Nery won his first 18 fights before challenging for the vacant WBC Continental bantamweight title against Martín Casillas.
Nery's one defense of that regional title came against former interim super flyweight world champion David Sánchez.
[6] In December 2016, Nery was knocked down for the first time in his pro career in the first round of a bout against Raymond Tabugon.
Yamanaka's corner eventually rushed into the ring to protect their fighter, giving Nery the win.
[13] With the WBC yet to make a public ruling, it was announced Nery would be facing Arthur Villanueva in a non-title bout in his hometown, Tijuana, at Estadio Gasmart on November.
Consequently, the result of the Yamanaka-Nery title bout wouldn't be overturned but the WBC ordered a rematch, which was eventually scheduled for March.
Nery, however, fired back with a series of savage combinations which visibly hurt Yamanaka, before knocking him down with an overhand left.
The following round was more of the same as Nery stalked and attacked continually, knocking Yamanaka down a total of three times before the fight was waved off.
Writhing in pain, Payano was not even able to attempt to beat the count, leading to a ninth-round KO win for Nery.
[21] In his next fight, Nery fought WBA regular super bantamweight champion Brandon Figueroa in a unification bout.
[23][24] In his next fight, Nery fought Carlos Castro, ranked #2 by the WBO, #3 by the WBC and IBF and #13 by the WBA at super bantamweight.
[29][30] On January 16th, 2025, it was reported that Nery would be moving up to the featherweight division to face Kyonosuke Kameda in Mexico on February 22nd, 2025.