U.S. super-heavyweight Richard Torrez reaches gold medal match at Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO — Over and over Wednesday afternoon, Richard Torrez, Jr., slammed his fist into the forehead of Kazakhstan’s Kamshybek Kunkabayev, pounding away 33 years of United States super heavyweight boxing irrelevance until finally the skin broke above Kunkabayev’s nose. A gash opened wide, and as blood began pouring in the third round, the referee waved her arms.