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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.
The 37-year-old Provodnikov (25-5, 18 KO) went from unknown to widely beloved thanks to a phenomenal 2013 war against Tim Bradley and subsequent mauling of Mike Alvarado for the WBO belt. He would alternate losses and wins for the remainder of his career, ultimately hanging up the gloves after a poor performance against the aforementioned Molina.
Bagautinov (21-7 MMA, 2-0 Boxing) won his first three UFC bouts to earn a crack at 125-pound champion Demetrious Johnson, who rather thoroughly outclassed Bagautinov en route to a one-sided decision win. He would lose three of his next four before re-establishing himself on the Russian circuit, putting together a 7-1 run whose only blemish was a controversial decision against current UFC competitor Zhalgas Zhumagulov. He remains one of the better 125-pounders in the sport at age 36 and has dabbled in the sweet science, including a four-round decision win in November.
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