Luis Nery and Azat Hovhannisyan squared off in the main event live on DAZN from The Fox Theater Pomona in Pomona, California on Saturday, February 18. The contest featured former two-division world champion of Tijuana, Mexico up against contender from Los Angeles by way of Yerevan, Armenia.
The scheduled for twelve rounds WBC super bantamweight title eliminator ended prior to the final bell. Nery claimed the victory in a blockbuster against Hovhannisyan by TKO in Round 11, scoring a knockdown at the end of Round 10 along the way.
The referee stopped the fight at 1 minute and 51 seconds into the eleventh round.
With the victory, Luis Nery improved to 34-1, 26 KOs, secured his third win in a row and made a step closer to a world title shot. The current WBC super bantamweight champion is Stephen Fulton (21-0, 8 KOs) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Azat Hovhannisyan dropped to 21-4, 17 KOs, which snapped his seven-win streak.
Check out Luis Nery vs Azat Hovhannisyan full fight video highlights below.
Nery vs Hovhannisyan full fight video highlights
Azat Hovhannisyan makes his ring walk.
Azat ring walk ?
Tune in for the main event ??#NeryHovhannisyan | LIVE now on @daznboxing @Foxtheater pic.twitter.com/gWUetgy8Kt
— Golden Boy (@GoldenBoyBoxing) February 19, 2023
Round 1.
Just the 1st round and Nery is being very aggressive with his flurry of punches.
How do you see this fight playing out??#NeryHovhannisyan | LIVE on @daznboxing pic.twitter.com/WYrqLLROeA— Golden Boy (@GoldenBoyBoxing) February 19, 2023
Round 2.
ALL ACTION THROUGH 2 ROUNDS ?
Watch #NeryHovhannisyan on https://t.co/FoiaUucI53 pic.twitter.com/7ScEAptzqY
— DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) February 19, 2023
Round 4.
Who’s keeping track of the punch stats?#NeryHovhannisyan | LIVE on @daznboxing pic.twitter.com/2eWxWosIBR
— Golden Boy (@GoldenBoyBoxing) February 19, 2023
Round 4…that was a fun one 🙂
What do you think??#NeryHovhannisyan | LIVE on @daznboxing pic.twitter.com/r8ppTY1kXd
— Golden Boy (@GoldenBoyBoxing) February 19, 2023
Round 5.
When you’re so excited to fight and you forget your mouthpiece!!
Oh, Crazy A…#NeryHovhannisyan | LIVE on @daznboxing pic.twitter.com/ofxK5xjaTT
— Golden Boy (@GoldenBoyBoxing) February 19, 2023
No words, just ???#NeryHovhannisyan | LIVE on @daznboxing pic.twitter.com/aTfpxTF3pq
— Golden Boy (@GoldenBoyBoxing) February 19, 2023
Crowd.
LOWER THE VOLUME TO PROTECT YOUR EARS ??????
The crowd is ?????@luisnerynp #NeryHovhannisyan | LIVE on @daznboxing @Foxtheater pic.twitter.com/ClGNzt0Uo7
— Golden Boy (@GoldenBoyBoxing) February 19, 2023
Ringside.
A FULL ON WAR AT FOX THEATER!!!
ONLY ON @DAZNBoxing #NeryHovhannisyan | LIVE on @daznboxing @Foxtheater pic.twitter.com/50FIy1G9o6
— Golden Boy (@GoldenBoyBoxing) February 19, 2023
Round 9.
Explosive end to the 9th round ?#NeryHovhannisyan pic.twitter.com/s6vTATT3iJ
— DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) February 19, 2023
Nery drops Hovhannisyan in Round 10.
Luis Nery drops Azat Hovhannisyan, who gets saved by the bell. On to another round!!
Will Crazy A answer back??#NeryHovhannisyan | LIVE on @daznboxing pic.twitter.com/14iSzgSkmk
— Golden Boy (@GoldenBoyBoxing) February 19, 2023
Referee has seen enough.
WOW – big, big win for @luisnerynp in a BATTLE between two absolute warriors…
What. A. Fight.#NeryHovhannisyan | LIVE on @daznboxing pic.twitter.com/6uOIsBk2ld
— Golden Boy (@GoldenBoyBoxing) February 19, 2023
Post-fight.
Respect between two warriors ??
Watch #NeryHovhannisyan on https://t.co/FoiaUucafv pic.twitter.com/aoeD1qsLPf
— DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) February 19, 2023
Luis Nery wants Naoya Inoue or Stephen Fulton next ?#NeryHovhannisyan pic.twitter.com/BnfRKAOeMP
— DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) February 19, 2023
In Australia the event aired live on Sunday, February 19.
Get Nery vs Hovhannisyan full fight card results.
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