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lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American boxing referee (1931–2021)</div> <p><b>Anthony Perez</b> (1931 – December 14, 2021) was an American <a href="/wiki/Referee_(boxing)" title="Referee (boxing)">boxing referee</a> and <a href="/wiki/Boxing_judge" title="Boxing judge">judge</a> of Puerto Rican descent.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his career, he refereed many major boxing fights and participated in a number of boxing related documentaries. </p><p>Perez was active as a boxing referee during five decades; he oversaw fights between 1968 and 2005 and was both acclaimed and criticized among boxing's connoisseurs; he refereed 431 professional boxing fights, including many world title ones. Several of the matches he refereed involved world boxing champions and Hall of Fame members. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Perez_(referee)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Perez was born in <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Brooklyn, New York">Brooklyn, New York</a>, but lived in <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a> as a youth before returning to <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a>. He lived in <a href="/wiki/Barnegat_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Barnegat Township, New Jersey">Barnegat Township, New Jersey</a>. He was licensed to referee fights both in <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> and in <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>, but he refereed fights around the world. </p><p>Perez started boxing as an amateur while in the United States Army, according to <a href="/wiki/People_Magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="People Magazine">People Magazine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-people.com_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-people.com-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the Army's Caribbean area's Welterweight champion and then went to serve in <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>, where he obtained the Army's European command championship as well. </p><p>One night at a fight his mother attended, he got a cut on one of his eyes, leading her to ask him to give up boxing. Perez got married and had a son, he then worked odd jobs until finding work at a <a href="/wiki/Seagram%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="Seagram's">Seagram's</a> distillery as a salesman. It was then that he decided to return to boxing in the refereeing and judging capacities, but it took him several years to be assigned his first fight.<sup id="cite_ref-people.com_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-people.com-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_fights_refereed">Major fights refereed</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Perez_(referee)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Major fights refereed"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first bout that Perez was assigned was the one between <a href="/wiki/Buster_Mathis" title="Buster Mathis">Buster Mathis</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=James_J._Woody&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="James J. Woody (page does not exist)">James J. Woody</a>, which Mathis won by sixth-round technical knockout September 26, 1968, at the <a href="/wiki/Madison_Square_Garden" title="Madison Square Garden">Madison Square Garden</a> in New York.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On May 26, 1969, Perez was the referee for the <a href="/wiki/Dick_Tiger" title="Dick Tiger">Dick Tiger</a> versus <a href="/wiki/Nino_Benvenuti" title="Nino Benvenuti">Nino Benvenuti</a> ten round non-title affair at the Madison Square Garden. Tiger won the fight by ten round unanimous decision; Perez was both the referee and one of the three judges for this fight and he scored it for Tiger 7-2-1;<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> both Tiger and Benvenuti are now members of the <a href="/wiki/International_Boxing_Hall_of_Fame" title="International Boxing Hall of Fame">International Boxing Hall of Fame</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_world_title_bout">First world title bout</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Perez_(referee)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: First world title bout"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first world championship bout refereed by Perez was the <a href="/wiki/Joe_Frazier" title="Joe Frazier">Joe Frazier</a> versus <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Ellis_(boxer)" title="Jimmy Ellis (boxer)">Jimmy Ellis</a> main attraction on Monday, February 16, 1970. Ellis was the defending <a href="/wiki/World_Boxing_Association" title="World Boxing Association">World Boxing Association</a>'s world heavyweight champion with a record of 27 wins and 5 losses, 12 wins by knockout against Frazier, who was undefeated and untied in 24 bouts, with 20 knockout wins, and recognized (Frazier) as the world heavyweight champion in the American states of <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>, New York, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a>. This bout also took place at the Madison Square Garden. Frazier won the bout by fifth-round technical knockout after Ellis could not come out of his corner after the fourth round.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two weeks later, Perez was back in the ring to referee the bout between future world middleweight champion <a href="/wiki/Rodrigo_Valdez" title="Rodrigo Valdez">Rodrigo Valdez</a> of Colombia and ranked Puerto Rican Pete Toro, which Valdez lost by ten-round decision.