Good sign for PBC and made sense for everybody involved.
Nery is next in line for the WBC belt after Takuma Inoue and (also PBC) Oubaali fight each other, I guess PBC would like to keep that belt in house and also Nery despite his shameful unprofessionalism in the near past is still one of the most highly touted Mexican dudes out there and an exciting TV fighter due to his style and power.
Takuma Inoue, Nery and Oubaali are just 3 dudes who are NOT in the WBSS and the 118 WBSS roster is strong too, 118 is a good ass division not just for the quality of the top 10 fighters but also because the big fights actually get made.
Imagine the storyline if Takuma Inoue beats Oubaali but gets beat down by Nery and then Naoya Inoue fresh off winning WBSS goes out for revenge and also for all the belts
Nery already disrespected Japanese boxing so much he is banned from ever boxing there iirc, beating Inoue's brother would be just fuel to the fire.
Inoue beats him imo