Mike Perez was sparring at my local gym

[croz]

It was open sparring - 5 euro in. Didn't expect him to be there when I walked in. I'd say he looks in shape right about now compared to when we last saw him in prizefighter after which he dissapeared off the face of the earth.

I was told his inactivity isn't due to an unwillingness to continue or anything like that. Perez doesn't want to keep on fighting cans, but wants to fight tougher competition. The problem is they don't want to fight him, so right now he's stuck in a tough spot.

He sparred two Russians on the night, I don't know who they are but they were probably more than 190lb, one looked a bit under 6 foot, built like a tank, the other much taller, skinny/lean. The under six foot Russian is currently 18 years old and an am world champ, if that helps someone figure out who he is.

Perez did not look too sharp. He kept trying some Ali like head movement were he lowers his guard and tries to weave. The problem is he kept getting hit. I don't think he took it seriously but he was getting clocked quite a bit. He kept his hands low mostly and his upper guard was easily penetrated. In the last round vs the am world champ he got a fare bit frustrated and went all out. He was a bit ****y throughout but everytime he acted up he got smacked in the face.

Anyway, I'll upload the video to youtube soon enough. It's a bit shaky since I was using the Nexus seven which has the ingenius design of having the camera on the front, meaning you have to lean forward to look at the screen to see if it's recording the same thing.

6 min clip of Perez sparring the shorter Russian and some at the end of him fighting the taller one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23lQ2nJq4vg

And yeah, myself and my dad got our picture taken with him. I'm 6"4 and I have to say Perez did not look 6 feet tall compared to me.

[Spiegelo]

Whatever happened to "what happens in the gym, stays in the gym"? You putting dude man on blast.

[mrpain81]

Thanks for the update.

[Earl Hickey]

I've no faith in Perez.

These guys always have excuses, fact is its not that hard to get in the ring and fight, I heard Perez is only interested in fighting when his bank balance is looking low and I'm inclined to believe that.

[croz]

Originally Posted by Spiegelo

Whatever happened to "what happens in the gym, stays in the gym"? You putting dude man on blast.

We had to pay in so not quite the same thing here. There were about a hundred people there so if they're looking for secrecy they should try a different tactic.

[Spiegelo]

Originally Posted by croz

We had to pay in so not quite the same thing here. There were about a hundred people there so if they're looking for secrecy they should try a different tactic.

Oh, sorry. In that case, dude is going about his comeback in a very stupid manner..

[croz]

Originally Posted by Spiegelo

Oh, sorry. In that case, dude is going about his comeback in a very stupid manner..

I'm not sure if it's a comeback. See this event was held marking the first time the Russian team have ever come to Ireland to train so they made an Ire vs Russia night of it. I think what happened here is that last week they didn't have any Irish heavies to spar their big guys so next week they decided to call Perez up. Though I don't know that for sure.

[HooksInYou]

I was wondering what happened to Perez. It's good to see he is still in boxing. He doesn't appear to be on the Price-Thompson undercard, though, as was once claimed.

Originally Posted by croz

And yeah, myself and my dad got our picture taken with him. I'm 6"4 and I have to say Perez did not look 6 feet tall compared to me.

How big would you say he is then, 6'2" or 6'3"? It's hard to tell from the photo because your head is tilted.

[croz]

Originally Posted by HooksInYou

I was wondering what happened to Perez. It's good to see he is still in boxing. He doesn't appear to be on the Price-Thompson undercard, though, as was once claimed.



How big would you say he is then, 6'2" or 6'3"? It's hard to tell from the photo because your head is tilted.

The angle is all weird in that pic but I'd guess he's closer to 5"10.

My Dad is 5"7 and standing closer by his side and you can see there's not much difference in height.

[Khmelnytsky]

- There is no 18 year old Russian World Amateur Champion

- There was no Russian World Junior Champion from 2011

- There is no Russian National Champion at HW or SHW from 2011 or 2012.

Perhaps the kid won his regional championship (like a state golden gloves) as a junior or something but he's not a Russian National Champion at senior level, forget about a World Champion.