00:13:04,759 --> 00:13:06,679 talk to you here as part of the Fight Preaks 301 00:13:06,759 --> 00:13:09,799 Unit podcast. We wish you nothing but success, and if 302 00:13:09,799 --> 00:13:11,879 you let us bother you again down the road, we'd 303 00:13:11,879 --> 00:13:14,120 love to bother you in a good way and talk 304 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:17,639 more about the rise of your career. Good luck with 305 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:21,799 the tap, with the tennis, with the student discount at 306 00:13:21,799 --> 00:13:24,759 the community college, for the food, and everything else. 307 00:13:24,559 --> 00:13:25,200 Speaker 2: That's going on. 308 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:28,559 Speaker 1: We're eager to see more from Richard Torres. Thank you, 309 00:13:28,679 --> 00:13:30,440 thank you for the time here, and good luck. 310 00:13:30,279 --> 00:13:33,120 Speaker 3: To you anytime you have me on. Maybe so much