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On October 26, 1970, Perez was the referee in the bout between the comebacking <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Ali" title="Muhammad Ali">Muhammad Ali</a>, who was making his <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Ali_vs._Jerry_Quarry" title="Muhammad Ali vs. Jerry Quarry">first fight</a> after a three-year exile forced by boxing authorities over his refusal to join the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> in 1967, and California's <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Quarry" title="Jerry Quarry">Jerry Quarry</a>, the first of two fights between those two boxers. The bout was held at the City Auditorium in <a href="/wiki/Atlanta,_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlanta, Georgia">Atlanta, Georgia</a>, and Ali won by third-round technical knockout.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Over the next three years, Perez oversaw 18 more fights, all in New York and most at the Madison Square Garden or the theater on the Garden's property, the Madison Square Garden's <a href="/wiki/Felt_Forum" class="mw-redirect" title="Felt Forum">Felt Forum</a>. Many of these bouts included world champions and top rated boxers such as <a href="/wiki/Angel_Espada" class="mw-redirect" title="Angel Espada">Angel Espada</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Harold_Weston_(boxer)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Harold Weston (boxer) (page does not exist)">Harold Weston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Enrique_Pinder" title="Enrique Pinder">Enrique Pinder</a>, <a href="/wiki/Davey_Vasquez" class="mw-redirect" title="Davey Vasquez">Davey Vasquez</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Cassidy" title="Bobby Cassidy">Bobby Cassidy</a>-<a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Bethea&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tom Bethea (page does not exist)">Tom Bethea</a> match, the Jerry Quarry versus <a href="/wiki/Randy_Neumann" title="Randy Neumann">Randy Neumann</a> fight, <a href="/wiki/Jorge_Ahumada" title="Jorge Ahumada">Jorge Ahumada</a> against <a href="/wiki/Ray_Anderson_(boxer)" title="Ray Anderson (boxer)">Ray Anderson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vito_Antuofermo" title="Vito Antuofermo">Vito Antuofermo</a> facing Danny McAloon. None of these were generally considered to be very important fights, however. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ali-Frazier_II">Ali-Frazier II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Perez_(referee)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Ali-Frazier II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Then, on January 28, 1974, Perez came to the international spotlight when he was chosen to referee <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Ali_vs._Joe_Frazier_II" title="Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier II">the Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier rematch</a>, pitting the two former world Heavyweight champions as they tried to return to the world title, in a match contested for the <a href="/wiki/North_American_Boxing_Federation" title="North American Boxing Federation">North American Boxing Federation</a>'s Heavyweight title. Frazier had 30 wins and one second-round knockout loss to <a href="/wiki/George_Foreman" title="George Foreman">George Foreman</a> (when he lost the world Heavyweight title) while Ali was 43–2, with 31 knockout wins, having lost to Frazier in <a href="/wiki/Fight_of_the_Century" title="Fight of the Century">their first bout</a> on March 8, 1971, and to <a href="/wiki/Ken_Norton" title="Ken Norton">Ken Norton</a>; he had avenged the loss to Norton and was now trying to avenge his loss to Frazier; at stake was a fight against Foreman for the world title. His handling of the bout was marred by an incident in the second round where Ali had hurt Frazier with 20 seconds to go in the second round and Perez stepped between them as he thought he had heard the bell sound. Ali went on to win by twelve round unanimous decision, but Frazier and his trainer <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Futch" title="Eddie Futch">Eddie Futch</a> were critical of Perez’s unwillingness to penalize Ali for repeatedly holding Frazier during the encounter.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shavers-Stallings">Shavers-Stallings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Perez_(referee)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Shavers-Stallings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On November 4, 1974, Perez was the referee for a bout that is widely considered by fans and experts as one of the biggest upsets of <a href="/wiki/Boxing_in_the_1970s" title="Boxing in the 1970s">boxing of that era</a> as <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Stallings&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bob Stallings (page does not exist)">Bob Stallings</a>, a 21 win, 24 loss, with only 4 knockout wins, trialhorse, beat 46 win, 3 loss, and 45 knockouts <a href="/wiki/Earnie_Shavers" title="Earnie Shavers">Earnie Shavers</a>, by a ten rounds decision, dropping top contender Shavers, renowned as one of the hardest punching boxers in the sport's history, in round nine. Perez, who was also one of the three official judges for the bout, scored it 6–4 in rounds for Stallings.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This bout was held at the Felt Forum. Eighteen days later, Perez was back as both referee and judge for the main event between Hall of Fame member <a href="/wiki/Emile_Griffith" title="Emile Griffith">Emile Griffith</a> and Vito Antuofermo at the Madison Square Garden, which Antuofermo won by ten rounds unanimous decision. Perez voted 6-3-1 for the winner.