Jose “El Magnífico” Nunez delivered one of Friday night’s biggest boxing upsets, defeating Bryan “Niño Maravilla” Flores by unanimous decision on November 13 at the El Paso County Coliseum in Texas. The judges scored the 10-round super lightweight main event 97-93, 97-93 and 96-94 for the Panamanian southpaw, who improved to 19-0-2 with eight knockouts. Flores dropped to 29-2-1. Nunez defended the WBA Continental Americas belt and added the WBC FECARBOX championship, both regional titles rather than full world championships.
Nunez established control with accurate counters and well-timed power punches as Flores struggled to turn his forward movement into sustained offense. A body attack in the second round and a sharp shot upstairs in the third helped disrupt the Mexican contender’s rhythm. Flores rallied in stretches, but an accidental clash of heads opened a cut around his right eye in the ninth. Nunez closed strongly, attacking the body again in the final round. BoxingScene reported Nunez landed 84 total punches to Flores’ 59, including a 74-41 edge in power shots.
The result matters beyond the scorecards because both boxers entered as world-ranked contenders in a crowded 140-pound division. Nunez has now followed his earlier stoppage of Erislandy Alvarez with another significant win, strengthening his case for a higher-level matchup in 2027 without guaranteeing a world-title shot. On the same ProBoxTV card, unbeaten Tsendbaatar Erdenebat outpointed Muhammad Yaqubov, while Ruben Aguilar stopped Guido Schramm in the third round. Those outcomes underline how much divisional movement Friday’s event produced.