Ismaikel Pérez - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Ismaikel "Mike" Pérez Pérez (b. 1986 in Sancti Spíritus

Sancti Spíritus

Sancti Spíritus is a municipality and capital city of the province of Sancti Spíritus in central Cuba. Sancti Spíritus, Latin for "Holy Spirit," is one of the best preserved cities in the Caribbean from the time of the sugar trade.-History:...

, Cuba) is a Cuban professional boxer best known to win the World Junior Amateur Championships at light heavyweight

Light heavyweight

In boxing, the light heavyweight is a weight division above 168 pounds [12 Stone or 76.204 kilograms] and up to 175 pounds [12.5 stone or 79.38 kilograms]), falling between super middleweight and cruiserweight...

in Jeju in 2004. Perez also, won the International Prizefighter tournament. He is currently going through the process of obtaining Irish citizenship.

Amateur career

In 2004 at the Junior Championships the Southpaw beat Englishman Danny Price in the semifinals and Russian

Russians

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Nikolay Pavlyukov 38:16 in the final.

He later lost to compatriot Yoan Pablo Hernandez

Yoan Pablo Hernández

Yoan Pablo Hernández Suárez is a Cuban professional boxer. Hernández has been featured in the top 10 rankings of Ring Magazine at Cruiserweight. He is the current IBF Cruiserweight Champion.-Amateur career:...

and Yusiel Napoles

Yusiel Napoles

Yusiel Nápoles Marcillan is a Cuban amateur boxer best known to win the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games at light heavyweight...

at 178lbs but beat Kenneth Egan

Kenneth Egan

Kenneth "Kenny" Egan is an amateur boxer from Clondalkin, Dublin best known for winning a Silver Medal in the final of the 81 kg, Light-Heavyweight boxing final at the 2008 Olympics...

and Constantin Bejeranu.

He went up to 201lbs but had problems with the world class domestic competition like 2006 champion Luis Ortiz who beat him in 2006 (he returned the favor in 2007) and especially by Osmay Acosta

Osmay Acosta

Osmay Acosta Méndez Duarte is a Cuban amateur boxer best known to win the 2007 PanAm Games at Heavyweight with 201 lbs limit....

who beat him 2007 in the National Final.

Professional

He, along with Alexei Acosta and Luis Garcia

Luis Garcia (boxer)

Luis Enrique Garcia Campoalegre is a Cuban professional boxer who competes in the Super Middleweight division...

defected to Ireland in 2007.

In 2008, he turned professional in Cork

Cork (city)

Cork is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the island of Ireland's third most populous city. It is the principal city and administrative centre of County Cork and the largest city in the province of Munster. Cork has a population of 119,418, while the addition of the suburban...

under Cuban coach Nicholas Cruz (Hernández) who came to Ireland in 1988. He calls himself Mike "The Rebel" Perez.

Perez has a professional record of 17 fights and 17 wins including 12 knock-outs.

On 7 May 2011, Perez won the International Prizefighter tournament, beating Kertson Manswell

Kertson Manswell

Kertson Manswell is a heavyweight boxer from Trinidad and Tobago.-Amateur:At the 2002 Commonwealth Games, Manswell won the silver medal, losing the gold to Canadian Jason Douglas. Manswell again won silver at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games, losing final to Victor Bisbal...

and American Tye Fields

Tye Fields

Tye "Big Sky" Fields is an American heavyweight boxer.-Career:Tye Fields grew up in Beaverton, Oregon. Fields played college basketball and was a starter at forward for San Diego State University. Fields never was an amateur...

in the final to take home a £

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32,000 prize. After the fight, Perez stated the victory would earn him a world title shot in the near future.

He then foguht and won against American

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journeyman Zack Page in a remacth on November 9, 2011, in York Hall

York Hall

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, Bethnal Green

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, London

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Professional boxing record

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Tye Fields

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Gregory Tony

Gregory Tony is a French super heavyweight kickboxer and professional boxer fighting out of Saint-Raphael, Var. He is three time French kickboxing champion, three time French muaythai champion, one time French boxing champion, two time European kickboxing champion, one time Intercontinental...

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Kertson Manswell

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Ismail Abdoul
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Pavel Dolgovs
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Jason Barnett

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Tomas Mrazek
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Edgars Kalnars
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Harry Duiven Jr
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Luis Oscar Ricail
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Claudemir Dias
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Tomasz Zeprzalka
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Sandor Balogh
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