After 13 months of inactivity, 31-year-old former two-time IBF world champion, Luis Perez, will return to the ring against Sergio Gomez on Saturday night in both fighters' native Managua, Nicaragua,.Coming off of two straight losses and boasting a record of 25-3 with 16 knockouts, Perez will see action for the first time against Gomez (13-5, nine KOs) since Sept. 18.
In his last bout, Perez was unsuccessful in his bid to become a titlist in a third weight class when he lost a 12-round, WBA, super bantamweight (122 pounds) unanimous decision to Panamanian Ricardo Cordoba.
Perez-Gomez will be the main event of a 13-bout fight card set up by Nicaraguan promotional company PRODESA in posthumous honor of former world champion and Hall of Famer, Alexis Arguello.
The all-Nicaraguan card will also feature superbantamweight Alvaro Perez (18-1-1, 12 KOs) against Jose Antonio Elizabeth (12-3, five), super flyweight (115) Evert Briceno (30-5-1, 25 KOs) against Ernesto Castro (10-9-2, eight KOs), and flyweight (108) Yader Escobar (20-2, 14 KOs) opposite Marlon Chavarria (8-5-1, four KOs).
The highly-regarded Escobar already is in a weight class featuring two Nicaraguan world champions in that same weight class with WBA titlist Roman Gonzalez (24-0, 20 KOs) and interim WBC king Juan Palacios (26-2, 21 KOs).
The fight card will be transmitted free of cost thru the internet at the following address: www.prodesa.com.ni. The web cast is scheduled to start at 6:00 PM Nicaraguan time. For more details please check out the web page under the section denominated PRODESA TV. Transmision will be both in English and in Spanish.
