Lenier Eunice Peró Justiz (24 November 1992) is a Cuban

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. As an

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, he won a gold medal at both the

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and

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, whilst also competing at the

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. Professional boxer Dainier Peró, who won the 2019 Pan Am Games super heavyweight gold medal and unsuccessfully competed at the

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, is his younger brother.

Amateur career

Highlights

Olympic result Rio 2016 *Round of 16: Defeated Guido Vianello (Italy) 3–0 *Quarter-finals: Lost to Filip Hrgović (Croatia) TKO Pan American Games results 2011 Guadalajara *Quarter-finals: Defeated Steven Couture (Canada) 22–2 *Semi-finals: Defeated Yamil Peralta (Argentina) 13–9 *Final: Defeated Julio Castillo (Ecuador) 16–10 2015 Toronto *Quarter-finals: Defeated Kieshno Major (Bahamas) 3–0 *Semi-finals: Defeated Cam Awesome (USA) 2–1 *Final: Defeated Edgar Muñoz (Venezuela) 2–1 Youth Olympics results 2010 Singapore *Preliminaries: Defeated Joshua Temple (USA) RSC *Semi-finals: Defeated Umit Can Patir (Turkey) 6–0 *Final: Defeated Fabio Turchi (Italy) RSCH

Professional career

Peró made his professional debut on 25 May 2019 against Maksym Pedyura. Peró knocked his opponent down twice en route to securing a first round, technical knockout victory. After amassing a 3–0 record throughout the rest of 2019, Pero faced Jorge Alejandro Arias for the vacant WBA Fedelatin heavyweight title on 11 December 2020. He won the fight by a second-round knockout. Pero made his first title defense against Dumar Carrascal on 26 June 2021. He made quick work of his opponent, stopping Carrascal in just 111 seconds. Pero faced Geovany Bruzon on 1 January 2022, on the undercard of the Luis Ortiz and Charles Martin

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bout. He won the fight by unanimous decision. Although Premier Boxing Champions head

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stated he would sign the winner of the bout, he announced that he had signed both fighters. Pero next faced Hector Perez in the main event of a

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broadcast card, which took place at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood in

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on 7 May 2022. He retained the WBA Fedelatin title by a third-round technical knockout. Pero faced the journeyman Joel Caudle in a stay-busy fight on 20 August 2022. He made quick work of his opponent, as he won by a first-round knockout. On Feb 12, 2023 he pulled an upset over a previously professionally unbeaten two-time Amateur World Champion Victor Vykhryst with continuous body shots that broke the latter by the 8th round.

Professional boxing record

References

External links

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Junior World Championships 2010
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