The 28-year-old Mexican junior middleweight contender scored an upset with a split-decision victory over Charles Conwell on Saturday at Frontwave Arena in Oceanside, California.
After 12 rounds, two judges had the fight 115-113 for Garcia Perez, with the third scoring it 115-113 for Conwell.
“We did a great camp,” Garcia Perez said through an interpreter after the fight. “Every fight I feel that every fight we get better and better.”
Garcia Perez (33-4, 26 KOs) extended his winning streak to eight fights. Conwell (21-1, 16 KOs) had won eight of his past 10 fights by stoppage.
With a victory, Conwell was expected to challenge WBC and WBO junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora.
Now, Garcia Perez, who is ranked No. 3 by the WBO and No. 12 by the WBC, said he would love the opportunity to fight for his first world title, saying that Fundora is “welcome” to be his next opponent.
“If it’s the other champion from the IBF,” Garcia Perez said, referring to Bakhram Murtazaliev, “he’s welcome here, too.”
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After 12 rounds, two judges had the fight 115-113 for Garcia Perez, with the third scoring it 115-113 for Conwell.