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ali-Wepner">Ali-Wepner</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Perez_(referee)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Ali-Wepner"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Perez's next assignment also became a very prominent fight in boxing history when, on March 24, 1975, <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Ali_vs._Chuck_Wepner" title="Muhammad Ali vs. Chuck Wepner">Ali defended the world Heavyweight title versus Chuck Wepner</a>. Perez was called in to referee this bout; his second fight refereed outside New York (the first had been Ali-Quarry I). Underdog <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Wepner" title="Chuck Wepner">Wepner</a> became an instant celebrity when, in round nine, he scored a knockdown of Ali.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This also became a controversial matter-many have felt that Wepner only dropped Ali because Wepner stepped on Ali's foot as he landed a punch to Ali's heart. Wepner disputes this.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nevertheless, the knockdown and fight allegedly inspired <a href="/wiki/Sylvester_Stallone" title="Sylvester Stallone">Sylvester Stallone</a> to write and film the first <a href="/wiki/Rocky" title="Rocky">Rocky</a> film.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Perez's refereeing that night was, ironically, unsatisfying to the winner Ali, who, according to Perez, complained that Perez let Wepner hit Ali with low blows and called him a "dirty dog". Ali commented that Perez was "not Black and (he's) not White-(he's) Puerto Rican but (he's) trying to be White", "He is more Black than White, but he's trying to be White". </p><p>Perez hit Ali and <a href="/wiki/ABC_Wide_World_of_Sports" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC Wide World of Sports">ABC Wide World of Sports</a> (which televised the bout in the United States) with a suit asking for 20 million dollars,<sup id="cite_ref-people.com_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-people.com-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a federal court resolved the suit in favor of Ali.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Perez was the referee for <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Monzon" class="mw-redirect" title="Carlos Monzon">Carlos Monzon</a>'s only fight as a professional in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, when he stopped <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Licata&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tony Licata (page does not exist)">Tony Licata</a> in ten rounds to retain the world Middleweight title at the Madison Square Garden, on June 30, 1975.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He next took his first trip abroad as a referee, going to <a href="/wiki/Oslo,_Norway" class="mw-redirect" title="Oslo, Norway">Oslo, Norway</a> to officiate the match between Monzon's personal friend, Argentina's <a href="/wiki/Victor_Galindez" class="mw-redirect" title="Victor Galindez">Victor Galindez</a> and <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Harald_Skog" title="Harald Skog">Harald Skog</a> for the former's WBA world Light-Heavyweight crown, a bout won by the Argentine by a third-round knockout on March 28, 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After referring several other major fights, including one of <a href="/wiki/Yoko_Gushiken" title="Yoko Gushiken">Yoko Gushiken</a> in <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> and bouts including <a href="/wiki/Alexis_Arguello" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexis Arguello">Alexis Arguello</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wilfred_Ben%C3%ADtez" title="Wilfred Benítez">Wilfred Benítez</a> (versus <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Curry" title="Bruce Curry">Bruce Curry</a>), <a href="/wiki/Alfonso_Zamora" title="Alfonso Zamora">Alfonso Zamora</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wilfredo_G%C3%B3mez" title="Wilfredo Gómez">Wilfredo Gómez</a> and <a href="/wiki/George_Foreman" title="George Foreman">George Foreman</a>, Perez was assigned the <a href="/wiki/World_Boxing_Council" title="World Boxing Council">World Boxing Council</a>'s world Junior Lightweight championship fight between 3 division world champion Arguello (defending his second divisional world title) and future two time world Junior Lightweight champion <a href="/wiki/Rafael_Limon" class="mw-redirect" title="Rafael Limon">Rafael Limon</a> of <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a>. Arguello and Limon fought on Sunday, July 8, 1979, at the Felt Forum, Arguello retaining the title by stopping Limon (who contested the stoppage bitterly) in round eleven.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fight_at_Rahway">Fight at Rahway</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Perez_(referee)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Fight at Rahway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Perez visited <a href="/wiki/Rahway_State_Prison" class="mw-redirect" title="Rahway State Prison">Rahway State Prison</a> in <a href="/wiki/Woodbridge_Township,_New_Jersey" title="Woodbridge Township, New Jersey">Woodbridge Township, New Jersey</a>, at a time when professional boxing fights were allowed in American prison systems, to oversee the ten round bout between <a href="/wiki/James_Scott_(boxer)" title="James Scott (boxer)">James Scott</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yaqui_L%C3%B3pez" title="Yaqui López">Alvaro Lopez</a>, Saturday, December 1 of 1979, a match in which Perez also served as a voting judge. Scott, who was an inmate at the same jail at that time, won a ten-round unanimous decision, Perez scoring the fight 8 rounds to 2.