[vc_row el_position=”first last”] [vc_column] [vc_column_text el_position=”first last”]<\/p>\n
LOS ANGELES (SEPTEMBER 26, 2013)\u2014Below are quotes from Wednesday\u2019s press conference in advance of Saturday\u2019s Super Middleweight showdown between former WBC Middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and WBO #1 ranked Middleweight Bryan Vera that will take place at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.<\/p>\n
The show is promoted by Top Rank and Banner Promotions and will be televised LIVE on HBO\u2019s Championship Boxing.<\/p>\n
Bryan Vera (23-6, 14 KO\u2019s)\u2014\u201cIt has been the longest camp I have ever been in so I am not lying when I say I am in the best shape of my career.\u201d<\/p>\n
Arthur Pelullo\u2014\u201cBryan knows he is fighting a great young fighter and it\u2019s going to be a great night of boxing. We feel that Bryan will have an excellent night. When Bob Arum called me about the fight, Bryan didn\u2019t blink an eyelash and said yes. He knew this could be a career changing fight. He wanted this fight from the get-go. He understands the formal task in front of him. He is a great fighter and he is coming to win the fight.\u201d<\/p>\n
David Watson (Vera Manager)\u2014\u201cThis is going to be a great exciting fight. Bryan has prepared for it. You are going to see two prideful fighters going at it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (46-1-1, 32 KO\u2019s)\u2014\u201cI am very happy that fight night is coming very soon. I think it\u2019s going to be a great fight for the audience. You are going to see the best Julio you have ever seen.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bob Arum\u2014\u201cPeople who know and understand boxing know that this will be a tremendous event and very exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n
Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. \u2013\u201cWe are very happy that the fight is getting closer. I can assure that you will see a great fight on Saturday. I know that Bryan Vera will give a sensational fight. We know my son is in for a tough fight on Saturday but we have a lot of confidence and we know that he will come for a victory.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fernando Beltran (Zanfer Promotions)\u2014\u201cI know that Chavez has a very tough opponent in front of him. The people are the winners of this show as they will see a sensational match.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tony Walker (HBO)\u2014\u201cThe challenge of Bryan Vera will be very formidable.\u201d<\/p>\n
[\/vc_column_text] [\/vc_column] [\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Bryan Vera meet the media for the final time before their September 28th fight<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6410,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[143],"class_list":["post-6411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-bryan-vera"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banner-promotions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banner-promotions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banner-promotions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banner-promotions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banner-promotions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6411"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/banner-promotions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6413,"href":"https:\/\/banner-promotions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6411\/revisions\/6413"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banner-promotions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banner-promotions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banner-promotions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banner-promotions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}