Jessica Nery: record, next fight and profile →
Kim Clavel views her upcoming title unification bout as the first step towards becoming undisputed junior flyweight champion. It’s hardly the end game for the undefeated Montreal native, who believes that status will lead to her ultimate jackpot fight.
Kim Clavel had no intention of going backward in competition once she had a taste of the championship level. A career-best performance was delivered to that point on the night that Clavel effortlessly dethroned long-reigning WBC junior flyweight titlist Yesenia Gomez last July 29 in her hometown of Montreal, Canada. Scores of 100-90, 99-91 and 99-91 were turned in for the local favorite, who set her sights on fully conquering the division.
As BoxingScene.com previously reported, the world light flyweight unification between WBC champion Kim Clavel (16-0, 3 KOs) and WBA champion Jessica Nery Plata (28-2, 3 KOs), is confirmed and will take place on Friday, January 13, 2023, at Place Bell in Laval.
The untimely health scare endured by Kim Clavel has produced a six-week delay in her quest to add another belt to her collection. A terrific WBC/WBA junior flyweight title unification bout between Montreal’s Clavel and Mexico City’s Jessica Nery Plata
A terrific unification bout is now officially on hold. Unbeaten WBC junior flyweight titlist Kim Clavel was a late medical scratch from her previously scheduled showdown with WBA titlist Jessica Nery. The 32-year-old was hit with a 102-degree fever earlier this week, thus prompting a postponement of the bout and the show as a whole that was due to take place Thursday at Place Bell in Laval, Canada.
Yet another title unification bout lands on the boxing calendar. Kim Clavel and Jessica Nery are set to collide in a WBC/WBA junior flyweight unification bout set for December 1 at Place Bell in Laval, Canada. The bout comes on the heels both winning their belts earlier this year, eager to make an immediate impact rather than milk their respective title reigns.
The Majestic Casino, in Panama, saw an evening of all female fights. It was the first night of the 37th edition of the KO Drugs and in which the Mexico's Jessica Nery became the new World Boxing Association (WBA) women’s bantamweight world champion by dethroning the Argentinian star Yesica Bopp.