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Luis Nery lost the WBC bantamweight title after failing to make the weight this past March the 1st in Tokyo, Japan.

The WBC has implemented several procedures which have worked for many years with absolute success, including changing the official weigh-in one day before the fight, implementing the monitoring weigh-in 30 and 7 days before the fight, etc.

For a bantamweight champion (118 pounds) to arrive at the official weigh-in 5 pounds over is simply unacceptable.

The WBC is formally suspending Luis Nery indefinitely.

Luis Nery will be mandated to appear at a hearing to conduct a thorough investigation of the circumstances.

Nery certainly does not deserve to return home to a "heroes welcome". Shameful behavior.

SHOCKER: Luis Nery tells WBC he was 'over-hydrated' in camp, COLLAPSED during training

Deeply concerned about the reports presented by the boxer, the WBC's President was emphatic in saying that it is necessary to guide the fighter regarding unsafe practices of some pseudo-trainers / physical trainers, who without showing any scruples put into practice nutritional techniques to "Take care of the weight."

He explained that Luis was subjected to a regime of "overhydration" where he had to drink seven liters of water plus some special milkshakes and his regular diet. At one point he collapsed!

All of this led him to be six kg overweight in the week of the fight, reaching the Weigh In two kilos of overweight, losing his title on the scale.

Despite this ruling, the fight against Shinshuke Yamanaka took place, even though the risks were very high indeed.

WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman stressed that this case will be examined with a thorough and comprehensive investigation.

Not only to determine the penalty for Nery, but also to prevent people like these to continue putting at risk the lives of boxers who rely on them.

He also said: "A boxer who is willing to do uncertain things proposed by third parties...irresponsible agents proposing something that is not natural, is putting everything at risk!

"The Board of Governors is looking into this and we will have a determination very soon."

Cheater, had his own poison taken... Well done WBC

Was looking the other day, and couldn't see anything, but was there a 7 day and 30 day weigh in done for this bout?