Yesica Nery Plata Noriega (born 17 May 1994) is a Mexican professional boxer who has held the WBA and WBC female light-flyweight titles.
Professional career Plata made her professional debut on 9 July 2011, scoring a four-round majority decision (MD) victory against Estrella Valverde at the Jose Cuervo Salon in Mexico City, Mexico.
After three more wins, one by stoppage, she defeated Ibeth Zamora Silva via unanimous decision (UD) over ten rounds, capturing the WBC Youth female light flyweight title on 21 April 2012 at the Estadio José Lerma Pérez in Ocoyoacac, Mexico. She won her next ten fights, defending her WBC Youth title seven times, before suffering the first defeat of her career via UD on 1 August 2015 against former world champion Esmeralda Moreno, in a non-title fight, at the Auditorio del Bicentenario in Morelia, Mexico. The three judges scored the bout 98–92, 97–93 and 96–94 in favour of Moreno.
Following defeat she secured five wins, one by stoppage, before facing Maria Magdalena Rivera on 14 October 2017 at the Poliforum in Ocotlán, Mexico, with the vacant WBF female flyweight title on the line. Plata captured the lightly regarded world title via UD, with two judges scoring the bout 97–93 and the third scoring it 96–94.
Her next fight came the following month on 18 November against Kenia Enríquez at the Centro de Usos Multiples in Ciudad Obregón, Mexico, with Enriquez' WBC interim female light flyweight title up for grabs. Plata was knocked to the canvas in the final seconds of the tenth and final round en route to the second defeat of her career, losing via UD with scores of 97–92, 97–93 and 96–93.
She challenged for a second interim world title in her next fight, this time against undefeated champion Silvia Torres on 14 April 2018 at the Domo Sindicato de Trabajadores IMSS in Mexico City. In a fight which she dedicated to her mother who had died in the preceding months, Plata captured the WBA interim female light flyweight title by via split decision (SD), with two judges scoring the bout 98–93 and 96–94 in favour of Plata, while the third scored it 97–94 in favour of Torres.
On 11 March 2022, Plata upgraded to full WBA female light-flyweight World champion when she defeated Yésica Bopp by split decision at The Majestic Casino, in Panama City, Panama. Two ringside judges scored 97-93 and 96-94 in Plata's favour with the third having it 97-93 for Bopp.
She added the WBC female light-flyweight titles to her collection on 13 January 2023 when she secured a unanimous decision win over Kim Clavel at the Place Bell in Laval, Canada.
Plata successfully defended both belts against Sarah Bormann in Karlsruhe, Germany, on 16 December 2023, winning by split decision. One judge scored the fight 95-94 for Bormann with the other two going for Plata by 96-93 and 97-92 respectively.
She signed with Jake Paul's Most Valuable Promotions in July 2025.
Nery Plata was scheduled to challenge Lourdes Juárez for her WBC light flyweight title on October 18, 2025, in South Padre Island, TX. Nery Plata lost the fight by majority decision.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes34Win31–3Brook SibrianUD830 May 202633Loss30–3Lourdes JuárezMD1018 Oct 202532Win30–2Sarah BormannSD1016 Dec 202331Win29–2Kim ClavelUD1013 Jan 202330Win28–2Yésica BoppSD1011 Mar 202229Win27–2Sandra RoblesUD812 Sep 202028Win26–2Edith FloresUD820 Jun 202027Win25–2Barbara MunozUD810 Aug 201926Win24–2Alondra GarciaUD109 Mar 201925Win23–2Nancy FrancoUD84 Aug 201824Win22–2Silvia TorresSD1014 Apr 201823Loss21–2Kenia EnríquezUD1018 Nov 201722Win21–1Maria Magdalena RiveraUD1014 Oct 201721Win20–1Delia LopezUD627 May 201720Win19–1Jazmin OrtegaUD88 Oct 201619Win18–1Jasseth NoriegaUD82 Jul 201618Win17–1Yanely Ceja Hernandez6 (8), 9 Apr 201617Win16–1Anahi TorresUD613 Feb 201616Loss15–1Esmeralda MorenoUD101 Aug 201515Win15–0Guadalupe RamirezUD822 Nov 201414Win14–0Ana Cristina VargasUD1028 Jun 201413Win13–0Maria SalinasUD1022 Feb 201412Win12–0Alejandra Lopez UD1030 Nov 201311Win11–0Jasseth NoriegaUD1010 Aug 201310Win10–0Yesenia Martinez CastrejonUD106 Jul 20139Win9–0Ivoon RosasUD1023 Feb 20138Win8–0Guadalupe RamirezTKO3 (6), 24 Nov 20127Win7–0Kareli Lopez SD81 Sep 20126Win6–0Guadalupe BautistaUD107 Jul 20125Win5–0Ibeth Zamora SilvaSD1021 Apr 20124Win4–0Viridiana Ramos418 Feb 20123Win3–0Kandy Sandoval619 Nov 20112Win2–0Yazmin Marin 3 (4), 21 Oct 20111Win1–0Estrella Valverde49 Jul 2011
See also List of female boxers List of Mexican boxing world champions
References
External links
Jessica Nery Plata - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live