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cooney_versus_Norton">Cooney versus Norton</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Perez_(referee)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Cooney versus Norton"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On May 11, 1981, Perez was given referee duties for the <a href="/wiki/HBO_Boxing" class="mw-redirect" title="HBO Boxing">HBO Boxing</a> televised event between Heavyweights <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Cooney" title="Gerry Cooney">Gerry Cooney</a> and the former WBC world champion, Hall of Fame member <a href="/wiki/Ken_Norton" title="Ken Norton">Ken Norton</a>. Cooney won the fight by technical knockout 54 seconds into the first round.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fight catapulted Cooney into his <a href="/wiki/Larry_Holmes_vs._Gerry_Cooney" title="Larry Holmes vs. Gerry Cooney">showdown with Larry Holmes</a> for the WBC world title and culminated Norton's career. Perez was criticized for not stopping the match earlier, as Norton was motionless in a corner seconds before Perez intervened. </p><p>Next came the WBA world bantamweight title match between champion <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Chandler_(boxer)" title="Jeff Chandler (boxer)">Jeff Chandler</a> and fellow Puerto Rican, former world champion <a href="/wiki/Julian_Sol%C3%ADs" title="Julian Solís">Julian Solís</a> of <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a>. This was a rematch and Perez refereed it; on Saturday, July 25, 1981, at the <a href="/wiki/Resorts_International" title="Resorts International">Resorts International</a> in <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_City,_New_Jersey" title="Atlantic City, New Jersey">Atlantic City, New Jersey</a> Chandler retained the title stopping Solis in seven rounds.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three weeks later, Perez was in <a href="/wiki/Panama" title="Panama">Panama</a> refereeing the WBC world Junior Flyweight title match between world champion <a href="/wiki/Hilario_Zapata" title="Hilario Zapata">Hilario Zapata</a>, a future Hall of Famer also, and future world champion <a href="/wiki/German_Torres" class="mw-redirect" title="German Torres">German Torres</a> of Mexico.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On August 15, 1981, Zapata outpointed Torres over fifteen rounds. </p><p>The next major match refereed by Perez pitted an already legendary boxer and (later) Hall of Famer (Arguello) defending his third divisional world title, the WBC Lightweight one, against a future legend, world champion and Hall of Famer himself, <a href="/wiki/Ray_Mancini" title="Ray Mancini">Ray Mancini</a>, at Bally's Park Place Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, October 3, 1981. Arguello retained the title with a fourteenth-round knockout<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in a fight ended by a highlight reel knockout. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Disqualification_of_Elisha_Obed">Disqualification of Elisha Obed</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Perez_(referee)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Disqualification of Elisha Obed"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On November 12, 1981, Perez was involved in two rather large fights, <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Lockridge" title="Rocky Lockridge">Rocky Lockridge</a> versus <a href="/w/index.php?title=Refugio_Rojas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Refugio Rojas (page does not exist)">Refugio Rojas</a> (won by future world champion Lockridge by ten round majority decision; Perez, also a judge in this fight, scored it for Lockridge 7-2-1) and future world Light Heavyweight champion <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Czyz" title="Bobby Czyz">Bobby Czyz</a> versus former Junior Middleweight world champion <a href="/wiki/Elisha_Obed" title="Elisha Obed">Elisha Obed</a> of <a href="/wiki/The_Bahamas" title="The Bahamas">The Bahamas</a>. The Czyz-Obed bout, a Middleweight contest scheduled for ten rounds, was notable because Perez disqualified Obed in round six for what Perez considered to be excessive holding on the Bahamian's part.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Obed tried to attack Perez after the match's end, Perez warning him to stay away from Perez.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Refereeing_Salvador_Sanchez's_last_bout"><span id="Refereeing_Salvador_Sanchez.27s_last_bout"></span>Refereeing Salvador Sanchez's last bout</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Perez_(referee)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Refereeing Salvador Sanchez's last bout"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Perez was the referee, on July 21, 1982, of the last bout fought by legendary Mexican boxer <a href="/wiki/Salvador_Sanchez" class="mw-redirect" title="Salvador Sanchez">Salvador Sanchez</a> when he defended, successfully, his WBC world Featherweight title against a then almost unknown, but now also legendary, challenger <a href="/wiki/Azumah_Nelson" title="Azumah Nelson">Azumah Nelson</a> from <a href="/wiki/Ghana" title="Ghana">Ghana</a>. Sanchez retained the crown by a fifteenth-round technical knockout,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> then died tragically 21 days later, killed in a car crash near <a href="/wiki/Mexico_City" title="Mexico City">Mexico City</a>. Both Sanchez and Nelson later became members of the International Boxing Hall of Fame as well. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Luis_Resto_versus_Billy_Collins,_Jr."><span id="Luis_Resto_versus_Billy_Collins.2C_Jr."></span>Luis Resto versus Billy Collins, Jr.