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	'''Ismaikel "Mike" Pérez Pérez''' (b. 1985 in ], Cuba) is a Cuban professional boxer best known to win the World Junior Amateur Championships at ] in Jeju in 2004.<ref name="Ismail Abdoul">{{cite web \| first=Ashley Jarno \|last=Ball \| title=Groans as Perez ambles to boring victory in Doncaster \| work=Boxing-Ireland.com \| url=http://boxing-ireland.com/20110305_mike_perez_abdoul_61.html \| date=2010-05-03\|accessdate=2010-07-03}}</ref> Perez also, won the International Prizefighter tournament. He is currently going through the process of obtaining Irish citizenship.		'''Ismaikel "Mike" Pérez Pérez''' (b. 1985 in ], Cuba) is a ]-] professional boxer best known to win the World Junior Amateur Championships at ] in Jeju in 2004.<ref name="Ismail Abdoul">{{cite web \| first=Ashley Jarno \|last=Ball \| title=Groans as Perez ambles to boring victory in Doncaster \| work=Boxing-Ireland.com \| url=http://boxing-ireland.com/20110305_mike_perez_abdoul_61.html \| date=2010-05-03\|accessdate=2010-07-03}}</ref> Perez also, won the International Prizefighter tournament. He is currently going through the process of obtaining Irish citizenship.

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Mike Perez
Born	Ismaikel Pérez Pérez (1985-10-20) 20 October 1985 (age 39) Sancti Spíritus, Cuba
Nationality	Cuban-Irish
Other names	The Rebel Irish
Statistics
Weight(s)	Heavyweight
Stance	Southpaw

Boxing record
Total fights	20
Wins	20
Wins by KO	12
Losses	0
Draws	0
No contests	0

Ismaikel "Mike" Pérez Pérez (b. 1985 in Sancti Spíritus, Cuba) is a Cuban-Irish professional boxer best known to win the World Junior Amateur Championships at light heavyweight 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 Nikolay Pavlyukov 38:16 in the final.

He later lost to compatriot Yoan Pablo Hernandez and Yusiel Napoles at 178 lbs but beat Kenneth Egan and Constantin Bejeranu.

He went up to 201 lbs 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 who beat him 2007 in the National Final.

Professional

He, along with Alexei Acosta and Luis Garcia defected to Ireland in 2007.

In 2008, he turned professional in Cork 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 19 fights and 19 wins including 12 knock-outs.

On 7 May 2011, Perez won the International Prizefighter tournament, beating Kertson Manswell and American Tye Fields in the final to take home a £32,000 prize. After the fight, Perez stated the victory would earn him a world title shot in the near future.

He then fought and won against American journeyman Zack Page in a rematch on November 9, 2011, in York Hall, Bethnal Green, London.

Perez made his United States debut on 30 December 2011, against the Nigerian heavyweight boxer Friday Ahunanya. The location for the fight was Morongo Casino, Resort & Spa, Cabazon, California. Perez won a unanimous decision, by winning all of the rounds, on the judges' scorecards. He did not fight in 2012. He returned to the ring in 2013, on the undercard of Wladimir Klitschko vs. Francesco Pianeta. He meet Travis Walker. He won a 10 round decision. On November 2nd he will make his HBO debut. He will fight against undefeated Russian Magomed Abdusalomov at Madison Square Garden.

Professional boxing record

20 Wins (12 knockouts, 8 decisions), 0 Losses, 0 Draws
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Rd., Time	Date	Location	Notes

Win	20–0	Magomed Abdusalamov	UD	10	2013-11-02	Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York
Win	19–0	Travis Walker	UD	10	2013-05-04	SAP Arena, Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg
Win	18–0	Friday Ahunanya	UD	10	2011-12-30	Morongo Casino, Resort & Spa, Cabazon, California
Win	17–0	Zack Page	PTS	8	2011-11-09	York Hall, London, Greater London	Rematch.
Win	16–0	Tye Fields	TKO	1 (3), 0:42	2011-05-07	Alexandra Palace, London, Greater London	Won Prizefighter Tournament final.
Win	15–0	Gregory Tony	TKO	1 (3), 0:54	2011-05-07	Alexandra Palace, London, Greater London	Won Prizefighter Tournament semi-final.
Win	14–0	Kertson Manswell	UD	3	2011-05-07	Alexandra Palace, London, Greater London	Won Prizefighter Tournament quarter-final.
Win	13–0	Ismail Abdoul	PTS	8	2011-03-04	Doncaster Dome, Doncaster, Yorkshire and the Humber
Win	12–0	Pavel Dolgovs	TKO	1 (6), 1:41	2010-11-06	University Arena, Limerick, Munster
Win	11–0	Jason Barnett	KO	1 (8), 2:40	2010-06-26	Neptune Sports Arena, Cork, Munster
Win	10–0	Tomas Mrazek	TKO	3 (4), 1:48	2010-05-15	University Arena, Limerick, Munster
Win	9–0	Edgars Kalnars	TKO	1 (4), 0:48	2010-05-15	University Arena, Limerick, Munster	Perez boxed twice on the same show.
Win	8–0	Zack Page	PTS	8	2009-02-28	Lightfoot Centre, Newcastle, North East England
Win	7–0	Harry Duiven Jr	KO	2 (6), 0:22	2009-01-17	Silver Springs Moran Hotel, Cork, Munster
Win	6–0	Luis Oscar Ricail	TKO	1 (6), 1:24	2008-10-26	Gleneagle Hotel, Killarney, Munster
Win	5–0	Claudemir Dias	KO	1 (8), 0:22	2008-09-13	Neptune Sports Arena, Cork, Munster
Win	4–0	Howard Daley	TKO	1 (4), 1:27	2008-04-12	Breaffy House Resort, Castlebar, Connacht
Win	3–0	Tomasz Zeprzalka	PTS	6	2008-03-22	National Boxing Stadium, Dublin, Leinster
Win	2–0	Sandor Balogh	TKO	1 (4), 0:41	2008-02-02	University Arena, Limerick, Munster
Win	1–0	Jevgenijs Stamburskis	TKO	1 (4), 1:35	2008-01-26	Neptune Sports Arena, Cork, Munster	Mike Perez's professional debut.