Lenar Perez Out Injured; Butler vs. Bazinyan Moves to Co-Main in Montreal

MONTREAL — Lenar Perez is out of next Thursday's Eye of the Tiger card. The unbeaten cruiserweight withdrew from his Nov. 12 bout against Artur Ziyatdinov after suffering an injury in training, the promotion said in a Nov. 5 update reported by BoxingScene, FightBook MMA, FightNews and FIGHTMAG.

Perez (17-0, 15 KOs), the WBA Continental cruiserweight champion, had been booked as the co-main under Jhon Orobio vs. Hendri Cedeno at Casino de Montréal. The release did not name the injury, a recovery timeline or a replacement for Ziyatdinov (17-3, 14 KOs), and no new date was announced.

Steven Butler (38-6-1, 32 KOs) vs. Erik Bazinyan (32-1-1, 23 KOs) moves up to co-main. The all-Canada, all-Eye of the Tiger super middleweight matchup was already on the undercard; it is now the chief support. BoxingScene and FIGHTMAG both frame the change as elevating that bout rather than adding a new one.

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Orobio (19-0, 17 KOs) vs. Cedeno (16-0, 12 KOs) remains the main event for the WBA and WBC Continental Americas super lightweight titles, per FIGHTMAG. The show is sold out, starts at 6:30 p.m. ET and streams worldwide on DAZN, with Punching Grace listed for regional coverage, according to FightBook MMA and the EOTTM update.

Kimster's take: Perez was building toward a name at cruiser; a training injury hits the brakes. For Montreal fans of Eye of the Tiger — the same shop that guides Christian Mbilli — Butler-Bazinyan as co-main is the new intrigue. Lock a call on Boxbid's Fight Picker if you're riding the card.