“I will keep working and when the opportunity presents itself, I will be ready,” said Peró, who is trained by Bob Santos.

Peró fought once in December 2020, his impressive two-knockdown, second-round TKO of Jorge Alejandro Arias earning the WBA Fedalatin heavyweight title.Īrias of Argentina entered at 9-1-1 (4 KOs), and “El Justiciero’s” lone bout of June 2021 was a first-round knockout of Dumar Carrascal. Peró’s professional debut in May 2019 was a first-round TKO of 28-fight veteran Maksym Pedyura that preceded six-round unanimous decisions in June and September over Artur Kubiak and Pavel Doroshilov. I lost in the quarterfinals, but I believe that overall I had really good results as an amateur.”Ī post shared by EL JUSTICIERO PERÒ ‘I will be ready’ “I won several tournaments and awards, especially in the juvenile tournaments. “I had over 300 amateur fights. There weren’t many opportunities obviously in the professional ranks, but really I wanted to make my own name for myself and become a big name in Cuba,” said Peró, a 6-4 ½ southpaw who earned the nickname, El Justiciero (The Vigilante).

It enabled both of us to become Olympians.”Īs an amateur, Peró earned gold medals in each of the 2010 Youth Olympics and Youth World Championships, the 20 Pan American Games. I came from a humble family that taught me and my brother, Dainier, discipline and respect. I won my first-ever silver medal when I was 10 years old. “I learned very fast and I became good very soon after I started. I had my first fight when I was 10 years old,” Peró said. I was 9 years old when I entered the academy. “Cuba has always had a lot of great fighters like Teofilo Stevenson and Felix Savon and I looked up to all of them. I started boxing at a very young age. Lenier Peró can recall idolizing 6-foot-5, Cuban Olympic gold medal boxing greats Teofilo Stevenson and Felix Savon from as far back as his early childhood. A post shared by EL JUSTICIERO PERÒ Silver Lining

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