Lenier Pero

Lenier Peró
Lenier Peró
Statistics
Real name	Lenier Eunice Peró Justiz
Nickname(s)	El Justiciero
Weight(s)	Heavyweight
Height	6 ft 3+1⁄2 in (192 cm)
Reach	79 in (201 cm)
Nationality	Cuban
Born	24 November 1992 (age 29); Camagüey, Cuba
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	6
Wins	6
Wins by KO	3
Losses	0
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing Cuba
Pan American Games
Youth Olympics
Youth World Championships

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]

Amateur career[]

Olympic result[]

Rio 2016

Round of 16: Defeated Guido Vianello (Italy) 3–0
Quarter-finals: Defeated by 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.^[4]

Professional boxing record[]

Professional record summary
6 fights	6 wins	0 losses
By knockout	3	0
By decision	3	0

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
6	Win	6–0	Geovany Bruzon	UD	8	1 Jan 2022	Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida, US
5	Win	5–0	Dumar Carrascal	KO	1 (11), 1:51	26 Jun 2021	Discoteca Kilymandiaro, Puerto Colombia, Colombia	Retained WBA Fedelatin heavyweight title
4	Win	4–0	Jorge Alejandro Arias	KO	2 (10)	11 Dec 2020	Estadio Mary Terán de Weiss, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Won vacant WBA Fedelatin heavyweight title
3	Win	3–0	Pavel Doroshilov	MD	6	21 Sep 2019	Sporthalle, Zinnowitz, Germany
2	Win	2–0	Artur Kubiak	UD	6	15 Jun 2019	Sport- und Kongresshalle, Schwerin, Germany
1	Win	1–0	Maksym Pedyura	TKO	1 (6), 1:59	25 May 2019	OSZ Sporthalle, Wittenberge, Germany

References[]

^ "LEINIER PERO – 91+ KG". aiba.org. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
^ "Cuban boxer dedicates win to Castro on 90th birthday". reuters.com. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
^ Bio at AIBA
^ "Euro News: Tony Yoka, Tyrone Spong, Davis vs. Martin, More". boxingscene.com. Retrieved 15 September 2020.

External links[]

Boxing record for Lenier Pero from BoxRec
Leinier Pero at AIBA
Leinier Peró at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Leinier Eunice Pero at Olympics.com
Junior World Championships 2010

Sporting positions
Regional boxing titles
Vacant Title last held by Guillermo Jones	WBA Fedelatin heavyweight champion 11 December 2020 – present	Incumbent

[1] "LEINIER PERO – 91+ KG". aiba.org. Retrieved 15 September 2020.

[2] "Cuban boxer dedicates win to Castro on 90th birthday". reuters.com. Retrieved 15 September 2020.

[3] Bio at AIBA

[4] "Euro News: Tony Yoka, Tyrone Spong, Davis vs. Martin, More". boxingscene.com. Retrieved 15 September 2020.

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v t Pan American Champions in Boxing – Men's Super Heavyweight
+91 kg (1983–)
1983: Jorge Luis González (CUB) 1987: Jorge Luis González (CUB) 1991: Roberto Balado (CUB) 1995: (CUB) 1999: Alexis Rubalcaba (CUB) 2003: Jason Estrada (USA) 2007: Robert Alfonso (CUB) 2011: Ítalo Perea (ECU) 2015: Lenier Peró (CUB) 2019: Dainier Peró (CUB)