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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. ....
.... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... Dennis Chavez, a ring announcer and a highly popular figure in the Albuquerque boxing community, died Wednesday from complications of COVID-19. (Courtesy of Cagedminds.Com) To say Dennis Chavez was well-liked in the Albuquerque boxing community is like saying Hagler-Hearns was a pretty good fight, or that the young Mike Tyson punched kind of hard. Use of the word “beloved” would not be a stretch. “He was the kind of person that would just brighten up a room,” said Steve Garcia, an Albuquerque trainer and administrator. “You could have the worst day you could have and once you get with him … he’d lift up your spirits.” ....