Mike Perez narrowly avoided the first defeat of his career after a lacklustre performance that his trainer labelled as “unfocused”.

It’s difficult to assess the survivor guilt that will accompany Mike “The Rebel” Perez back into the ring this weekend.

Cork-based Cuban heavyweight Mike ‘The Rebel’ Perez secured a major scalp on Saturday night when overcoming the previously undefeated Russian Magomed Abdusalamov at Madison Square Garden.