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World Boxing Council bantamweight champion Luis "Pantera" Nery has arrived in Japan to defend his title against the legendary Japanese boxer Shinsuke Yamanaka, in a rematch set to take place on March 1st at the Kokukigan Arena.
WBC world bantamweight champion Luis "Pantera" Nery traveled with his team to Tokyo, Japan - as he continues the final stage of his camp for the rematch against former champion Shinsuke "God's Left" Yamanaka - which is scheduled for March 1.
Luis Nery Photos Workout Gallery - Earlier today, Luis ¨Pantera¨ Nery, the bantamweight world champion under the WBC, showed strength and speed in a training at the Mayen Gym in Tijuana - with three weeks to go until his rematch with Shinsuke ¨God's Left¨ Yamanaka in Kokugikan, Japan.
The stage is now offiicially set, for the return of the former world bantamweight champion of the World Boxing Council (WBC), with 12 consecutive defenses, Shinsuke Yamanaka (27-1-2, 19KOs, 35 years old,Teiken Boxing Gym in Tokyo), will get the attempt to reclaim his title in a rematch with Luis "Pantera" Nery (25-0, 19 KOs) on the 1st of March in Tokyo, Japan.
Former World Boxing Council bantamweight champion, Shinsuke Yamanaka (27-1-2, 19KOs), is preparing like never before, for his rematch with Mexican Luis "Pantera" Nery, on March 1, in Tokyo, Japan. Yamanaka suffered a fourth round TKO last August in the city of Kyoto, failing in the thirteenth defense of his WBC bantamweight world title. Yamanaka has participated in a well-attended press conference, to promote this attractive card.
The representatives of World Boxing Council bantamweight champion Luis 'Panterita' Nery and former beltholder Shinsuke Yamanaka are indicating that they are close to an agreement to carry out the rematch in the first week of March on Japanese soil. Once the deal is officially reached, both sides will inform the WBC that purse bid is not necessary.
As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, the World Boxing Council ordered an immediate rematch between Shinsuke Yamanaka and Luis Nery for its bantamweight title on Tuesday, three months after the latter failed a drug test. The sanctioning body issued a ruling saying “the WBC cannot make a determination with sufficient certainty as to whether Mr. Nery’s adverse finding was the result of intentional ingestion of a banned substance to improve performance.”
On October of 2016, Luis Nery enrolled in the WBC Clean Boxing Program’s (“CBP”) out-of-competition anti-doping testing by virtue of being rated in the top 15 in the bantamweight division of the WBC world ratings. On August 22, 2017, the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) reported to the WBC that Mr. Nery's “A” sample collected on July 27, 2017 in Tijuana, Mexico, yielded adverse analytical findings for Zilpaterol (the "Finding").[1] The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) includes Zilpaterol its list of banned substances, which list VADA uses as reference, thus making Zilpaterol banned under the WBC Clean Boxing Program in which Mr. Nery is enrolled. Mr. Nery did not request analysis of the corresponding "B" sample.
By this coming Wednesday, the World Boxing Council intends to resolve the case of Mexico's Luis Nery, who tested positive for zilpaterol (substance similar to clenbuterol) prior to his fight with Shinsuke Yamanaka last August. Nery (24-0, 18 KOs), who was the mandatory challenger, traveled to Japan in August and knocked out Yamanaka in four rounds to capture the WBC bantamweight title.
Luis Nery and his promoter, Zanfer Promotions of Mexico, are waiting for a resolution from the World Boxing Council (WBC) regarding the boxer's failed drug test. Last month,Nery stopped longtime champion Shinsuke Yamanaka in four rounds. The bout, which took place on August 15 in Japan, denied Yamanaka the chance to match a Japanese record-equaling 13th consecutive title defenses.