The ex-world champ faced a harsh reality.
Shinsuke Yamanaka fell to a disgraced Luis Nery in a second-round technical knockout loss at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Thursday night.
Nery failed to make weight prior to their scheduled WBC bantamweight title match, but he beat Yamanaka for the second straight time, retaining his unbeaten record (26-0, 20 knockouts).