Luis Nery: record, next fight and profile →
Focused on new projects and without neglecting the necessary training in the gym, undefeated WBC world super bantamweight champion Rey Vargas says he is ready to return to the ring whenever Premier Boxing Champions [PBC] tells him to.
Luis Nery’s biggest fight has long been the one outside of the ring. The talented and hard-hitting Mexican boxer has had a propensity for battling the scales, and has also tested positive for zilpaterol, a banned substance, throughout his eight-year career.
WBO super bantamweight champion Emanuel Navarrete wants to take on the world's best fighters at any weight, and is willing to hold on at 122 pounds, although he agrees that he has a hard time securing the right opportunities to make a unifying fight or take on specific challengers - the big names.
Any fighting chance of boxing taking place in Las Vegas over the next few weeks was just dealt a potential knockout blow. The grim reality of several shows in Sin City meeting the chopping block surfaced Sunday evening, with the announcement from MGM Resorts International that all properties will temporarily close beginning Tuesday, March 17 for an undetermined amount of time.
As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, unbeaten former bantamweight world champion Luis Nery will face undefeated contender Aaron Alameda in a WBC super bantamweight title eliminator headlining live action on Showtime Saturday, March 28 in a Premier Boxing Champions event from Park Theater at Park MGM in Las Vegas.
During tonight’s Gary Russell Jr. vs. Tugstsogt Nyambayar WBC Featherweight World Title main-event telecast, Showtime Sports will announce an exciting tripleheader set for March 28 at Park Theater at Park MGM in Las Vegas headlined by former world champion Luis Nery against fellow undefeated contender Aaron Alameda in a WBC Super Bantamweight Title Eliminator.
One of the most respected trainers in the sport, Eddy Reynoso, is about to land another client. The man who is best known as being the head trainer of Mexican superstar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, is now slated to become the coach of undefeated former world champion Luis 'Pantera' Nery, according to ESPN Deportes.
Mexico's Emanuel 'Vaquero' Navarrete predicts a knockout this December 7 in Puebla, when he collides with Francisco Horta in the fourth defense in the year of his super bantamweight title of the World Boxing Organization (WBO). Navarrete ensures that he would be delighted to welcome the Japanese monster Naoya Inoue at 122 pounds.
The latest scale snafu by Luis Nery not only cost him a lucrative fight, but also a guaranteed second shot at the bantamweight title. The undefeated former 118-pound king was removed from his mandatory ranking with the World Boxing Council (WBC), BoxingScene.com was informed on Wednesday. The ruling—which was first reported by ESPN Deportes’ Salvador ‘Chava’ Rodriguez—came shortly after the knockout artist from Tijuana, Mexico—who turns 25 in December—failed to make weight for his eventually canceled clash with fellow former titlist Emmanuel Rodriguez which was due to take place Nov. 23 on a Fox Sports Pay-Per-View undercard live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada
Emmanuel Rodriguez was prepared to teach Luis Nery a lesson in the ring. It was instead served up at the negotiating table. The pair of former bantamweight titlists were due to square off last Saturday in support to Deontay Wilder’s heavyweight title fight rematch with Luis Ortiz at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Their Fox Sports Pay Per View opener fell through, however, after Mexico’s Nery (30-0, 24KOs) missed weight by a full pound, refusing to shed the extra poundage in the allotted two-hour time frame following Friday’s official weigh-in.