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Phil de Fries, a teammate of Tom Aspinall, has stated that Alex Pereira previously turned down an opportunity to fight Aspinall. De Fries expressed his belief that Aspinall is better than Ciryl Gane and that different opponents present different stylistic challenges. He suggested the matchup would have been an excellent fight for Aspinall. The post discusses the potential stylistic difficulties each heavyweight presents for Pereira. No timeline was provided for when this offer allegedly occurred.
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