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Operator \u2013 Welcome to the Bryan Vera conference call. I will now turn the call over to your host, Marc Abrams.<\/p>\n
Mr. Marc Abrams \u2013 Hello, everyone, from the media. I thank everyone for joining us today. We\u2019re having a special conference call with Bryan Vera in the wake of last Saturday night\u2019s fight with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. that was at the StubHub Center in Carson, California, which was the largest–the most viewed fight on cable television this year in 2013. And obviously there\u2019s been a lot of controversy about the decision. So, we\u2019re going to rehash a little bit of that. And obviously people have read maybe in the last couple of days that there\u2019s already been some rumblings about a possible rematch. So, we have Bryan on the call along with his trainer, trainer of champions, Ronnie Shields and promoter Art Pelullo of Banner Promotions, and he can shed a lot of stuff on that. So, let me turn it over to the CEO and President of Banner Promotions, Art Pelullo.<\/p>\n
Mr. Artie Pelullo \u2013 Hi, guys. Who\u2019s on the call?<\/p>\n
Mr. Marc Abrams \u2013 We\u2019ll find that out in a minute.<\/p>\n
Mr. Artie Pelullo \u2013 Okay. The bottom line is I thank everybody for calling in. Where we\u2019re at now is this is for you guys to ask your questions about Bryan and what the future holds for him. We are talking to Bob. We are talking to HBO about a December date. And should they not be financially in a position to pay for this event, Bob and I are discussing a pay per view event for December. So, outside of that, I think everybody wants to hear from Bryan and Ronnie. So, I\u2019ll just listen in the background till there\u2019s a question.<\/p>\n
Mr. Marc Abrams \u2013 Bryan, you want to make any opening statements?<\/p>\n
Mr. Bryan Vera \u2013 No, I\u2019m good, man. Just–I\u2019m ready to answer any kind of questions you have for me.<\/p>\n
Mr. Marc Abrams \u2013 Okay, Ronnie?<\/p>\n
Mr. Ronnie Shields \u2013 I just want to say that everybody saw the fight. This fight deserves a rematch because Bryan did win the fight. And I just think everybody, especially all the press, I think you guys need to put it out there that there should be a rematch.<\/p>\n
Mr. Marc Abrams \u2013 Okay. I guess, operator, we\u2019re ready for questions.<\/p>\n
Operator \u2013 The line\u2019s now open for questions. If you would like to ask a question, you may do so by pressing star and then one on your telephone keypad, that\u2019s star and then the number one. We do have a question from the line of Brian Fogg with Leave it in the RinG. Your line is live.<\/p>\n
Mr. Brian Fogg \u2013 Hi. A quick question here kind of for all three of you actually. Going into the 10th round and after the 10th round you guys were all celebrating. You seemed pretty sure of the decision. I guess what was going through your head right before you heard it?<\/p>\n
Mr. Marc Abrams \u2013 Bryan?<\/p>\n
Mr. Bryan Vera \u2013 Yeah, for me, I thought Iwon. I was a little bit worried [unintelligible] me and Ronnie [unintelligible] corner where we\u2019re very happy with the way things were going. So, we–I thought for sure we had it man.<\/p>\n
Mr. Ronnie Shields \u2013 Well, for me–.<\/p>\n
Mr. Brian Fogg \u2013 –Ronnie, what do you think?<\/p>\n
Mr. Ronnie Shields \u2013 –Yes. For me, I was happy because Bryan followed the game plan to a tee. I couldn\u2019t ask him to do no more than what he did that night. And right after the fight though, I had my suspicions. I really did. But, I told Bryan, \u201cNo matter what the decision is, he won the fight.\u201d I say, \u201cNo matter what the decision is you won the fight.\u201d And–but always in the back of my mind–I\u2019ve been through this so many times with Pernell Whitaker and Chavez Senior, with Pernell Whitaker, Oscar De La Hoya, with Erislandy Lara and Paul Williams. So, nothing surprised me. But, this was really a blowout by Bryan Vera. And for them to give Julio Jr. a unanimous decision was–it was really ludicrous.<\/p>\n
