{"id":63854,"date":"2025-08-12T11:34:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T11:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/63854\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T11:34:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T11:34:13","slug":"wba-3-heavyweight-lenier-pero-to-take-on-world-title-contender-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/63854\/","title":{"rendered":"WBA #3 heavyweight Lenier Pero to take on world title contender next"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cuban amateur sensation Lenier “El Justiciero” Pero will take on British boxer Jordan Thompson at Caribe Royale in Orlando on Saturday November 1, live worldwide on DAZN<\/a> \u2013 as Team USA Olympic hero Omari Jones returns to action on home turf.<\/p>\n

Pero (12-0 8 KOs) moved to 12-0 recently in April at the same Florida venue, going the 10-round distance with Detrailious Webster to claim the WBA Continental Latin America title in the first fight of his co-promotional deal with Matchroom and BoxLab Promotions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The southpaw is closing in on the big fights at Heavyweight, sitting at #3 in the WBA rankings, and the 32 year old will be out to underline his credentials against Briton Thompson<\/a> (15-1 12 KOs), who makes his debut over 10-rounds at Heavyweight having moved up from Cruiserweight after challenging IBF World ruler Jai Opetaia in his last outing in London in September 2023.<\/p>\n

Lenier Pero commented:\u00a0\u201cEvery fight is a step toward greatness, and November 1 is no different. I respect Jordan Thompson, but this is my time. In front of the fans in Orlando and everyone watching on DAZN<\/a>, I\u2019m going to show why I\u2019m undefeated\u2014and why I\u2019m destined to become the first Cuban Heavyweight Champion of the World.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jordan Thompson expressed his gratitude:\u00a0\u201cI feel very blessed to be back with another huge opportunity headlining a Matchroom boxing show again. I\u2019m very grateful for the opportunity and you are going to see my best as a Heavyweight. I\u2019ll be ready for whatever the night and occasion brings, and I want to thank Frank Smith and the Matchroom team for putting it together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eddie Hearn added:\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s great to be back in Orlando for our third show at the brilliant Caribe Royale. The Heavyweight division is evolving rapidly, and Lenier is well placed to stake his claim for the big fights in the glamour division, but Jordan can put pay to those plans as he makes his bow in the division.<\/p>\n

\u201cOmari has had an outstanding start to life in the professional game, taking everything in his stride both in and out of the ring, and he can finish a great year in style at home in November.\u201d<\/p>\n

Omari Jones<\/p>\n

Jones (3-0 3 KOs) steps through the ropes for the fourth time as a pro, and the Paris Bronze medal man has impressed greatly in the paid ranks to date, winning all three of his bouts inside the distance.<\/p>\n

The 22 year old returns to the hometown venue that he made his pro debut in back in March, and he\u2019ll be looking to make it four wins from four over six rounds in November, just six days before his 23rd birthday.<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cIt\u2019s time to put on a great performance and put the city on my back \u2013 again!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cuban amateur sensation Lenier “El Justiciero” Pero will take on British boxer Jordan Thompson at Caribe Royale in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63855,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-63854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}