</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Perez_(referee)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Luis Resto versus Billy Collins, Jr."><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Almost a year after Sanchez-Nelson, Perez was involved in another very controversial fight, although this time no one could blame him for the controversy that arose after the match; On June 16, 1983, in the program headlined by the <a href="/wiki/Davey_Moore_(boxer,_born_1959)" title="Davey Moore (boxer, born 1959)">Davey Moore</a> versus <a href="/wiki/Roberto_Dur%C3%A1n" title="Roberto Durán">Roberto Durán</a> WBA world Junior Middleweight championship bout, Perez got to referee and judge a Junior Middleweight encounter between 14 wins, no losses or draws <a href="/wiki/Billy_Collins,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Billy Collins, Jr.">Billy Collins, Jr.</a> and 20 wins, 8 losses and 2 draws <a href="/wiki/Luis_Resto_(boxer)" title="Luis Resto (boxer)">Luis Resto</a>. Resto pounded Collins for ten rounds and was initially given a ten rounds unanimous decision win, but Billy Collins, Sr. noticed that padding had been removed from Resto's gloves when Collins, Sr. touched one of them right after the bout. Upon finding evidence of this by the <a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Athletic_Commission" title="New York State Athletic Commission">New York State Athletic Commission</a>, the fight's result was overturned and changed to a "no-contest" instead. Collins, Jr. sustained career ending injuries to his eyes and died on March 6, 1984, when he crashed his car in <a href="/wiki/Antioch,_Tennessee" title="Antioch, Tennessee">Antioch, Tennessee</a>, while Resto and Resto's trainer <a href="/wiki/Panama_Lewis" title="Panama Lewis">Panama Lewis</a> were tried in court during 1986 and sentenced to three and six years in jail, respectively, Resto being released in 1989 and Lewis in 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Then, on September 10, 1983, Perez was the referee for the <a href="/wiki/Larry_Holmes" title="Larry Holmes">Larry Holmes</a> versus <a href="/w/index.php?title=Scott_Frank_(boxer)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scott Frank (boxer) (page does not exist)">Scott Frank</a> WBC world Heavyweight title bout held at the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Harrah%27s_Marina_Hotel_and_Casino&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Harrah's Marina Hotel and Casino (page does not exist)">Harrah's Marina Hotel and Casino</a> in Atlantic City. Holmes beat Frank by fifth-round technical knockout.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Five days later, Perez was back at the Madison Square Garden as referee of the Ray Mancini-<a href="/wiki/Orlando_Romero" title="Orlando Romero">Orlando Romero</a> WBA world Lightweight championship match, which Mancini won by ninth-round knockout when Perez counted the Peruvian Romero out as Romero sat on the canvas after a punch.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Coetzee_vs._Dokes">Coetzee vs. Dokes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Perez_(referee)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Coetzee vs. Dokes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On September 23, 1983, Perez participated in another historic fight, when <a href="/wiki/Michael_Dokes_vs._Gerrie_Coetzee" title="Michael Dokes vs. Gerrie Coetzee">Michael Dokes defended his WBA world Heavyweight title against Gerrie Coetzee</a>. South African <a href="/wiki/Gerrie_Coetzee" title="Gerrie Coetzee">Coetzee</a> beat <a href="/wiki/Michael_Dokes" title="Michael Dokes">Dokes</a> by tenth-round knockout at the <a href="/wiki/Richfield_Coliseum" title="Richfield Coliseum">Richfield Coliseum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Richfield,_Ohio" title="Richfield, Ohio">Richfield, Ohio</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> becoming not only the first White world Heavyweight champion since <a href="/wiki/Ingemar_Johansson" title="Ingemar Johansson">Ingemar Johansson</a> 23 years before, but also the first world Heavyweight champion from Africa in boxing history. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hagler's_knockdown"><span id="Hagler.27s_knockdown"></span>Hagler's knockdown</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Perez_(referee)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Hagler's knockdown"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Perez refereed the March 30, 1984, world Middleweight title fight between champion <a href="/wiki/Marvelous_Marvin_Hagler" title="Marvelous Marvin Hagler">Marvelous Marvin Hagler</a> and his Argentine challenger, <a href="/wiki/Juan_Roldan" class="mw-redirect" title="Juan Roldan">Juan "The Hammer" Roldan</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Riviera_(hotel_and_casino)" title="Riviera (hotel and casino)">Riviera Hotel</a> in <a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas,_Nevada" class="mw-redirect" title="Las Vegas, Nevada">Las Vegas, Nevada</a>. In a situation somewhat similar to the Ali-Wepner fight he'd refereed years before, Hagler went down seconds after the first round had begun as he slipped followed by a right hand from Roldan that grazed the champion's head. Perez called it a knockdown, the only official knockdown suffered by Hagler in his professional boxing career. In round three, Roldan became entangled against the ropes after a Hagler combination and fell; Perez also ruled that a knockdown. Hagler eventually retained the title by a tenth-round technical knockout.