# 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. Dainier Peró, also a southpaw who won the Pan Am Games super heavyweight title and unsuccessfully competed at the Olympics, is his younger brother.

## 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.
After amassing a 3–0 record throughout the rest of 2019, Pero faced Jorge Alejandro Arias for the vacant WBA Fedelatin heavyweight title on 11 December 2020. He won the fight by a second-round knockout. Pero 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.
Pero faced Geovany Bruzon on 1 January 2022, on the undercard of the Luis Ortiz and 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. Pero 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. Pero 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 Feb 12, 2023 he pulled an upset over a previously professionally unbeaten two-time Amateur World Champion Victor Vykhryst with continuous body shots that broke the latter by the 8th round.

## Professional boxing record

| 9 fights | 9 wins | 0 losses |
| By knockout | 6 | 0 |
| By decision | 3 | 0 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Victor Vykhryst | TKO | 8 (10), 2:28 | 12 Feb 2023 | Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas, U.S. | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Joel Caudle | KO | 1 (8), 2:29 | 20 Aug 2022 | Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, Florida, U.S. | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Hector Perez | TKO | 3 (8), 2:04 | 7 May 2022 | Hialeah Park Racing & Casino, Hialeah, Florida, U.S. | Retained WBA Fedelatin heavyweight title |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Geovany Bruzon | UD | 8 | 1 Jan 2022 | Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida, U.S. | |
| 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 | |