Amateur Career
Torres compiled an impressive amateur record of 78-10, winning the New Jersey Golden Gloves Championship three times in 2001, 2002, and 2003 at the 141 pound Junior Welterweight limit. In 2001, he won a decision in the finals of the Northeastern Golden Gloves tournament held in Lake Placid, New York. Also in 2001, he lost in the semifinals of the National Golden Gloves tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada, by a 3-2 decision. In 2002, he was ranked as the # 2 amateur Junior Welterweight in the United States in the under age 19 category, and lost in the final round of the National Amateur Boxing Tournament in Louisiana, again by decision.
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