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Jamaica's_first_world_championship"><span id="Jamaica.27s_first_world_championship"></span>Jamaica's first world championship</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Perez_(referee)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Jamaica's first world championship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Perez was the referee on October 19, 1984, for the match fought for the vacant WBA's world Junior Middleweight title which had been vacated by Durán, between <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Sean_Mannion_(boxer)" title="Sean Mannion (boxer)">Sean Mannion</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Mike_McCallum" title="Mike McCallum">Mike McCallum</a>. This bout marked the first time that two women (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Carol_Castellano&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Carol Castellano (page does not exist)">Carol Castellano</a> and <a href="/wiki/Carol_Polis" title="Carol Polis">Carol Polis</a>) acted as judges in a professional boxing match and, after McCallum's 15 round unanimous decision victory, the first time a Jamaican boxer won a professional boxing world's championship.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Julio_Cesar_Chavez">Julio Cesar Chavez</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Perez_(referee)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Julio Cesar Chavez"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tony Perez was given the responsibility of officiating the WBC world Junior Lightweight title bout between champion <a href="/wiki/Julio_C%C3%A9sar_Ch%C3%A1vez" title="Julio César Chávez">Julio César Chávez</a> of Mexico and challenger Refugio Rojas as part of the <a href="/wiki/H%C3%A9ctor_Camacho_vs._Edwin_Rosario" title="Héctor Camacho vs. Edwin Rosario">Héctor Camacho vs. Edwin Rosario</a> fight's undercard, June 13, 1986, at the Madison Square Garden. Chavez, Sr. dropped Rojas to the floor several times before winning by seventh-round technical knockout.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Only six weeks later, Perez again shared a ring with the Mexican legend when Chavez defended his world title against former and future world champion Rocky Lockridge, whom the future Hall of Famer from Mexico beat by a somewhat controversial, twelve round majority decision with Perez as referee on Sunday, August 3, 1986, at the <a href="/wiki/Stade_Louis_II" title="Stade Louis II">Stade Louis II</a> in <a href="/wiki/Fontvieille,_Monaco" title="Fontvieille, Monaco">Fontvieille, Monaco</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bassa-McAuley">Bassa-McAuley</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Perez_(referee)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Bassa-McAuley"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On Saturday, March 26, 1988, Perez refereed the <a href="/wiki/Fidel_Bassa" title="Fidel Bassa">Fidel Bassa</a>-<a href="/wiki/Dave_McAuley" title="Dave McAuley">Dave McAuley</a> rematch for Colombian Bassa's WBA world Flyweight championship in a battle that had generated much interest both in Ireland and internationally. Bassa retained the title by a twelve-round unanimous decision at the <a href="/wiki/Kings_Hall,_Belfast" class="mw-redirect" title="Kings Hall, Belfast">Kings Hall</a> in <a href="/wiki/Belfast,_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Belfast, Northern Ireland">Belfast, Northern Ireland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Evander_Holyfield">Evander Holyfield</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Perez_(referee)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Evander Holyfield"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Perez refereed <a href="/wiki/Evander_Holyfield" title="Evander Holyfield">Evander Holyfield</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Evander_Holyfield_vs._Pinklon_Thomas" title="Evander Holyfield vs. Pinklon Thomas">second bout</a> in the Heavyweight division. Holyfield, already a world champion in the Cruiserweight division, battled former WBC world Heavyweight champion <a href="/wiki/Pinklon_Thomas" title="Pinklon Thomas">Pinklon Thomas</a> on December 9, 1988, at the Convention Hall in Atlantic City, knocking him out in seven rounds.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Holyfield would later become world Heavyweight champion multiple times. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Damiani-Du_Plooy">Damiani-Du Plooy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Perez_(referee)&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Damiani-Du Plooy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/World_Boxing_Organization" title="World Boxing Organization">World Boxing Organization</a> asked Perez to referee their inaugural WBO world heavyweight championship bout on May 6, 1989, at the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Stadio_Nicola_de_Simone&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stadio Nicola de Simone (page does not exist)">Stadio Nicola de Simone</a> in <a href="/wiki/Syracuse,_Sicily" title="Syracuse, Sicily">Syracuse, Sicily</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> between South Africa's <a href="/wiki/Johnny_du_Plooy" title="Johnny du Plooy">Johnny du Plooy</a> and Italy's <a href="/wiki/Francesco_Damiani" title="Francesco Damiani">Francesco Damiani</a>. Damiani won the contest by third-round knockout (despite this, most outside the WBO continued recognizing <a href="/wiki/Mike_Tyson" title="Mike Tyson">Mike Tyson</a> as "undisputed" champion in the division). Perez was the Italy fight's referee.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Camacho-Paz">Camacho-Paz</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Perez_(referee)&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Camacho-Paz"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On Saturday, February 3, 1990, Perez refereed the match between WBO world Junior Welterweight champion <a href="/wiki/Hector_Camacho_Sr." class="mw-redirect" title="Hector Camacho Sr.">Hector Camacho Sr.