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After more than six years as a
professional, one of the best
young female flyweights on the
planet, Mexico´s Jessica Nery
Plata, will finally get her shot
at a world championship on
Saturday October 14, when she
challenges for the vacant World
Boxing Federation (WBF) World
Flyweight title.
In the biggest fight of her
life, Nery Plata, still only
twenty-three years old, will
face reigning Argentinian Super
Flyweight Champion Maria
Magdalena Rivera, on a show
promoted by Jose Vicente Sanchez
Zaragoza and his KO Promotions
in Ocotlan, Mexico.
Nery Plata, 20-1 (3), was only
seventeen when she made her paid
début in July of 2011, and seven
months later she picked up a
minor title by dethroning former
WBA world champion Ibeth Zamora
Silva. Zamora Silva later went
on to capture the WBC World
Light Flyweight title, and make
eight successful defences.
Fighting out of Mexico City,
Nery Plata has retained the belt
she won from Zamora Silva seven
times, and defeated several
world class opponents along the
way. Only current WBC World
Champion Esmeralda Moreno,
30-7-1 at the time, managed to
beat her when they fought in
August of 2015.
Maria Magdalena Rivera, 10-4-3
(3), turned pro in August of
2012 and got her first
opportunity to win a world title
almost exactly three years
later. On August 28, 2015 in
East London, South Africa, she
came out on the short end of a
split decision against local
favourite Sharadene Fortuin for
the IBO Bantamweight crown.
Since then the thirty-seven year
old from Buenos Aires has been
on the prowl for another
opportunity to become world
champion. And she has done her
part, winning five straight
fights and picked up the South
American title as well as the
Argentinian national title in
the process.
Both boxers have paid their dues
on the way, but only one of them
can come out on top as WBF World
Flyweight Champion on October
14. Will Nery Plata be too
talented and fresh for Rivera,
or will the visitor be too
seasoned and determined for the
local youngster? Only time will
tell!
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