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Mike Perry lays out his next career plans.
Welterweight Mike Perry proved a lot of doubters wrong on Saturday night with his unanimous decision win over Mickey Gall. As he now moves forward in his career with Latory Gonzalez being the lone person in his corner during fights, he also has other plans outside of the 170-pound division.
ESPN’s Brett Okamoto asked Perry during a post-fight interview if he would consider training with the Diaz brothers in California because they share a “similar philosophy.” Perry says he is open to working with others, but for a different motive.
“I kind of want to work with Yoel Romero,” he said. “I want to get some beef inside of myself to feel that 185-pound weight class. I want to learn how to fight one of the best guys there so that I could fight a middleweight Englishman. You know what I’m saying, you know who I’m taking about.
“I want to fight that guy, he doesn’t deserve to have his name come out of my mouth. He’s a despicable person.”
The 28-year-old Perry is likely talking about Darren Till, who apparently has enough time in his hands to build a website for trolling purposes. “Platinum” took it personal then, and it looks like that hasn’t changed.
The win over Gall breaks Perry’s two-fight skid, as he improves to a record of 14-6 (with 11 wins by knockout).