Mr. Artie Pelullo \u2013 Just to add what Ronnie and Bryan said, he clearly won the fight. In the 10th round, I was sitting with Josh from my office. The bottom line is that he\u2019s a powerful kid. And I knew that if the 10th round went the way we thought it would Bryan would win a unanimous decision. Never thought in my mind that it would so erroneous the scores and so bizarre. I mean, even to this day people are talking about the scores. Even Bob Arum, who promoted the other guy, who has to say–who promoted Chavez. He says, \u201cWell, it was a close fight. Six, four, I call it even.\u201d Even he says that Marty Denkin was off and so was Gwen. I mean, Gwen she\u2019s just bizarre. I mean, she shouldn\u2019t be judging anymore. But, in the meantime where we\u2019re going from here is a rematch and everybody wants to see it. And I understand that Marc Abrams took a poll. There was 60 reporters, 56 saw Bryan win and four saw a draw and nobody saw Chavez winning. So, clearly it\u2019s a bad situation for boxing because it has to be rectified. The only way it gets rectified is another fight in Texas in the state where Bryan\u2019s from. That\u2019s where it\u2019s at right now so far.<\/p>\n
Operator \u2013 As a reminder, if you would like to ask a question, you may do so by pressing star and then one on your telephone keypad. We do have a question from the line of Lem Satterfield with RingTV.com. Your line is live.<\/p>\n
Mr. Lem Satterfield \u2013 Yeah. Artie, how you doing?<\/p>\n
Mr. Artie Pelullo \u2013 Hey, Lem. I\u2019m good, bud.<\/p>\n
Mr. Lem Satterfield \u2013 Hey, I talked to your buddy, Joe DeGuardia, and I actually talked to Lantle [sp]. You just mentioned where do we go from here. How much pressure in your mind–and I don\u2019t know if you\u2019ve talked to Joe. How much pressure is on the judges in Florida in that fight in particular with Cotto-Rodriguez, which is very similar in my mind to this one where Chavez was the A side and Cotto is the A side. Do you see rightly or wrongly there being any pressure on that situation?<\/p>\n
Mr. Artie Pelullo \u2013 Well, let me just say this to you. You would hope that they would play it straight. I mean, you would hope that they would see the fight, who\u2019s winning the fight and not who\u2019s supposed to win the fight, but you don\u2019t know, Lem, because look what happens. C.J. Ross has–can never withdrawal. So, you would have thought the officials–she gets–she\u2019s forced to resign. You would have thought the officials in California would have taken a page out of what\u2019s going on in Nevada and played it the right way and saw the winner, because he won the fight, not because they wanted to see a certain guy win the fight or have a preconceived idea who won the fight before the event actually took place. So, to answer your question, I have no idea. I have no idea, because part of the problem is with our industry is that the officials are not held accountable for their action. There is no suspension in place. There\u2019s no fines. There\u2019s no review. All of the commissions they stand by their officials right or wrong, which is wrong. I\u2019m a licensed fight promoter. Should I make a mistake, should there be a problem, there are repercussions for me, but there\u2019s nobody that holds the officials accountable. Very few times does anybody say, \u201cHey, you were wrong. You\u2019re suspended. You\u2019re fined and whatever.\u201d And that\u2019s the basic problem of the officiating, because they\u2019re not held accountable to anybody. So, what they do and as they do it it\u2019s not brought under scrutiny. And what happened in Nevada Keith Kiser got in trouble because he stood by the official blindly, instead of saying nothing and seeing how it played out. He got in trouble with his governor. So, the answer to your question, I have no clue what\u2019s going to happen in Florida. I don\u2019t know the people who are appointing. And you would hope that what goes on in Florida will be a lot better than what happened in California.<\/p>\n
