Frank Sanchez Faure, 33, of Cuba and the United States was one of the winners at “Glory in Giza” at the Pyramids of Giza in Giza, Egypt on May 23, 2026. The victory improved his professional boxing record to 26 wins and 1 loss.
Frank Sanchez vs Richard Torrez Jr.
There were 10 professional boxing bouts on the “Glory in Giza” card. One was a heavyweight match between Sanchez and Richard Torrez Jr., 26, of Tulare, California, USA.
Albert Earl Brown served as the referee while Matteo Montella, Diana Drews Milani and Olena Pobyvailo were the judges. The referee stopped the fight after 55 seconds in the second round when Sanchez knocked out Torrez.
The loss broke Torrez’s undefeated record. He now has 14 wins and 1 loss.
Torrez made his professional boxing debut on March 4, 2022. Before losing to Sanchez, the boxer from Tulare defeated Allen Melson, Roberto Zavala Jr., Marco Antonio Canedo, Ahmed Hefny, James Bryant, Willie Jake Jr., Tyrrell Anthony Herndon, Curtis Harper, Donald Haynesworth, Brandon Moore, Joey Dawejko, Issac Munoz Gutierrez, Guido Vianello and Tomas Salek.
“Glory in Giza”
Commissioned by the Egyptian Professional Boxing Association, “Glory in Giza” was promoted by Spencer Brown, Eddie Hearn and Sergey Lapin. The matchmaker was Tom Dallas.
Thomas Trieber was the ring announcer while Todd Grisham, Adam Smith, Darren Barker and Barry Jones were the television announcers. Jamie Ward conducted the post-fight interviews.
In the main event, Rico Verhoeven, 37, of the Netherlands challenged World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, 39, of Ukraine. The challenger lost to the defending champion via technical knockout after 2 minutes and 59 seconds in the 11th round.
Including Egypt, the Netherlands, Ukraine and the U.S., a total of 15 countries were represented. The others were Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cuba, England, France, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda and Uzbekistan.
Sanchez was born in Guantanamo, Cuba. He is now based in Tamarac, Florida, USA.
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