Perez vs Salam

Who won Perez vs Salam?

Mike Perez beat Tony Salam by technical knockout in the 3rd round on Friday, August 13th, 2021, at Hotel Atlantis The Palm, Dubai.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Cruiserweight division, which meant the weight limit was 200 pounds (14.3 stone or 90.7 kg).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Austin Trout beating Alejandro Davila. Also on the undercard Anthony Sims Jr beat Hernan David Perez.

Perez vs Salam stats

Back in August 2021, Mike Perez stepped into the ring with a record of 24 wins, 3 losses, and 1 draw, 15 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Tony Salam made his way to the ring with a record of 14 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, with 9 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Salam had a slight advantage in power over Perez, with a 64% knockout percentage compared to Perez's 63%.

Mike Perez was the older man by 39 years, at 36 years old.

Perez had a height advantage of 1 inch over Salam.

Both Mike Perez and Tony Salam fought out of a southpaw stance.

Perez was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 12 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 1 year and 2 months later than Salam, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 80 more professional rounds, totaling 149 compared to Salam's 69.

Perez vs Salam form

Mike Perez had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Mairis Briedis on September 30, 2017, by unanimous decision in their WBC World Cruiserweight championship fight at Arena Riga, Riga, Latvia.

Prior to that, he had won against Viktor Biscak on June 10, 2017, by knockout in the 1st round at Odyssey Arena, Belfast, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Alexander Povetkin on May 22, 2015, by technical knockout in the 1st round at Luzhniki, Moscow, Russia.

Before that, he had beaten Darnell Wilson on February 5, 2015, by technical knockout in the 2nd round at The Hangar, Costa Mesa, United States.

He had lost to Bryant Jennings on July 26, 2014, by split decision in their 12 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York.

Activity check

Perez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years and 18 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 1 year, 4 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 28 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5.6 rounds on average.

What time did Perez vs Salam start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 7:00 PM UTC at Hotel Atlantis The Palm, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, which was 3:00 PM EST or 12:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 8:00 PM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Perez vs Salam?

Perez vs Salam was broadcast on TrillerTV PPV in both the United States and the UK.

What were the odds on Perez vs Salam?

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