MAP is back in the win column in 2015, and 2-0 since the calendar turned over after suffering a two-year drought going 0-3-1 against James DeGale, J'Leon Love, Badou Jack and Sakio Bika. Granted, both of the large super middleweights victories in the new year have come over career welterweights, but still... His confidence is surely up at least, which is probably the point of this matchmaking. He experienced a run of tough luck, arguably robbed against Bika and Jack in a majority decision loss and majority draw respectively, and knocking down Love but gassing and losing and UD. The stoppage loss to DeGale was just salt on the wounds, as he was never in that contest and with it seemed on his way to becoming a gatekeeper...just a high volume guy with a good chin and middling power who never could manage to beat anybody worth a damn. Tonight, on Sabados De Box on Televisa, he knocked out Carlos Adan Jerez, who actually has fought mostly at 140lbs but did jump up four divisions to 168 in February and was 2-0 at the weight heading in today. Smaller man or no, the very tough Argentinian has only been stopped thrice before in 63 bouts, having lost on points to Lucas Matthysse, Canelo Alvarez, John Jackson, Max Bursak, Anthony Mundine, Sher Husanov, and Leonard Bundu. Peribán immediately called out Julio Cesar Chávez Jr.
Agreed, he is catching him at the perfect time. Chávez is still a name but very much in decline and probably rattled mentally after the Fonfara experience. With their chins and work rate, Ay Dios Mio, what a fight... :scaredas:
Here's a preview of Periban Vs Chavez only 12 rounds instead of 2 of this with the knockdowns.:deal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksm72KhHoes
Prior to Jerez, the last KO for Peribán was versus Sam Miller in March of 2013: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2efdhFwBEsg Crazy, that's back when Peribán had a spotless record and was considered by most to be a serious prospect (which continued to be the case, actually, through his first loss and draw in the remainder of the year, as he fought quite well against future champions Bika & Jack...it wasn't until he failed to finish the job on Love and later got thrashed by DeGale that people started to write MAP off)
Some did. I just chalked it up to a bad night @ the office. People are so quick to cannibalize prospects for such nights. :-Really silly. Granted, he did get briefly wobbled by Lester Gonzalez in his previous outing so for some I guess it was cumulative evidence painting a picture. He was early in his progression, however. Gonzalez caught him but he recovered and forced his man to quit. Sierra was a step up for Peribán then, and he struggled a bit, sure, but still walked away victorious. The fact that he fought Bika & Jack on such close terms (and could've stopped Love if he were a more polished finisher/had worked more on his stamina), however, indicated that he was every bit the prospect he was hailed as prior to Gonzalez/Sierra. The only person to ever make him look truly bad (like he didn't even belong in the ring with anyone on the outermost edge of the world class tier) was DeGale, who is coming into his own and has long been underrated while making very steady improvements since the Groves loss.
At one point, Periban was thought of as one of Mexicos top prospects The Bika/Badou bouts were very close coulda went either way He almost ktfo Love Periban is decent, him against Zurdo or Jr are good bouts
