Perez vs Salam

Who won Perez vs Salam?

Mike Perez beat Tony Salam by technical knockout in the 3rd round on Friday 13th August 2021 at Hotel Atlantis The Palm in 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 loses and 1 draw, 15 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

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

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

Mike Perez was the older man by 38 years, at 36 years old.

Perez had a height advantage of 1 inch over Salam.

Both Mike Perez & 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, 149 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 30th September 2017 by unanimous decision in their WBC World Cruiserweight championship fight at Arena Riga, Riga, Latvia.

Previous to that, he had won against Viktor Biscak on 10th June 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 22nd May 2015 by technical knockout in the 1st round at Luzhniki, Moscow, Russia.

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

He had lost to Bryant Jennings on 26th July 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, meaning he had been fighting on average 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 Fite.tv PPV UK in the UK, while the fight was broadcast in the United States by Fite.tv PPV US.

What were the odds on Perez vs Salam?

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