Mike Perez: record, next fight and profile →
Rising French star and reigning EBU and WBA Intercontinental super welterweight champ Milan Prat (20-0) goes for a third belt on October 14 in Oberhausen (Germany) when he is in against WBO Global titlist Slawa Spomer (18-0) from Germany.
L'Equipe reports that French promoter Sebastien Acaries has sued network Canal+ to force them to show and finance a defense by WBA cruiserweight king Arsen Goulamirian (27-0) against Brit Tommy McCarthy (20-4) on September 10 in Marseille. However, Canal+ has decided not to be involved in the boxing business anymore.
Legacy Sports Management has finalized an open-air event in Dubai on March 26th. The card will take place at the 6000 capacity Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium. Former two-division world champion Marcos ‘Chino’ Maidana (35-5-0) makes his long-awaited comeback after nearly 8 years.
Cruiserweight contender Mike ‘The Rebel’ Perez (25-3-1) headlines the Legacy Fight Night in Dusseldorf this Saturday taking on Argentine, Jose Gregorio Ulrich (17-4).
Legacy Sports Management is back with their flagship event, Legacy Fight Night, from the Classic Remise in Dusseldorf, Germany on November 13th.
Union Boxing Team won the purse bids for Artem Dalakian's defense of the WBA flyweight title against Panama's Luis Concepcion (39-8), the former two time world champion.
Legacy Management will host a strong card next Friday from the prestigious Atlantis, The Palm Dubai. This will be the first installment of the Legacy Boxing Series from the international management company which will showcase many fighters from its own stable.
Cuban cruiserweight Mike Perez (24 -3 -1, 15 KO’s) will finally face Congolese puncher Ilunga Makabu (24-2-0, 23 KOs) for the silver cruiserweight title of the World Boxing Council. The fight will take place in the city of Kinshasha, Republic of the Congo, on Saturday, May 4 and whoever wins will stake a claim for a challenge against WBC cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, who moves up to heavyweight next month but has yet to vacate the title.
CFE Arena, Orlando - A crossroads battle for the vacant World Boxing Association Fedelatin cruiserweight title, and for an alternate position in the World Boxing Super Series, saw Mike Perez (24-3-1, 15 KOs) win a ten round unanimous decision over Keith Tapia (18-2, 11 KOs).
If nothing is quite what it seems in boxing, the latest turn of events will confirm this to be true. Mike Perez has withdrawn from his fight against Thabiso Mchunu in favour of a big-money offer in Europe, a brutal consequence of South Africa’s weak currency. Determined not to jettison the June show, set for Emperors Palace, promoter Rodney Berman has gone back to Plan A, which has risk written all over it notwithstanding the excellent merits of the match-up: Mchunu versus Tommy Oosthuizen.