Luis Nery

Luis Nery is a Mexican southpaw whose punch power and aggressive style have kept him a prominent figure across the bantamweight, super‑bantamweight and featherweight ranks. Born December 12, 1994, in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, Nery (nickname “Pantera”) stands 166 cm with a 171 cm reach and has compiled a professional ledger of 37 wins and 3 losses, with 28 stoppage victories. Nery turned professional in 2012 and built his early résumé in and around Tijuana, running off a string of early stoppages and step‑up wins that moved him into 10‑ and 12‑round company. He captured the vacant WBC Continental Americas bantamweight title in April 2016 via unanimous decision and defended it later that year. A December 2016 stoppage of Raymond Tabugon earned him the vacant WBC Silver bantamweight belt and set the stage for a world title opportunity. In August 2017 Nery scored a high‑profile stoppage of Shinsuke Yamanaka in Kyoto; that result is widely recorded as Nery winning the WBC and The Ring bantamweight titles, though subsequent testing and administrative actions affected some championship listings. Nery met Yamanaka again in March 2018, stopping him in Tokyo in a rematch that took place under the complex circumstances of the post‑bout administrative review. After campaigning at bantamweight and collecting regional and secondary titles, Nery moved up to super‑bantamweight. He captured the vacant WBC super‑bantamweight title on September 26, 2020, by unanimous decision over Aarón Alameda. Nery’s reign at super‑bantamweight ended when he was stopped by Brandon Figueroa on May 15, 2021, costing him the WBC belt. Nery remained active after losing the world title, regaining secondary honours when he took vacant WBC Silver and WBO Inter‑Continental super‑bantamweight belts with a close decision over Carlos Castro in February 2022. He challenged the division’s top echelon in May 2024 when he travelled to the Tokyo Dome to fight Naoya Inoue for the undisputed super‑bantamweight championships (WBA Super, WBC, IBF, WBO and The Ring); Nery was stopped in the sixth round. Following that bout Nery logged further wins in 2025, including a stoppage of Kyonosuke Kameda and a technical decision in Bishkek, before suffering a TKO loss to John Riel Casimero in June 2026. As of the supplied record, Nery is not a current world champion; he is listed as a former WBC bantamweight (Aug 2017 – Feb 2018) and former WBC super‑bantamweight (won Sep 26, 2020; lost May 15, 2021). His career mixes world‑level title fights with strong regional credentials and a high knockout rate that has defined him since his Tijuana beginnings.