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TEMECULA, CALIFORNIA - JULY 15: Richard Torrez Jr inside the ring before his heavyweight fight with Roberto Zavala Jr, on July 15, 2022 in Temecula, California. (Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images)

Boxing

Training injury forces Richard Torrez Jr out of Ramirez-Commey March 25 show

U.S. Olympic silver medalist Richard Torrez
Jr. has been forced to withdraw from his March 25 homecoming fight due to a training injury.

Torrez (5-0, 5 KOs), from Tulare, California, was scheduled to face Willie Jake Jr. in the six-round ESPN-televised opener at Save Mart Center in Fresno, California.

The 23-year-old southpaw knockout artist, who has three first-round knockouts on his ledger, is expected to return this summer.

The ESPN broadcast will now be a doubleheader featuring Jose Ramirez and Richard ‘RC’ Commey in a junior welterweight showdown and a minimumweight title unification fight between WBA champion Seniesa ‘Super Bad’ Estrada and WBC queen, Tina Rupprecht.

Ramirez-Commey and Estrada-Rupprecht will be broadcast live on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+ at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.

Promoted by Top Rank, in association with DiBella Entertainment, tickets starting at $29 are on sale now at www.ticketmaster.com.

Credit: Top Rank Boxing 

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