Undefeated junior welterweight prospect Ruben Torres will be featured on the July 26 3.2.1 Boxing pay-per-view card in Corona, Calif.
Torres (12-0, 10 KOs) is scheduled to take on Oscar Bravo (25-9, 11 KOs) of Chile in an eight-round co-main event presented by Thompson Boxing. The show will take place behind closed doors because of the coronavirus pandemic.
It can be viewed on the promotional company’s website – www.thompsonboxing.com – for $3.50 or $6.50, depending on the viewer’s location. It will start at 4:30 p.m. PT / 7:30 p.m. ET.
Torres, from Santa Monica, Calif., is coming off a fourth-round stoppage of Gabino Cota in February, his third consecutive KO.
Bravo hasn’t fared well outside his country – he’s 0-5 in the U.S. – but he has won his last three fights in Chile and apparently is durable. He has been stopped only once.
“It is great to get back to action, it’s been far too long away from the ring,” Torres said. “I want to thank Thompson Boxing for getting me back in the ring as fast as possible, and also I am excited to face Oscar Bravo, who I know is going to challenge me.”
Said Torres’ trainer and manager, Danny Zamora: “Ruben is ready for this bout. Ruben is a really good fighter, who works hard and is ready for whatever might happen that night. I expect big things from him.”
Bravo has been stuck in the U.S. since March because of the pandemic. The 32-year-old from Santiago has used that time train.
“I’m the best I have ever been as far as being in shape,” he said. “I was forced to stay in the States because of the pandemic, but it’s a blessing in disguise as I’ve been training daily with coach Joel Diaz Sr.
“I had to learn on the job as a boxer and I am better now than any fight prior. I am working extremely hard and I am focused on beating Ruben Torres, which I know I can do as I’m focused like no other time in my career.”