Mr. Lem Satterfield \u2013 Okay, now let me–along those lines really even though you\u2019re going to Texas, and I\u2019d like Bryan–is he–Bryan on the line?<\/p>\n
Mr. Marc Abrams \u2013 Yeah, Bryan\u2019s here.<\/p>\n
Mr. Lem Satterfield \u2013 Okay, this is for you, Bryan, and for Ronnie. Really even though you\u2019re going to Texas you don\u2019t know what\u2019s going to happen. So, my question is, Bryan, Ronnie, Artie, how do each of you go through a whole promotion, a whole training camp, not knowing for sure whether (A) Chavez is going to come in at the weight he\u2019s supposed to and (B) you\u2019re going to get what you perceive to be a fair shake? Starting with Bryan, how do you put this all behind you?<\/p>\n
Mr. Bryan Vera \u2013 Obviously, you just go get ready. You don\u2019t really put it behind you, but I\u2019m not going to just stop boxing and give up because of what happened. I\u2019m going to go back and get with Ronnie and get with those guys and talk to Artie. And like Ronnie was telling me earlier, we got to make sure there\u2019s stipulations in the contracts before we sign everything that there\u2019s real punishments, not these little punishments that he can afford, like what he got last time. I mean, we got to put real punishments to where he\u2019s [unintelligible] to not do these things. You know what I mean? And as far as the judges and everything, I mean I don\u2019t know really how to control that. I just know that we have to control Chavez, make sure he comes to the final weight. And I got to let Ronnie and let Artie and Dave Watson, let them guys handle that. And I got to go back to camp and get ready.<\/p>\n
Mr. Lem Satterfield \u2013 Ronnie?<\/p>\n
Mr. Ronnie Shields \u2013 Yes, I think that we can\u2019t worry about the judges. The most important thing is to get Bryan ready. Get him in great shape again and go over the game plan again. And there\u2019s always some stuff that we can go back and change up just a little bit from the last fight. But, as far as the weight is concerned, I think the next time we have to put in the contract that if he doesn\u2019t make weight it\u2019s going to cost him half a million dollars, simple as that, and I think that that\u2019s only fair. This guy walks away with a lot of money, but he tried to dictate everything. He dictated the weight. He dictated the cancellations and all of this stuff. And Bryan he just had to sit back and wait until the fight happened. And when the fight did happen Bryan just did what he was supposed to do and he won the fight. So, I think this next fight come up then they have to abide by the rules or there\u2019s not going to be a fight.<\/p>\n
Mr. Lem Satterfield \u2013 Artie, is there anymore pressure on you? Is there anymore pressure on you right now to make it a more–have more control in the situation? What\u2019s your thought?<\/p>\n
Mr. Artie Pelullo \u2013 Well, I agree with everything that Ronnie and Bryan said. Control\u2019s very difficult now. The way you do it is like they said, you put things in the contract, and he has to live up to what he signs. At the end of the day it depends on how much he wants to be a fighter. I mean–and they\u2019re right, about the officiating, I\u2019m going to go down there early. If everything goes in place and we get the rematch, I\u2019m going to go down there early. I\u2019ll talk to the Texas Commission. I want to have input on who the officials will be as far as–you\u2019re not allowed to have–input who you want, but you can strike people. I\u2019ll get more involved with that as well. But, at the end of the day you can\u2019t control a human being. You can put it in a contract what he\u2019s supposed to do. And whether he lives up to that is a different story altogether. I can\u2019t control my children. I mean–and they love me. So, how am I going to control anybody else?<\/p>\n
Mr. Lem Satterfield \u2013 Thank you very much. Appreciate it.<\/p>\n
