US super-heavyweight Richard Torrez reaches gold medal match at Tokyo Olympics – The Washington Post

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Torrez, 22, had fought this fight before, inside his head, five times Tuesday night and another three Wednesday morning, each time imagining his left landing, making the bigger man wobble. He was still picturing himself pummeling Kunkabayev as he walked into the ring in the early afternoon while Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata” played through the arena’s speakers.