Aspinall's teammate claims Pereira previously declined Tom Aspinall fight

Phil de Fries, teammate of Tom Aspinall, stated that Alex Pereira previously turned down an opportunity to face Aspinall. De Fries believes Aspinall is better than Ciryl Gane and that stylistically the matchups present different challenges. He suggested this would be an excellent fight for Tom. The post questions which opponent would be a more difficult stylistic challenge for Pereira. Details about when Pereira allegedly declined the fight or the specific circumstances were not provided in the original post.