No excuses for tough reversal, says Perez

Boxing: Mike ‘The Rebel’ Perez wasn’t making any excuses for his defeat in New York on Saturday night.

But a moment of madness in the 12th round against Bryant Jennings ultimately cost the Cork Cuban a long awaited shot at the world heavyweight title when he was deducted a point for lashing out after the referee got in between the fighters.

Although Perez was adamant after that he won what was a scrappy encounter, it’s fair to say that Jennings shaded this heavyweight eliminator and looked the sharper in the closing rounds after the Cuban dominated the first half of the fight.