Mr. Artie Pelullo \u2013 You got it.<\/p>\n
Mr. Lem Satterfield \u2013 Thanks for having the call.<\/p>\n
Operator \u2013 Our next question comes from the line of Brendan Montenegro with roundbyroundboxing.com. Your line is live.<\/p>\n
Mr. Brendan Montenegro \u2013 Hey, Bryan, how\u2019s everything? My question is as far as weight limit, you started off at one weight and it was changed a few times after that. Are you looking to push it if you do get the rematch to stay at 168 or would you do like a medium of 170 and leave it at that, no if and or buts? And the other question is do you feel that the CompuBox numbers were right that you only landed 176 out of 734 punches compared to his 125 out of 328?<\/p>\n
Mr. Bryan Vera \u2013 You asking me?<\/p>\n
Mr. Brendan Montenegro \u2013 Yeah–.<\/p>\n
Mr. Artie Pelullo \u2013 –That question\u2019s for you, Bryan.<\/p>\n
Mr. Brendan Montenegro \u2013 Yeah, Bryan.<\/p>\n
Mr. Bryan Vera \u2013 I don\u2019t even know about the CompuBox punches. I felt like I landed a lot of punches. But, as far as the weight, yeah, he has to be at 168. I think Ronnie agrees with that as well, I believe. I think that we have to make him weigh 168. I have no business fighting at 170 or over 170. I come in at 60 to fight to 68. So, I don\u2019t see why I am fighting at 171.<\/p>\n
Mr. Brendan Montenegro \u2013 Do you feel you lost a little power moving up or you\u2019re just not comfortable at that weight and you feel that 168 is the max for you?<\/p>\n
Mr. Bryan Vera \u2013 No, I just feel like it\u2019s their problem. Obviously, I\u2019m bigger and stronger than everybody at 60–a lot of people at 60, but at 168 I also feel strong. But, when we started going over there I\u2019m dealing with a heavyweight–come down and fight like a heavyweight. I mean, for me, I\u2019m trying to make more sense of my career and trying to make a fair playing field. So, I\u2019m thinking 168 is the limit.<\/p>\n
Mr. Brendan Montenegro \u2013 All right, thank you.<\/p>\n
Operator \u2013 Our next question comes from the line of Norm Frauenheim with 15 Rounds. Your line is live.<\/p>\n
Mr. Norm Frauenheim \u2013 Hi, Artie. I got one question for you. In your talks for the rematch did Bob say that he talked to Julio Jr.? And what\u2019s your sense on whether–I mean given his unreliability through this and prior fights, what do you think the chances are that Julio Jr. will agree to a rematch?<\/p>\n
Mr. Artie Pelullo \u2013 Bob did talk to junior. He said he was interested in a rematch. And I think he needs to do it, because his own fan base is giving him a hard time. I mean, there are many reports down in Mexico that they\u2019re disappointed with him. He didn\u2019t win the fight. He got a gift. And in that world down there it\u2019s very important to be macho, to be standup, and they\u2019re telling him for him to rematch himself. So, I actually think the rematch is very good–a very good chance to come forward. There\u2019s no fights for him right now between now and the end of the year or January or February. Other guys are tied up. So, this would also help us get the rematch.<\/p>\n
Mr. Norm Frauenheim \u2013 Okay, okay. How about–what do you think, Ronnie? You think he\u2019ll agree to it?<\/p>\n
Mr. Ronnie Shields \u2013 I think he will agree to it. I mean, I think he–I think he\u2019s on the spot right now. If he don\u2019t agree to it that means he know he can\u2019t beat Bryan, simple as that. If you was a confident fighter–and you could blame it on whatever he want to blame it on, but he know he lost. In his heart he knows he lost that fight. And that\u2019s probably why he won\u2019t take him if he doesn\u2019t agree to it.<\/p>\n
Mr. Norm Frauenheim \u2013 All right, thanks, fellows. Good luck on that.<\/p>\n
Mr. Artie Pelullo \u2013 You got it.<\/p>\n
Operator \u2013 Our next question comes from the line of Steve Gallegos with thetitlefight.com. Your line is live.<\/p>\n
Mr. Steve Gallegos \u2013 Bryan, how you are today, buddy?<\/p>\n
