Pero vs Faust FULL FIGHT: February 11, 2023 | PBC on SHOWTIME

Trailing on two of the judges’ scorecards, Cuban heavyweight Lenier Peró stunned Ukraine’s Viktor Faust with a hard right to the body followed with a left hand that rendered Faust defenseless and out on his feet in the eighth round. Peró pounced on Faust and landed several more unanswered punches, causing referee Rafael Ramos to stop the heavyweight contest at 2:28 of the eighth round of the scheduled 10-round bout to hand Faust the first loss of his career as Peró remained undefeated.

It was a stunning turn of events, as Faust was controlling the action with his long jab and hard, thudding right hands until the final moments. Faust, who out-landed his opponent 389-183 in total punches, according to CompuBox, hurt Peró with a sweeping counter left to end the third round that stunned Peró and caused him to do a little dance in the corner with his legs, before he was saved by the bell.

While he was absorbing the heavier shots, Peró remained committed to Faust’s body, landing 51 body shots throughout the bout, even as he fought off his back foot and Faust continuously advanced toward him.

It all came to a head in the eighth round when Peró caught Faust with a right to the body and left to the head that hurt him so badly he stopped fighting and turned his back on his opponent.

“After the 6th round, I had pain in my ribs, but I decided to continue the fight,” said Faust. “The pain increased and did not allow me to compete to my full potential.

“I understood that during the bout I was winning and controlling the fight, but after missing a punch in the 8th round, the pain was so unbearable that I could no longer move. As a result, I won on points, but the injury gave the victory to my opponent!”

Peró, who has faced Oleksander Usyk and has multiple victories over countryman Frank Sanchez in the amateurs, finished off Faust to improve to 9-0 with 5 KOs as Faust dropped to 11-1 with 7 KOs. Faust has now lost to both Peró brothers as Faust was also defeated by his younger brother Dainier in the amateurs.

“It was a very difficult fight,” Peró said in the ring afterward. “He’s a great fighter, so I started to build up momentum and started to hit him and then we finally came ahead in the final round. Since the first round, I was trying to find his liver, trying to go to his body. His punches weren’t that powerful, so I kept working and then found that final shot. This is pro boxing, and you can’t turn your back on anyone. You can’t turn your back, and I didn’t and I took advantage.

“I’m setting my sights on England, actually. Let’s see if the Brits would like to come fight Stateside. I would welcome them with open arms. I’m talking Tyson Fury, Dubois…bring them on!”

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[josechanorro]

Ambos boxeadores muy buenos. GOOD LUCK for boths

[TheUniversalBoxingEst.]

Viktor looks like he could be Lomachenkos Cousin 😄

[daviddelgado]

That was a most fortunate hit to the upper left ribs. Well done.

[AndreyTemryuk]

Как же я радовался поражению этого Выхриста. 😂😂😂

[ИгорьТихонов-ои]

Господи помилуй! Интересный поединок, рекомендую! С интригой! Спасибо!

[ronaldandrews]

Thats why Viktor was holding Peros head down.After a body shot was landed.Pero fights like a kick boxer.Flat footed, squared up.He needs to change a lot.

[bgforeman]

Andy Ruiz vs Pero would be great fight

[masonyang]

Faust need the coach training like romachecko hit harder

[ezzio]

Bob Santos as a trainer doesn't get the credit like other big name trainers, hes up there with Roach n Reynoso good adjustments nid fight from both Pero n Santos.

[vm]

Pero’s output hurts to watch but nevertheless very entertaining

[LesleyChastain]

Love boxing. Love fighting. Love wrestling. Love most sports. Long live WWE.

[djkulot]

we call this win "PAID"... hit me one clean shot then I'll pretend hurt...

[fermingarrick]

Faust need s a better trainer couch his combination needs more power.

[RoyPersonalChannel]

Faust a quitter? he fought like Andrew Golota

[Jokin]

Respect to both fighters but niether will go far in the fight game, imho.

[corensiusmanih]

Faust is a lazy boxer, otherwise its his game

[oneCubanlove]

Faust throw a lot of punches for a heavyweight but many of those are lazy or out of range, every time Pero used a faint and counter was hitting him on the face, both fighters are already 30 years old, too late to be great

[juanmartinezordonez]

Arbitro malisimo.cuando Pero lo puso mal y su rival casi dio la espalda el arbitro debio comenzar conteo de 8 segundos y no permitir qie lo siguiera golpeando y parar la pelea.

[katanasmith]

boring if theses are supposed to be the top heavyweights its sad

[thomasbolen]

He is supposed to give a 10 count! Totally Bull Shit stoppage