Nery and Figueroa will honor fabulous WBC super bantamweight tradition

WBC Press

This Saturday, May 15, boxing fans will have the opportunity to see a classic test of firepower fight, which portends a thriller, involving heavy-hitting Luis Nery and Brandon Figueroa.

Southpaw against conventional best foot forward, this hand to hand battle for the super bantamweight supremacy promises to be an outstanding candidate for Fight of the Year, from which one unified champion will emerge, while the other boxer will lose his cherished and hard-earned undefeated record.

Here are some of the great fights for the WBC super-bantamweight belt, without any specific hierarchy, which have enthralled us over the years.

WILFREDO GOMEZ – CARLOS ZARATE; WILFREDO GOMEZ – LUPE PINTOR; DANIEL ZARAGOZA – JOICHIRO TATSUYOSH; ERIK MORALES – DANIEL ZARAGOZA; ERIK MORALES – MARCO ANTONIO BARRERA I; RAFAEL MARQUEZ – ISRAEL VAZQUEZ I; ISRAEL VAZQUEZ – RAFAEL MARQUEZ II; ISRAEL VAZQUEZ – RAFAEL MARQUEZ III; LEO SANTA CRUZ – CHRISTIAN MIJARES; JULIO CEJA – HUGO RUIZ;