Mr. Bryan Vera \u2013 Doing great. How are you?<\/p>\n
Mr. Steve Gallegos \u2013 Very good. Man, hey, great performance. Man, you definitely won that fight. Yeah, Chavez definitely got the gift. And during the fight, especially in the later rounds, particularly the 9th, Chavez did what boxings [sp] version of what flopping is. And obviously Lou Moret had no–was having no part of that. Overall based on the bad officiating, how would you guys rate Lou Moret\u2019s refereeing performance?<\/p>\n
Mr. Bryan Vera \u2013 For me being [unintelligible], he did a great job. He took no points away because he knew what I was doing was fair. And I think he knew that Chavez was complaining a lot and doing it because he didn\u2019t want to be in there. He was getting roughed up and complaining because he could, but I thought the referee did a great job.<\/p>\n
Mr. Steve Gallegos \u2013 Absolutely–.<\/p>\n
Mr. Artie Pelullo \u2013 –The referee was terrific. Lou made him fight and didn\u2019t take any guff from him about all his complaining about the low blows and the head butts. Lou was terrific. He let them become–he let them fight, and the kid didn\u2019t want to fight. He was moaning and groaning the whole night long.<\/p>\n
Mr. Ronnie Shields \u2013 Yeah, I think–.<\/p>\n
Mr. Steve Gallegos \u2013 –Yeah, absolutely–.<\/p>\n
Mr. Ronnie Shields \u2013 –He was looking for help. He was looking for help the whole night long. He knew he was losing these rounds, and he was looking for the referee to try to take a point away from Bryan. And everything Bryan threw was legal. He didn\u2019t do nothing illegal. Chavez was trying to use his head. I mean, he was trying to put up all stops. He was looking for help. He got help from the judges, but not from the referee.<\/p>\n
Mr. Steve Gallegos \u2013 Yeah, absolutely. I didn\u2019t see no dirty play, no elbows, no low shot. In fact his trunks looked very high as well. So, yeah, absolutely. And basically with the high Nielsen ratings and the controversial decision, if a rematch goes forward do you guys feel that you have leverage in negotiating a higher purse on Bryan\u2019s end?<\/p>\n
Mr. Artie Pelullo \u2013 Most definitely. Most definitely. Because, he\u2019s going to have to make less and Bryan\u2019s going to have to make more. So–and then–and we\u2019re dealing with that as things go along, but most definitely.<\/p>\n
Mr. Steve Gallegos \u2013 Okay. And, Bryan, you looked very comfortable at the higher weight. Even though you had to come in at 173 you looked sharp. You didn\u2019t look like that it was too much for you. I mean, you\u2019re used to fighting right around 160. Do you think you\u2019re going to stay at super middleweight from here on out or are you going to go back down to 160?<\/p>\n
Mr. Bryan Vera \u2013 I mean, I always–I talk to Ronnie, talk to those guys after we–after the next fight, but most likely if we go back to 60 where there\u2019s a lot more Opportunity the full weight class there\u2019s a lot of good talent and a lot of big fights. So, I\u2019ll get with those guys and we\u2019ll figure it out.<\/p>\n
Mr. Steve Gallegos \u2013 Okay. Well, that\u2019s all the questions I have today. Thanks, Artie. Thanks, Ronnie. Thanks, Bryan, for having this conference call, kind of addressing some of the issues of the fight. And you all have a good one. Good luck the next time out.<\/p>\n
Mr. Ronnie Shields \u2013 Thank you–.<\/p>\n
Mr. Bryan Vera \u2013 –Thanks.<\/p>\n
Operator \u2013 Our next question comes from the line of Karl Freitag with Fight News. Your line is live.<\/p>\n
Mr. Karl Freitag \u2013 Hello. I was wondering the decision to cut the fight from 12 to 10 rounds was that–looking in retrospect do you think that was a good decision considering Bryan seemed to have a lot more energy at the end of the fight?<\/p>\n