</a> and his challenger, former and future world champion <a href="/wiki/Vinny_Paz" title="Vinny Paz">Vinny Paz</a> (then known as Vinny Pazienza) at the Convention Hall in Atlantic City. Camacho Sr. retained the title by twelve rounds unanimous decision.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jung_Koo_Chang-Muangchai_Kittikasem">Jung Koo Chang-Muangchai Kittikasem</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Perez_(referee)&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Jung Koo Chang-Muangchai Kittikasem"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Perez flew to <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a> during 1991 to referee the May 18 bout between WBC World Flyweight champion <a href="/wiki/Muangchai_Kittikasem" title="Muangchai Kittikasem">Muangchai Kittikasem</a> of <a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a>, 14 wins and a loss to <a href="/wiki/Michael_Carbajal" title="Michael Carbajal">Michael Carbajal</a> coming in with ten wins by knockout, and the 38 wins, 3 losses, 17 wins by knockout challenger, former WBC world Junior Flyweight champion and future Hall of Famer <a href="/wiki/Jung_Koo_Chang" class="mw-redirect" title="Jung Koo Chang">Jung Koo Chang</a> of South Korea at the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Olympic_Gymnastic_Gymnasium&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Olympic Gymnastic Gymnasium (page does not exist)">Olympic Gymnastic Gymnasium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Seoul,_South_Korea" class="mw-redirect" title="Seoul, South Korea">Seoul</a>. This match is also considered a classic; Kittikasem had been floored three times (twice in round five and once in round eleven) and was on the verge of being defeated by knockout when he connected with a left hook and right hand that sent Chang down with about one minute left for the fight to finish in round 12, badly hurting Chang. The South Korean fighter rose but was downed again immediately afterwards, with Perez halting the fight with 24 seconds to go, giving the defending world champion a come from behind victory.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was Chang's last boxing fight and his only knockout loss as a professional boxer.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_33-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mercer_KO5_Morrison">Mercer KO5 Morrison</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Perez_(referee)&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Mercer KO5 Morrison"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Perez was the referee of one of the first major boxing <a href="/wiki/Pay_per_view" class="mw-redirect" title="Pay per view">pay per view</a> and WBO fights, when then WBO world Heavyweight champion <a href="/wiki/Ray_Mercer" title="Ray Mercer">Ray Mercer</a> beat <a href="/wiki/Rocky_V" title="Rocky V">Rocky V</a> star and future WBO world Heavyweight champion <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Morrison" title="Tommy Morrison">Tommy Morrison</a>, to <a href="/wiki/Ray_Mercer_vs._Tommy_Morrison" title="Ray Mercer vs. Tommy Morrison">retain the championship</a>, with a fifth-round technical knockout that is often considered one of the best finishes in boxing history, October 18, 1991, at the Convention Hall in Atlantic City. Perez received harsh criticism from many for his slowness in stopping the fight.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="McClellan-Bell">McClellan-Bell</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Perez_(referee)&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: McClellan-Bell"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Perez's first fight in Puerto Rico took place on Friday, August 6, 1993, at the <a href="/wiki/Ruben_Rodriguez_Coliseum" class="mw-redirect" title="Ruben Rodriguez Coliseum">Ruben Rodriguez Coliseum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bayamon,_Puerto_Rico" class="mw-redirect" title="Bayamon, Puerto Rico">Bayamon</a> as part of a program headed by a <a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9lix_Trinidad" title="Félix Trinidad">Félix Trinidad</a> fight. In it, WBC world Middleweight champion <a href="/wiki/Gerald_McClellan" title="Gerald McClellan">Gerald McClellan</a>, 28 wins, 2 losses with 26 knockouts, dispatched challenger <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jay_Bell_(boxer)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jay Bell (boxer) (page does not exist)">Jay Bell</a> in only 20 seconds of the first round, scoring the fastest knockout in a Middleweight world championship fight in professional boxing's history.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This match was broadcast on <a href="/wiki/Showtime_Championship_Boxing" title="Showtime Championship Boxing">Showtime Championship Boxing</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Oliver_McCall_versus_Frank_Bruno">Oliver McCall versus Frank Bruno</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Perez_(referee)&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Oliver McCall versus Frank Bruno"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Oliver_McCall" title="Oliver McCall">Oliver McCall</a>, WBC world Heavyweight champion with 26 wins and 5 losses, with 18 knockouts, went to <a href="/wiki/London,_England" class="mw-redirect" title="London, England">London, England</a>, to defend his title versus British <a href="/wiki/Frank_Bruno" title="Frank Bruno">Frank Bruno</a>, 39 wins and 4 losses with 38 knockouts, at <a href="/wiki/Wembley_Stadium" title="Wembley Stadium">Wembley Stadium</a> on September 2, 1995, with Perez as referee. Bruno won the title by <a href="/wiki/Oliver_McCall_vs._Frank_Bruno" title="Oliver McCall vs. Frank Bruno">beating McCall</a> by twelve rounds unanimous decision<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_33-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in what turned out to be the last win of his career.