On May 6, 2024, a 29-year-old Luis Nery (35-1, 27 KOs) got a shot at the undisputed super-bantamweight championship held by 31-year-old Naoya Inoue (26-0, 23 KOs).
Nery came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 9 months and 28 days. Inoue was on a 26-fight win streak with a 88% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 10 days.
Naoya Inoue stopped Luis Nery via KO in the 6th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring super-bantamweight titles. Inoue improves his record to 27-0 (24 KOs), while Nery adds a loss to his record at 35-2.
On May 15, 2021, the 26-year-old WBC super-bantamweight champion, Luis Nery (31-0, 24 KOs), and the 24-year-old WBA (Regular) super-bantamweight champion Brandon Figueroa (21-0-1, 16 KOs) met in a title-unification fight.
Nery came in to the fight on a 31-fight win streak with a 77% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 19 days. Figueroa was on a 1-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months and 19 days.
Brandon Figueroa stopped Luis Nery via KO in the 7th round of the 12-round world-title fight and unified the WBC and WBA (Regular) super-bantamweight titles. Figueroa improves his record to 22-0-1 (17 KOs), while Nery adds a loss to his record at 31-1.