Vera: I’m going to go in and hurt him [Chavez Jr]

By Boxing News - 02/21/2014 - Comments

chavez012By Dan Ambrose: Brian Vera (23-7, 14 KO’s) feels that the judges robbed him last September in giving former WBC 160 lb champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (47-1-1, 32 KO’s) a 10 round unanimous decision win by the scores of 98-92, 96-94, and 97-93. That’s why Vera plans on giving Chavez Jr. a beating on March 1st in their rematch so that the judges can possibly mess things up this time due to how one-sided it’ll be.

The venue for this fight favors Vera this time instead of Chavez Jr. with the fight being staged in Vera’s home state at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. There will still be a lot of Chavez Jr. fans at the fight due to the popularity of his famous father Julio Cesar Chavez, and the proximity of San Antonio to Mexico. But Vera will still have more fans on his side this time than he did in his last fight against Chavez Jr. in Carson, California.

“I’m definitely going to go in and hurt him,” Vera said. “We’re going to change things up and throw him off. I don’t want any excuses for when I go in and beat him this time.”

Vera’s working more on his power this time, because he recognizes that Chavez Jr. has an incredible ability to take punishment and keep firing back shots. It means that Vera is going to need to hit Chavez Jr. with a lot of hard shots if he’s to have a chance at stopping him.

In their fight last September, Chavez Jr. looked beaten up at the end of the fight with visible swelling around both eyes. Vera didn’t even look like he’d been in a fight, as there no swelling or cuts around his face. He had the appearance of someone that he gone out for a long run, and built up little more than a good sweat.

Vera’s trainer Ronnie Shields said “When you beat a guy one time, you can beat him again.”

Shields also feels that Vera beat Chavez Jr. last September, and that’s why he thinks he can do it again no matter how better conditioned Chavez Jr. is for the rematch.

Chavez Jr. says that he wants to “Win definitely and leave no doubts.”

He’s going to need to win definitely this time because he’s not going to be able to move on from a loss to Vera or another controversial decision. Chavez Jr. has already had two controversial decisions in his fights against Carlos Molina and another very questionable decision in his first fight against Matt Vanda. He can’t make a career out of getting decisions scored in his favor.



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