By Elliot Foster
Mike Perez returned from a two-year hiatus to get a quick-fire stoppage.
The Cuban former amateur star, who has put in some serious work to get down to cruiserweight, ousted Viktor Biscak after just 29 seconds.
The fight came on the undercard of Lee Haskins’ attempt to retain the IBF bantamweight world title against Ryan Burnett, exclusively live on Sky Sports, at the SSE Arena in Belfast.
Perez (22-2-1, 14 KOs) hasn’t been seen in a ring before this fight since being put away inside a round by Alexander Povetkin in a challenge for the WBC Silver heavyweight title.
And in truth, we were never going to see much of him in this fight.
But Biscak, who was undefeated going into the fight, went down after a token right hook from Perez and was then clutching his ankle, leading to the referee waving the fight off.
The show’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, said that Perez will have to be active if he wants to be a force in the cruiserweight division and the plan is to box him either in Newcastle, at the Walker Activity Dome on June 23, or in London on July 1 at the O2 Arena.
Further details regarding Perez’s next fight will be revealed in due course.