The rematch between Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Bryan Vera pulled in an audience on par with HBO’s most-watched boxing broadcasts of last year. Chavez-Vera 2 did an average of 1,390,000 viewers, peaking at 1,531,000 viewers, according to Nielsen Me...
By David P. Greisman - This time, there was no controversy. Not before the fight. Not after. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. made the super-middleweight limit for his rematch with Bryan Vera, and then proceeded to unleash a beating upon his game opponent....
Though Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. fought much better for his second bout with Bryan Vera than he did for the first, there are still significant changes that need to be made in his training camp, according to promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank, who passed alon...
Former World Boxing Council (WBC) middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. unanimously outpointed Bryan Vera in a super middleweight rematch Saturday night at the Alamodome, rebounding from perhaps the worst performance of his career. Chavez (48-...
Former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. landed the cleaner, harder punches all night in his rematch with Bryan Vera at San Antonio's Alamodome. Chavez landed 60% or more of his power shots in six of twelve rounds - winning a clear una...
Bryan Vera threw nearly twice as many punches and Chavez landed 43% of his power shots. Former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. had his opponents land 38% of their power punches, while the absorbent Vera tasted 45% of his opponents po...
One of boxing’s biggest names makes his 2014 debut in a major rematch at the Alamodome in San Antonio. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (47-1-1, 32 KOs) of Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, and Austin’s Bryan Vera (23-7, 14 KOs) meet in a highly anticipated 12-round...
By Cliff Rold - It turned out better for Vera than for many. Too often in boxing, victims of controversial verdicts against opponents of larger profile find themselves on the outside looking in. Fans and pundits recall their bad fortune and the s...
Julio César Chávez Jr. is fully focused on his career. After suffering his first career loss, and his WBC middleweight title, to Sergio Martinez in 2012 - he tested positive for marijuana and lost interest in boxing. Coming into last year's fight wit...
“Lightning never strikes twice.” Do not tell that phrase to Bryan Vera. He, and to the eyes of most media and boxing fans, believes that he outboxed Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. over 10 rounds in their clash at the Stubhub Center in Carson, CA on Se...
San Antonio, Texas - The weights are in for Saturday night at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas - where Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will have a rematch with Bryan Vera. They fought last September, where Chavez won a controversial ten round unanimous dec...
San Antonio, Texas - (L-R) Fighters : Welterweight Alex Saucedo, WBO Featherweight champion Orlando Salido , former WBC Middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. , No. 1 contender Bryan Vera and two-time Ukrainian Olympic gold medalist Vasy...
SAN ANTONIO, TX -- Fight Week in San Antonio for the eagerly- anticipated boxing doubleheader featuring the historic challenge by two-time Ukrainian Olympic gold medalist and 2013 Prospect of the Year, VASYL LOMACHENKO, in only his second professiona...