November first, headlining a DAZN card at Caribe Royale Orlando. Ten round scheduled at heavyweight. Thompson is the former IBF European champion at cruiserweight, and one time world title challenger (taking his only pro loss to date against Jai Opetaia). This will his first action since then - having sat on the shelf for two years and two months. The undefeated Cuban southpaw and former amateur star made his professional debut in 2019 and has gone 12-0 (8) but other than Viktor Viktorovich Vykhryst (aka Viktor Faust) hasn't really fought anybody worth mentioning. Completely disparate amateur experience: the Mancunian with none, while the Camagüeyense had hundreds of bouts. 1½″ height advantage for the Brit.
The Pero brothers..... A lot of Cuban pros tend to be hype jobs but we'll see, I'd guess Pero has too much in his locker for Thompson.
