Lenier Pero

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. Professional boxer Dainier Peró, who won the 2019 Pan Am Games super heavyweight gold medal and unsuccessfully competed at the 2020 Olympics, is his younger brother.

Amateur career Highlights

Olympic result Rio 2016 Round of 16: Defeated Guido Vianello (Italy) 3–0 Quarter-finals: Lost to Filip Hrgović (Croatia) TKO

Pan American Games results 2011 Guadalajara Quarter-finals: Defeated Steven Couture (Canada) 22–2 Semi-finals: Defeated Yamil Peralta (Argentina) 13–9 Final: Defeated Julio Castillo (Ecuador) 16–10

2015 Toronto Quarter-finals: Defeated Kieshno Major (Bahamas) 3–0 Semi-finals: Defeated Cam Awesome (USA) 2–1 Final: Defeated Edgar Muñoz (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, Peró faced Jorge Alejandro Arias for the vacant WBA Fedelatin heavyweight title on 11 December 2020. He won the fight by a second-round knockout. Peró 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.

Peró faced Geovany Bruzon on 1 January 2022, on the undercard of the Luis Ortiz vs. Charles Martin pay-per-view bout. 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. Peró 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. He retained the WBA Fedelatin title by a third-round technical knockout. Peró 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.

On February 12, 2023, Peró pulled off an upset over a previously professionally unbeaten two-time amateur world champion Victor Vykhryst with continuous body shots that broke the latter by the eighth round.

Peró was scheduled to face Jordan Thompson in Orlando, Florida, on November 1, 2025. Pero won the fight by unanimous decision.

Peró faced Jarrell Miller in a WBA heavyweight title eliminator on April 25, 2026, at Fontainebleau Las Vegas in Winchester, Nevada. He lost by unanimous decision.

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