Who will Jadier Herrera 🇨🇺 fight next?
Short answer
Most likely next opponent: William Zepeda🇲🇽 (55%, sanctioning-body order).
Confidence: Medium · Updated (UAE time)
Forecast: likely next opponents NextSmash estimate
Each percentage is the estimated chance of being Jadier Herrera's next opponent. These are not chances of winning.
- 55%chance next opponentJadier Herrera beat Ricardo Núñez on 10 Jan 2026 (TKO, round 8). WBC ordered Zepeda to defend against interim champion Herrera.Purse bid 20 Oct 2026 if no deal
Field / other: 45%. This covers everyone not listed above.
- Last fight
- Win vs Ricardo Núñez · TKO, round 8 · 10 Jan 2026
- Confidence
- Medium (High = officially booked · Medium = credible report, sanctioning-body order, talks or a boxer's own claim · Low = model only)
- Boxing factors
- Mandatory challengers, vacated belts, rematch clauses, Riyadh Season / The Ring events, promoter and network ties, and crossover fights
- Last updated
- (UAE time)
Rankings note: belts are labelled by the body that awards them (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO or The Ring). The order of boxers on these pages is a NextSmash list, not an official ranking.
Jadier Herrera: frequently asked questions
When is Jadier Herrera's next fight?
No fight is officially booked as of 2 Oct 2026. The leading option is William Zepeda (Purse bid 20 Oct 2026 if no deal).
Who did Jadier Herrera fight last?
Jadier Herrera beat Ricardo Núñez on 10 Jan 2026 (TKO, round 8). Source: Wikipedia.
Who is Jadier Herrera likely to fight next?
NextSmash estimate of the next opponent: William Zepeda (55%), field / other 45%. These are chances of being the next opponent, not chances of winning. Updated 2 Oct 2026.
What is Jadier Herrera's record?
18–0 (wins–losses–draws, no-contests in brackets) after the fight on 10 Jan 2026, as listed on Wikipedia.
What titles does Jadier Herrera hold?
WBC interim lightweight. Each belt is named with the body that awards it.
Other lightweight boxers
- William Zepeda🇲🇽 · WBC lightweight · next: Jadier Herrera 55%
- Abdullah Mason🇺🇸 · WBO lightweight · next: Joe Cordina 25%
- Floyd Schofield🇺🇸 · No world title listed · next: Lucas Bahdi Booked
- Gervonta Davis🇺🇸 · No world title listed · next: Lucas Bahdi 4%
More: Lightweight belts and next fights · All boxing
Sources
- Wikipedia: Jadier Herrera · record and last fight (revision 1362926818)
- The Ring: WBC orders Zepeda to defend lightweight title against Herrera
- BoxingNews24: WBC orders William Zepeda to face Jadier Herrera
- Wikipedia: List of current world boxing champions (revision of 1 Oct 2026) · 1 Oct 2026
Percentages are NextSmash estimates from the reports and factors above, not facts and not betting advice. Records and last fights come from Wikipedia. We do not use BoxRec data. Anything we could not verify is left out.