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Phil de Fries, a training partner of Tom Aspinall, stated that Alex Pereira turned down an opportunity to face Aspinall. De Fries believes Tom would present a better challenge than Ciryl Gane and that it would be an excellent fight for Aspinall. The post asks fans to weigh in on who would be a more difficult stylistic matchup for Pereira between Aspinall and Gane. The claim about Pereira declining the fight has not been independently verified or commented on by Pereira's camp. This potential heavyweight superfight between the interim champion and the light heavyweight king remains a topic of fan speculation.
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