Tom Aspinall's teammate claims Pereira declined fight offer

Phil de Vries, a training partner of Tom Aspinall, has stated that Alex Pereira previously declined an opportunity to face Tom. De Vries acknowledged that while he believes Tom is better than Ciryl Gane, the two opponents present different stylistic challenges. He suggested this would have been an excellent fight for Aspinall. The post asks fans to weigh in on which heavyweight would be a more difficult stylistic matchup for Pereira.