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Post details: On Sunday, May 16th, 2009, Welterweight Caribbean WBC Champion, Alex "The Brick City Bullet" Perez was awarded the "Outstanding Citizens Award" for his commitment to the City of Newark

05/19/09

On Sunday, May 16th, 2009, Welterweight Caribbean WBC Champion, Alex "The Brick City Bullet" Perez was awarded the "Outstanding Citizens Award" for his commitment to the City of Newark

Newark, New Jersey's Council Vice President Luis Quintana presented Alex with the award in front of a packed house at Quintana's 15th Annual Breakfast at the Robert Treat Hotel. Special guests included Governor Jon Corzine as well as Newark Council members Anibal Ramos (North Ward), Carlos Gonzalez (at large) and State Senator Ron Rice among others.

Alex “The Brick City Bullet” Perez, 10-0, 6 KO’s captured the WBC’s Caribbean Federation Welterweight title on March 14th. He came off of a 15 month layoff before that fight, not by any fault of his own, but because every time he was scheduled to fight there were problems with opponents falling out and promoters not making sure there was an opponent for him to fight come fight night. Perez was in the gym training for fights that weren’t to be the entire 15 months, and the time has made him more and more eager to fight as often as possible.

Manager, Jose Rosario, legal advisor Daniel Serratelli and the rest of "Team Perez" plan to keep him busy the rest of the way in 09, because Perez is a hungry fighter. Alex has been at it 100% for a long time. He was 53-3 as an amateur where he was a 3 time Golden Gloves Champion and a 3 time Diamond Gloves Champ. He also captured the State Championship once before turning pro in late 2004.

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