Mr. Ronnie Shields \u2013 Yes, I think it was a good decision, because, look, Chavez, I\u2019m telling you, he was 200 pounds–easily 200 pounds. And I know Bryan. I know what kind of condition he was in. He was in great condition, but I know coming down the stretch that Chavez was going to try to put his weight on him, and he was going to try to be fitting down on a lot of his shots. So, I didn\u2019t want to take the chance. I know Bryan was faster than him regardless, but still at the rate Bryan was throwing punches on a big guy like that. And people have to understand Bryan\u2019s power was still there, but Chavez was able to assault more because of how big he was. And I still hear the same question, \u201cWell, when Chavez hit him he [unintelligible] Bryan.\u201d Well, if a 200 pound man hit you, he\u2019s going to rock you every time, but he only hit Bryan with a couple good shots that kind of made Bryan go back a little bit, but at the same time Bryan worked him. Bryan threw over 700 punches in this fight and that\u2019s a lot of punches for a super middleweight, let alone a guy that\u2019s had to fight at a light heavyweight. I mean, look at the light heavyweight average. Go and look at the light heavyweight average and look at what Bryan did and you\u2019ll see why I cut it down to 10 rounds.<\/p>\n
Mr. Karl Freitag \u2013 Before the fight did you look at the officials and give any thought considering that like Gwen Adair\u2019s 80 and Marty Denkin\u2019s 79? Was that a consideration to complain or was there even an option because this wasn\u2019t a title fight?<\/p>\n
Mr. Artie Pelullo \u2013 Who\u2019s that addressed to?<\/p>\n
Mr. Karl Freitag \u2013 Anybody on the Vera team.<\/p>\n
Mr. Artie Pelullo \u2013 Well, first of all, they didn\u2019t appoint the officials until Friday. Second of all it\u2019s impossible to replace them unless you have cause. So, the answer to that is there\u2019s nothing you can do unless you have enough time and you have to have cause to replace them.<\/p>\n
Mr. Karl Freitag \u2013 Yeah. Okay. And you\u2019re talking about doing this fight in Texas. I know Chavez has a history in Texas. He wasn\u2019t tested after one of his fights and that led to some situation. Would–do you consider Texas to be a neutral ground or more Chavez territory or more Vera territory?<\/p>\n
Mr. Artie Pelullo \u2013 Well, if you\u2019re asking–Bryan, why don\u2019t you answer that first, and then I\u2019ll take it, and then you and Ronnie go first.<\/p>\n
Mr. Bryan Vera \u2013 I mean, for me, I think it\u2019s more my territory. Obviously it depends on where it is, too. San Antonio he has a lot of people, but I\u2019m right here in Austin right down the street. So, I don\u2019t know. I mean, the judging–I seem to be all right with the judges over here. [Unintelligible] gives a fair shake. And I mean you can never tell with them but I think it gives me more of an advantage that we\u2019re here in Texas for sure.<\/p>\n
Mr. Artie Pelullo \u2013 And if you\u2019re asking me, I think that, like I said earlier in the conversation, I would go to Texas and sit down with them and see what\u2019s going on and who they would appoint and have a little bit better handle in it. I don\u2019t think Dickie Cole, who is the–like their Executive Director wants to be in a position to be criticized that the fight would be another scandal like it was in California.<\/p>\n
Mr. Karl Freitag \u2013 Okay, great. Thanks very much.<\/p>\n
Mr. Artie Pelullo \u2013 You got it.<\/p>\n
Operator \u2013 Our next question comes from the line of David Greisman with boxingscene.com. Your line is live.<\/p>\n
Mr. David Griesman \u2013 Actually, my questions have already been asked. Thank you.<\/p>\n
Operator \u2013 Our next question comes from the line of James Myer [sp] with Tha Boxing Voice. Your line is live. James Myer, your line is live.<\/p>\n
Mr. James Myer \u2013 Sorry, about that. I was on mute. But, anyway, this question is for Bryan and Ronnie. I just wanted to know if you guys have gone back and scored the fight? And if so, have you guys–did you guys see anything, any actual footage of the fight that you might change going into a rematch that won\u2019t allow the judges to score the way they did on Saturday?<\/p>\n
