Luis Nery: record, next fight and profile →
On Saturday, February 5 from Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, former two-division champion Luis “Pantera” Nery will battle against unbeaten Carlos Castro in a ten round super bantamweight duel.
Keith Thurman’s long-awaited return to the ring was finally made official Saturday night. Premier Boxing Champions announced during FOX’s live boxing broadcast from Minneapolis that Thurman will meet Mario Barrios in the main event of a FOX Sports Pay-Per-View show February 5. Thurman (29-1, 22 KOs, 1 NC) and Barrios (26-1, 17 KOs) have agreed to square off in a 12-round fight that’ll mark Barrios’ official move up to the welterweight division.
LAS VEGAS – Stephen Fulton wasn’t the least bit surprised Brandon Figueroa beat Luis Nery. The undefeated Fulton predicted Figueroa would win their 122-pound title fight six months ago. Fulton considered Nery a true bantamweight boxing out of his weight class, whereas Figueroa had height and strength advantages Nery wouldn’t be able to overcome.
Luis Nery is looking to return to action in the very near future. When he does step in the ring he will have a new face in his corner. Jorge Capetillo has notified BoxingScene.com that he now will be working with the former bantamweight champion.
Brandon Figueroa felt by the third or fourth round Saturday night that he had destroyed Luis Nery’s will. By then, Figueroa figured Nery realized that he didn’t have the conditioning or the determination to deal with the fearless Figueroa’s relentless attack. In the seventh round, Figueroa nailed Nery with a left uppercut to the body that sent Nery to the canvas.
Showtime’s viewership increased Saturday night for its broadcast of Brandon Figueroa’s knockout of Luis Nery. Nielsen Media Research reported Tuesday that an average of 221,000 viewers watched Showtime’s main event from Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. The average viewership for the Figueroa-Nery fight was higher than the prior main event Showtime televised.
By Corey Erdman - When people discuss the problems with modern boxing matchmaking, the most common complaint is that the best fighters aren’t matched up against one another as regularly as they should be. In the current boxing landscape both promoters and networks lay exclusive claim to entire rosters of fighters. Without wholesale structural change to the sport, greater goodwill amongst competing promoters, or simply fully agnostic networks dangling monetary carrots to produce big matchups, there will always be fights that aren’t made at the exact time we would hope they would be —if they’re made at all.
Brandon Figueroa has spent his entire career listening to people tell him what he can’t do, only to continue to prove them wrong. That trend held true Saturday evening following a 7th round knockout of previously unbeaten WBC junior featherweight titlist Luis Nery at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. It’s a storyline he expects to resurface ahead of his September 11 title unification clash with WBO champ Stephen Fulton.
Brandon Figueroa, Luis Nery Fight Photos Gallery - Carson, California - For the WBC super bantamweight title, Brandon Figueroa (22-0-1, 17 KOs) captured more gold by knocking out previously unbeaten Luis Nery (31-1, 24 KOs) in the seventh round. (photos by Esther Lin, Sean Michael Ham)
Brandon Figueroa, Luis Nery Official Scorecards - Carson, California - For the WBC super bantamweight title, Brandon Figueroa (22-0-1, 17 KOs) captured more gold by knocking out previously unbeaten Luis Nery (31-1, 24 KOs) in the seventh round.