Torres turned pro in 1996, losing a decision at Schuetzen Park in a fight he admits he barely trained for, and then wouldn’t fight again for 10 years, going 1-2-1 in four fights in four months, before sitting out another three years until he got the call from Murphy’s promoter, Pound for Pound Promotions, which was run by John Lynch, the brother of Arturo Gatti’s manager, Pat Lynch, who co-managed Murphy alongside Murphy’s father. Murphy, then 24 years old, had no such hard luck in his early career, scoring three straight knockouts to begin his career, as his two-fisted power overwhelmed Kenneth Meeks, James Walker and La Take Williams in his three outings after turning pro in February 2009.