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_33-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Camacho_Sr.-Durán_I"><span id="Camacho_Sr.-Dur.C3.A1n_I"></span>Camacho Sr.-Durán I</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Perez_(referee)&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Camacho Sr.-Durán I"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tony Perez was then called on to referee the pay per view match between two aging but legendary former world champions, Hector Camacho Sr. and Roberto Durán, which was held on June 22, 1996, at the <a href="/wiki/Mark_Etess_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark Etess Arena">Mark Etess Arena</a> in Atlantic City. Camacho Sr. won the contest between the two future Hall of Famers by a 12 rounds unanimous decision<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_33-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a victory which Camacho Sr. would repeat several years later in a rematch. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roy_Jones_Jr._controversy">Roy Jones Jr. controversy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Perez_(referee)&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Roy Jones Jr. controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Perez was again involved in a controversial match when <a href="/wiki/Roy_Jones_Jr." title="Roy Jones Jr.">Roy Jones Jr.</a>, the WBC's world Light Heavyweight champion and, at 34 wins, no defeats or draws, with 29 wins by knockout widely considered either the best or second best fighter in the world at that era, took on challenger <a href="/wiki/Montell_Griffin" title="Montell Griffin">Montell Griffin</a>, undefeated and untied in 26 fights with 18 wins by knockout on March 21, 1997, at the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Taj_Majal_Hotel_and_Casino&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Taj Majal Hotel and Casino (page does not exist)">Taj Majal Hotel and Casino</a> in Atlantic City. The champion dropped the challenger in round nine but then threw a punch to his head as Griffin sat on one knee. Perez <a href="/wiki/Roy_Jones_Jr._vs._Montell_Griffin" title="Roy Jones Jr. vs. Montell Griffin">disqualified</a> Jones Jr., giving Griffin the world championship and Jones Jr. his first loss as a professional. Perez explained that he "was counting because if he could have continued, (Perez would have taken) one or two points away from Jones".<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This fight was also broadcast on television by HBO Boxing. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_years_as_referee">Later years as referee</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Perez_(referee)&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Later years as referee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Perez continued to referee for seven more years after the Griffin-Jones Jr. I fight, including many world championship fights taking place in the United States, <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a> and other places. The last match he refereed was one between Panamanian Darmell Castillo, a 10 wins, 8 losses and 2 draws with 6 knockout wins boxer versus <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bryant_Brannon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bryant Brannon (page does not exist)">Bryant Brannon</a>, a 21 wins, 2 losses with 14 knockout wins contender, at the <a href="/wiki/Sovereign_Bank_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Sovereign Bank Arena">Sovereign Bank Arena</a> in <a href="/wiki/Trenton,_New_Jersey" title="Trenton, New Jersey">Trenton, New Jersey</a>, on October 21, 2005. Brannon won by six rounds majority decision<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_33-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in what was also Brannon's final fight as a professional boxer.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_33-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life_and_death">Personal life and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Perez_(referee)&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Personal life and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Perez appeared in a number of boxing related documentaries, most notably <a href="/wiki/Assault_in_the_Ring" title="Assault in the Ring">Assault in the Ring</a> about the Collins-Resto bout. During his retirement, he made occasional public appearances at boxing related events. </p><p>He met his wife, future boxing judge <a href="/w/index.php?title=Barbara_Perez_(boxing_judge)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Barbara Perez (boxing judge) (page does not exist)">Barbara Perez</a>, as they were both working at the Seagram's distillery.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His wife lost a brother, who was a firefighter, during the <a href="/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks">September 11 attacks</a> in 2001. She is a member of the New Jersey state's boxing hall of fame. </p><p>Perez died on December 14, 2021, at the age of 90.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Perez_(referee)&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Puerto_Ricans" title="List of Puerto Ricans">List of Puerto Ricans</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Perez_(referee)&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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