On March 1, 2018, Shinsuke Yamanaka (27-1-2, 19 KOs), the bantamweight The Ring champion, defends his title against former world champion Luis Nery (25-0, 19 KOs). The vacant WBC bantamweight title is also on the line.
Luis Nery is coming in to the fight on a 25-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate; his last fight was a 6th round TKO victory over Arthur Villanueva, 3 months and 25 days ago. Shinsuke Yamanaka is on a 1-fight losing streak with a 63% KO rate, with his last fight being a 4th round TKO loss to Nery, 6 months and 14 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Luis Nery at 99-1 winning odds. Shinsuke Yamanaka really doesn't have much to present against Nery.
Luis Nery made very easy work of Shinsuke Yamanaka in the rematch, stopping the champion via TKO in the 2nd. Nery improves his record to 26-0 (20 KOs), while Yamanaka adds a loss to his record at 27-2-2.