Eventually, however, the aggressive southpaw anticipates his pressure will help him take complete control of their IBF heavyweight elimination match in Giza, Egypt. Torrez noticed that the Cuban contender didn’t deal well with Agit Kabayel constantly coming forward in their fight two years ago and intends to implement elements of the WBC interim champion’s plan when he faces Sanchez on the Oleksandr Usyk-Rico Verhoeven undercard.

“I think Frank’s a great fighter,” Torrez told The Ring. “I think being able to just compete with him and be on the same stage as him is really gonna showcase where I’m supposed to be at. And I think my style does well against Frank – my pressure, my tenacity and my grit toward the end of rounds is gonna be something that’s gonna be a little troubling for Frank. I think Frank is gonna do very well in the first three rounds, but we get through that, I think it’s mine for the taking.”

Germany’s Kabayel (27-0, 19 KOs), The Ring’s No. 2 contender for Usyk’s crown, is the only opponent to beat Sanchez (25-1, 18 KOs). Kabayel sent Sanchez to the canvas twice in the seventh round and knocked him out in May 2024 at ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

“Kabayel is an incredible fighter,” Torrez said. “He’s almost like the boogeyman of the division right now, you know? And so definitely being able to see how he did, his tactics against Frank, that’s something I’m gonna be looking at. But we are different fighters, we fight differently.

“I think I bring a similar type of pressure, but in a different manner a little bit. Mine’s a little bit more jittery. Mine’s a little bit more on the edge type of thing. Kabayel is more just asserting pressure that he keeps up the entire fight. But I think I can use a lot of the tactics Kabayel did in this fight as well and give it all that I’ve got.”

The right-handed Kabayel battered the taller Sanchez to the body, which made him a more stationary target. Both knockdowns were caused by body blows, the second of which left Sanchez unable to beat referee Victor Loughlin’s count.

“I think Kabayel is an amazing body puncher, a body snatcher for sure,” Torrez, who is ranked No. 8 by The Ring, said. “But anyone is susceptible to body shots as well. And being able to see Frank has that huge stature that he has – I think he’s gotten bigger over the years, more muscular and a little bit more sturdy, and I think that’s gonna play into the body shots even more. Because it’s gonna be harder for him to block some of these shots, it’s gonna be hard for him to move as much as he wants to move and just to be able to go out there and just assert myself with just head and body shots, I think it’s gonna be a great way to finish off that fight.”

Torrez (14-0, 12 KOs), a 2020 Olympic silver medalist from Tulare, California, and Sanchez (25-1, 18 KOs) will square off as part of a Ring card DAZN will stream from the Pyramids of Giza (7 p.m. BST; 2 p.m. ET).

Subscribers to DAZN’s Ultimate plan, which costs $49.99 per month in the United States and £24.99 in the United Kingdom, can view the four-fight Usyk-Verhoeven event for no additional charge. It is also available via pay-per-view in the U.S. ($59.99) and UK (£24.99) for non-subscribers.