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Josh Torres walks to a neutral corner after knocking out Mexico’s Francisco Castro during a March 2019 fight. Torres returns to action on a Saturday boxing pro-am card in Mescalero. (Roberto E. Rosales/Journal)The COVID-19 pandemic, it appears, barely laid a glove on Albuquerque boxer Josh Torres.
Yes, the state’s COVID restrictions kept him away from his day job as a barber for two months in the spring of 2020. Yes, he signed a contract with a new promotional company that then walked away from boxing due to the pandemic.
And yes, he lost the only fight he’s had in the past 20 months.