| Lenier Peró | |
| Realname: | Lenier Eunice Peró Justiz |
| Nickname: | El Justiciero |
| Height: | 6 ft 3+1/2 in |
| Reach: | 79 in |
| Weight: | Heavyweight |
| Birth Date: | 1992 11, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Camagüey, Cuba |
| Style: | Southpaw |
| Total: | 9 |
| Wins: | 9 |
| Ko: | 6 |
| Losses: | 0 |
Lenier Eunice Peró Justiz (24 November 1992) is a Cuban professional boxer. As an amateur, he won a gold medal at both the 2011 and 2015 Pan American Games, whilst also competing at the 2016 Olympics.[1] [2] Dainier Peró, also a southpaw who won the Pan Am Games super heavyweight title and unsuccessfully competed at the Olympics, is his younger brother.[3]
Rio 2016
2011 Guadalajara
2015 Toronto
2010 Singapore
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.[4]
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.[5] He won the fight by a second-round knockout.[6] Pero made his first title defense against Dumar Carrascal on 26 June 2021.[7] He made quick work of his opponent, stopping Carrascal in just 111 seconds.[8]
Pero faced Geovany Bruzon on 1 January 2022, on the undercard of the Luis Ortiz and Charles Martin pay-per-view bout.[9] He won the fight by unanimous decision. Although Premier Boxing Champions head Al Haymon stated he would sign the winner of the bout, he announced that he had signed both fighters.[10] Pero next faced Hector Perez in the main event of a FITE TV broadcast card, which took place at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood in Hollywood, Florida on 7 May 2022.[11] He retained the WBA Fedelatin title by a third-round technical knockout.[12] 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.[13]
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. [14]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Victor Vykhryst | TKO | 8 (10), | 12 Feb 2023 | |||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Joel Caudle | KO | 1 (8), | 20 Aug 2022 | |||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Hector Perez | TKO | 3 (8), | 7 May 2022 | |||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Geovany Bruzon | UD | 8 | 1 Jan 2022 | |||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Dumar Carrascal | KO | 1 (11), | 26 Jun 2021 | |||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Jorge Alejandro Arias | KO | 2 (10) | 11 Dec 2020 | |||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Pavel Doroshilov | MD | 6 | 21 Sep 2019 | |||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Artur Kubiak | UD | 6 | 15 Jun 2019 | |||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Maksym Pedyura | TKO | 1 (6), | 25 May 2019 |