Lenier Eunice Peró Justiz (24 November 1992) is a Cuban
professional boxer
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. As an
amateur
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, he won a gold medal at both the
2011
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and
2015 Pan American Games
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, whilst also competing at the
2016 Olympics
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Dainier Peró, also a southpaw who won the Pan Am Games super heavyweight title and unsuccessfully competed at the Olympics, is his younger brother.
Amateur career
Olympic result
Rio 2016
*Round of 16: Defeated
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(Italy) 3–0
*Quarter-finals: Defeated by
Filip Hrgović
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(Croatia) TKO
Pan American Games results
2011 Guadalajara
*Quarter-finals: Defeated Steven Couture (Canada) 22–2
*Semi-finals: Defeated
Yamil Peralta
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Career
At the 2010 South A ...
(Argentina) 13–9
*Final: Defeated
Julio Castillo
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Career
At the 2006 South American Games, Castillo lost to Hamilton Ventura in t ...
(Ecuador) 16–10
2015 Toronto
*Quarter-finals: Defeated Kieshno Major (Bahamas) 3–0
*Semi-finals: Defeated
Cam Awesome (USA) 2–1
*Final: Defeated
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(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 pay-per-view
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bout. He won the fight by unanimous decision. Although
Premier Boxing Champions
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Al Haymon
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Haymon was raised in Cleveland, ...
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
FITE TV
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broadcast card, which took place at the
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood in
Hollywood, Florida
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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.
Professional boxing record
References
External links
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Junior World Championships 2010
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1992 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Camagüey
Cuban male boxers
Heavyweight boxers
Olympic boxers of Cuba
Boxers at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba
Pan American Games medalists in boxing
Boxers at the 2011 Pan American Games
Boxers at the 2015 Pan American Games
Youth Olympic gold medalists for Cuba
Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
21st-century Cuban people