Luis Nery: record, next fight and profile →
Luis "Pantera" Nery is training at a great pace for his comeback in Tijuana, on June 9. The card is being held at the Municipal Auditorium of Tijuana and will be broadcast by the Casa del Boxeo, Azteca 7.Nery (26-0, 20 KO's) will face the experienced Filipino Jetro Pabustan (29-5-6, 9 KO's). The Mexican fighter is on a mission to recover the WBC bantamweight world title.
The return of former world champion Luis Nery has been finalized and his next fight will take place on June 9 at the Municipal Auditorium of his native Tijuana - in what Zanfer Promotions has themed as a war between Mexico and the Philippines.
The return of former world champion Luis 'Pantera' Nery is approaching, and it will not be in San Diego, California as expected, but in the Municipal Auditorium of his native Tijuana, Baja California. Nery has finally been advised of additional information to provide him with more certainty about its future. The finalized opponent will be Filipino Jetro Pabustan for the date of June 9, according to ESPN Deportes.
Former world champion Luis 'Pantera' Nery (26-0, 20 KOs) is slated to return to the ring on June 9 at Viejas Casino, near San Diego, California, against an opponent to be confirmed in the bantamweight division, according to ESPN Deportes.
Former world champion Jorge "Travieso" Arce has come out firing in defense of his compatriots, Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and Luis Nery. Arce says there are way too many scenarios where an athlete is criticized by people who don't know what exists behind their preparation.
Former world champion Luis Nery, accompanied by his team headed by adviser Guillermo Brito, appeared on Friday for a hearing with the World Boxing Council - after failing to make weight on the scale and having to vacate the bantamweight crown. The WBC asked him to give an explanation for not being able to make 118 pounds for the scheduled defense of the title against Shinsuke Yamanaka.
The Japan Boxing Commission (JBC) announced on March 9th that it will suspend former WBC world bantamweight champion Luis Nery (23) of Mexico from boxing activities in the country. Typically under the current regulation the JBC would suspend Nery for 1 year for not being able to make the weight. The JBC ethics committee held its meeting on the 8th and determined that due to the excessive weight of Nery, it will make the punishment a permanent suspension - thus banning Nery from boxing in Japan for life.
As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, Luis Nery, who failed to make weight ahead of his WBC bantamweight title match against Japanese challenger Shinsuke Yamanaka earlier this week, was suspended indefinitely by the World Boxing Council on Friday. Nery was stripped of his world title on Wednesday, the day of the weigh-in for his maiden defense, and now will no longer be eligible to compete for a WBC title or appear in its rankings.
Luis Nery lost the WBC bantamweight title after failing to make the weight this past March the 1st in Tokyo, Japan. The WBC has implemented several procedures which have worked for many years with absolute success, including changing the official weigh-in one day before the fight, implementing the monitoring weigh-in 30 and 7 days before the fight, etc.
Nery vs. Yamanaka Rematch Photos Gallery - The ex-world champ faced a harsh reality. Shinsuke Yamanaka fell to Luis Nery in a second-round technical knockout loss at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan on Thursday night. Nery failed to make weight prior to their scheduled WBA bantamweight title match, but he beat Yamanaka for the second straight time, retaining his unbeaten record (26-0, 20 knockouts).