Michael Angelo "The Artist" Perez defeated the dangerous Jose Hernandez in an action packed eight round fight at “Sammy” Rodríguez Coliseum in Aguas Buenas Puerto Rico. Perez's superior foot and hand speed proved to be the deciding factor as the twenty year old Newark earned the eleventh victory of his pro career.
Even though he gave up three inches of height and two inches of reach to the 6'0 Hernandez, Perez was able to control the action from the outside, darting in behind precise lead left hooks. The Mexican-American Hernandez actually got the better of the in-close exchanges, but he absorbed a hard combination each time the shorter Perez was allowed close the distance.
Hernandez did land good number of power punches, and even reeled off about twenty unanswered shots in the third. However, Perez displayed a great deal of resilience as he came back and eventually stumbled Hernandez with a beautiful left hook in the fifth. Perez then showed the patience of a veteran fighter as he picked his shots and saved something for the later rounds.
In the end the scores were 78-74 and 77-75 for Perez, while the third judge had it 78-74 for Hernandez.
Perez is now 11-0-1, 5KO, while Hernandez drops to 10-4, 4KO.
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