Lenier Pero


Lenier Eunice Peró Justiz 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
Pan American Games results
2011 Guadalajara
2015 Toronto
  • Quarter-finals: Defeated Kieshno Major 3–0
  • Semi-finals: Defeated Cam Awesome 2–1
  • Final: Defeated Edgar Muñoz 2–1
Youth Olympics results
2010 Singapore
  • Preliminaries: Defeated Joshua Temple RSC
  • Semi-finals: Defeated Umit Can Patir 6–0
  • Final: Defeated Fabio Turchi 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 8th round.
Peró is scheduled to face Jordan Thompson in Orlando, Florida, on November 1, 2025.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
13Win13–0Jordan ThompsonUD101 Nov 2025Caribe Royale Orlando, Orlando, Florida, USA
12Win12–0Detrailous WebsterUD1018 Apr 2025Caribe Royale Orlando, Orlando, Florida, U.S.
11Win11–0Donnie PalmerTKO1, 2:4222 Mar 2024Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, Florida, U.S.
10Win10–0Guillermo Ruben AndinoTKO1, 2:2329 Sep 2023Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, Florida, U.S.
9Win9–0Victor VykhrystTKO8, 2:2812 Feb 2023Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.Retained WBA Fedelatin heavyweight title
8Win8–0Joel CaudleKO1, 2:2920 Aug 2022Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, Florida, U.S.
7Win7–0Hector PerezTKO3, 2:047 May 2022Hialeah Park Racing & Casino, Hialeah, Florida, U.S.Retained WBA Fedelatin heavyweight title
6Win6–0Geovany BruzonUD81 Jan 2022Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida, U.S.
5Win5–0Dumar CarrascalKO1, 1:5126 Jun 2021Discoteca Kilymandiaro, Puerto Colombia, ColombiaRetained WBA Fedelatin heavyweight title
4Win4–0Jorge Alejandro Arias2 11 Dec 2020Estadio Mary Terán de Weiss, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaWon vacant WBA Fedelatin heavyweight title
3Win3–0Pavel Doroshilov621 Sep 2019Sporthalle, Zinnowitz, Germany
2Win2–0Artur Kubiak615 Jun 2019Sport- und Kongresshalle, Schwerin, Germany
1Win1–0Maksym Pedyura1, 1:5925 May 2019OSZ Sporthalle, Wittenberge, Germany