These were the second Summer Games in which professional boxers were allowed to participate. That he was allowed to fight in the Olympics at all was disputed in some corners of the boxing world. He walked out of the ring wrapped in his country’s flag, chants from two groups of fellow countrymen echoing through the historic sumo sanctuary. He dropped to his knees when he was declared the winner. “I feel like I had the world in my hands, and it slipped and I watched it fall and break,” Torrez said. In the end, Jalolov’s size and power proved too much.
Torrez was deducted a point for dropping his head too much trying to move closer, a ruling he didn’t dispute afterward. Three minutes later, after a one-sided final round, the outcome was obvious enough that Davis didn’t argue. “Richard is a dog.”Īfter two rounds, Torrez - the Beethoven-loving, chess-playing underdog from Tulare - was even with the 6-foot-6 behemoth. He lamented the point deduction given to Torrez in the second round, arguing that Jalolov deserved one for clinching too much. landed on Uzbekistan’s Bakhodir Jalolov, the man towering over him, and lauded his teammate’s courage.
He cheered with each punch Richard Torrez Jr. It was the United States’ last chance at these Olympic Games for a gold medal, something it hadn’t gotten in men’s boxing since 2004.īut minutes after losing to Cuban Andy Cruz in the lightweight final, Davis transitioned from fighter to fan-slash-commentator for the super heavyweight gold-medal match. He wore a white Team USA track suit, blue Nikes and a silver medal around his neck. Keyshawn Davis watched the fight on television in a hallway adjacent to the ring inside historic Kokugikan Arena.
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