The Klitschko brothers once dominated the heavyweight division, but today, Cuba's Lenier (11-0, 8 KOs) and Deinier (10-0, 8 KOs) Pero are trying to replicate their path. Lenier, a Rio 2016 Olympic quarterfinalist who previously competed for PBC, signed with Eddie Hearn last week.
Lanier has quite a few valuable scalps in his Olympic career, including Guido Vianello, Frank Sanchez and Erislandy Savona. Among the pros, he has yet to make it to the big leagues of the featherweight division, but Matchroom Group in conjunction with Boxlab Promotions will now handle his affairs. Last February, Lenier defeated then undefeated Viktor Vykhrist early in the eighth round.
"I'm very happy and I believe that together we will take my career to the next level. It's time," believes the undefeated Perot, already ranked fourth in the WBA rankings.
"We welcome Lanier to our team. Things are going very well at heavyweight and Lenier has what it takes to become a top class fighter," Hearn said last month.
The Cuban will fight his first fight under this partnership on April 18 in Orlando. His opponent will be Detreylos Webster (9-4, 5 KOs).
The slightly taller and younger Deinier, a quarterfinalist at the Tokyo Games, will fight his next one also in Orlando, but a little later, on May 9. There he will meet Cesar Navarro (13-2, 11 KOs). The fight is scheduled for ten rounds and will be broadcast on the DAZN platform.
The 25-year-old Deinier is the 2016 World Youth Champion at 91 kg and a gold medalist at the 2019 Pan American Games. In his bid for an Olympic medal, he lost by split decision of the judges to another pro prospect Richard Torres.
