As soon as Alex Perez heard that Ray Borg was out of his November 10 bout with Joseph Benavidez due to injury, he wanted in.
Wait a second. He wanted to fight Benavidez, the number three flyweight in the world, that Saturday?
“Yeah, why not,” he said. “It’s my job to fight.”
That’s the kind of attitude that separates the men from the boys in this sport, and while Perez didn’t get that fight in Denver, he will get Benavidez this Friday in Las Vegas.