Cuban boxer Dainier Peró Justiz, considered the best heavyweight boxer of the national team, the Domadores, left the island and arrived in the United States this Friday. He was received by his brother, also a boxer Leinier Peró.
The decision to leave the island was made by Peró Justiz after his defeat at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 at the hands of the American Richard Torrez Jr., who snatched the bronze medal from him. At that time, the middle Full Swing He assured that “the two-time Cuban king of +91 kilograms asked to be removed from the national team to try to emigrate.”
Since that year, the 23-year-old made several attempts to leave Cuba by boat, but all had failed so far. His brother Leinier did not specify how the boxer had arrived in the United States this Friday, but commented on his social networks that “a new path” would open, after “a week of tension.”
His brother Leinier did not specify how the boxer had arrived in the US this Friday, but he commented on his social networks that “a new path” would be opened.
The sports history of Peró Justiz, born in Camagüey, is impeccable: world champion in the Cadet (2015) and Youth (2016) categories, with experience in the Pan American and Olympic Games. Although he is still recovering from the trip, the boxer has already signed an agreement with manager Jesse Rodríguez, who also represents Cuban Yuriorkis Rodríguez, four times world champion in three different divisions, and juniors Yoelvis Gómez and Ariel Pérez de la Torre, Also from the Island.
Rodríguez’s plan is to “put him to fight as soon as possible” and take advantage of the “amateur experience” with which he arrives, but first he requires “making certain adjustments that allow him to succeed”, the manager said to the diary The New Herald.
According to the specialists, Peró Justiz has qualities to stand out in the US professional championships. “He has a boxing where his fundamental weapon is the speed of his hands and legs, something that is rarely seen in super heavyweights. With an elusive style , although he is capable of throwing forceful blows”, he pointed Rebel Radio before the athlete traveled to Tokyo in 2020.
In 2018, Dainier Peró Justiz was chosen the best athlete of November in Camagüey, for his “outstanding performance” in the V National Boxing Series.
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