{"id":317975,"date":"2021-08-07T10:08:30","date_gmt":"2021-08-07T07:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/richard-torrez-jr-eyes-first-boxing-gold-for-us-since-2004\/"},"modified":"2021-08-07T10:08:30","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T07:08:30","slug":"richard-torrez-jr-eyes-first-boxing-gold-for-us-since-2004","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/richard-torrez-jr-eyes-first-boxing-gold-for-us-since-2004\/","title":{"rendered":"#Richard Torrez Jr. eyes first boxing gold for US since 2004"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d879d20b1f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg 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class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/richard-torrez-jr-eyes-first-boxing-gold-for-us-since-2004\/#Follow_all_the_2020_Olympics_action\" >Follow all the 2020 Olympics action<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Richard Torrez Jr. eyes first boxing gold for US since 2004<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The super heavyweight division was introduced at the Olympics in 1984, and the United States famously produced the first gold medalist in the weight class.<\/p>\n<p>Tyrell Biggs won that title in Los Angeles, marking the only time in Olympic history an American has done so.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly four decades later, 22-year-old Richard Torrez Jr. is in position to join Biggs when he fights top-ranked Bakhodir Jalolov of Uzbekistan on Sunday at the Tokyo Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Torrez also has a chance to become USA Boxing\u2019s first male Olympic gold medalist at any weight class since light heavyweight Andre Ward was crowned in 2004 in Athens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m feeling great \u2026 I\u2019m just going to keep doing all I can to be on that gold medal podium,\u201d Torrez said after his third-round TKO victory over Kazakhstan\u2019s Kamshybek Kunkabayev in the semifinals. \u201cI\u2019m going to do all I can to be able to go back home to say, \u2018Dad, we did it.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n<p>The California native\u2019s father fought at the U.S. Olympic trials in 1984 \u2014 the year Biggs captured the gold \u2014 but he did not qualify for the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game<\/a>s.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"659\" alt=\"Richard Torrez Jr.\" class=\"wp-image-19056328 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Richard-Torrez-Jr..jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Richard-Torrez-Jr..jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Richard-Torrez-Jr..jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Richard-Torrez-Jr..jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Richard-Torrez-Jr..jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1864 1864w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Richard Torrez Jr.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Torrez also is the first American super heavyweight to reach the gold medal match since Riddick Bowe, the future heavyweight champion of the world, took home the silver in 1988 in Seoul with a loss to Canada\u2019s Lennox Lewis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an existential feeling,\u201d Torrez said earlier this week, according to The Washington Post. \u201cI don\u2019t know how to put it. What is love? It\u2019s kind of that same thing. I\u2019m meant to be here. All I know is that.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Follow_all_the_2020_Olympics_action\"><\/span>Follow all the 2020 Olympics action<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>American featherweight Duke Ragan missed his chance to end the U.S. gold drought, earning silver after losing Friday to Russia\u2019s Albert Batyrgaziev in the championship bout. Lightweight Keyshawn Davis also will go for gold on Sunday, against two-time amateur world champion Andy Cruz of Cuba.<\/p>\n<p>Torrez, who walks into the ring to Beethoven\u2019s \u201cMoonlight Sonata,\u201d hails from Tulare, Calif., which also is the hometown of two-time decathlon gold medalist Bob Mathias (1948, 1952) and 1952 Olympic discus champion Sim Iness. They are depicted on a mural in Tulare under the words \u201cOlympic Gold,\u201d and Torrez is hoping to join them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone here has believed in me,\u201d Torrez said. \u201cThis isn\u2019t a shock to them. This isn\u2019t a shock to my dad. This isn\u2019t a shock to my coach Billy [Walsh]. I think they all believed in it even more than I did. \u2026 I\u2019m just a vessel. This is for everybody that\u2019s worked so hard with our team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 With AP\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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