Mr. Ronnie Shields \u2013 Go ahead, Bryan.<\/p>\n
Mr. Bryan Vera \u2013 I would get with Ronnie about it, but I mean to me it looked like I won the fight more clearly than [unintelligible] but I would have to just go back to the gym with Ronnie and let him determine on whether I need to make changes now. But, as far as myself, I felt like I did what I had to do to win it and it seemed clear to me.<\/p>\n
Mr. Ronnie Shields – And as for me, I haven\u2019t watched a fight back. I mean, I don\u2019t need to watch it back really. I caught it the other night, and I saw like the last two rounds of the fight but that was it. But, I mean, look, I saw it live and I judge every round–every round for my fighters I judge it and I judge it fairly, and if Bryan was behind I would have told him that he was behind during the fight, but I didn\u2019t tell him he was behind because he wasn\u2019t. He was winning the fight and that\u2019s why I just kept telling him–every now and then Bryan would put his hands down and get hit with a shot. And I just told him, \u201cDon\u2019t be macho. You don\u2019t have to be macho. Just stick to the game plan.\u201d And he went back and he did that. And as far as a rematch is concerned, it\u2019s not in me to tell my fighter to train because he\u2019s got to impress–because he\u2019s got to do something special because he\u2019s fighting Chavez Jr. in the next fight. No. We train. We put the fight plan together and that\u2019s the way we do it. We can\u2019t–because we don\u2019t know how judges think. We don\u2019t know how they\u2019re going to be that night. We just got to do the best that we can possibly do, get in great shape, follow the game plan and win the fight. And whether the judges see it that way or not, in my heart of hearts we know Bryan won the fight. That just plain and simple as that. Everybody thought he won the fight. So, that\u2019s enough for me. And in the next fight we have to train harder and just add a few more wrinkles to what we already know how to do.<\/p>\n
Mr. James Myer \u2013 Also, regarding the weight–you guys being a little bit stricter on the weight loss policy have you guys thought of any sort of rehydration clause or are you guys that far into negotiations where you talked about stuff like that?<\/p>\n
Mr. Artie Pelullo \u2013 If you\u2019re asking me, we\u2019re not–if he makes 68 and that\u2019s agreed upon weight, it\u2019d be pretty hard to put a number in there that he can\u2019t be heavy than whatever, but I don\u2019t know the answer to that question because we don\u2019t have a fight yet. We haven\u2019t had–we don\u2019t have 100 percent from him, and HBO is hemming and hawing at this time as they\u2019re looking at their budget. So, if it\u2019s not then–going to be on HBO or then it would be on pay per view. So, right now, we\u2019re trying to put together that the fight does happen before the end of the year on the 7th or the 14th.<\/p>\n
Mr. James Myer \u2013 All right, great. That\u2019s all the questions I had. Thanks a lot for your time.<\/p>\n
Mr. Artie Pelullo \u2013 I\u2019d just like to say something. I need to get on a plane. So, if anybody wants to talk–ask me anymore questions that\u2019s fine. If not, I\u2019m going to get off. Everybody else stay on with Bryan and with Ronnie. So, if there\u2019s nothing else for me, I\u2019ll wait a second and find out, and then I\u2019m going to get on this plane.<\/p>\n
Operator \u2013 Our next question comes from the line of Robert Morales with Los Angeles Daily News. Your line is live.<\/p>\n
Mr. Robert Morales \u2013 Thank you. Yeah, I actually have–you\u2019re okay, Artie. I have one question for Bryan and one for Ronnie.<\/p>\n
Mr. Artie Pelullo \u2013 Okay, then I\u2019m going to say goodbye. Ronnie, and, Bryan, and Marc, you guys keep talking. Thanks, guys, all the reporters–.<\/p>\n
Mr. Ronnie Shields \u2013 –Thank you–.<\/p>\n
Mr. Artie Pelullo \u2013 –For coming onboard. We need your help. And because of what you\u2019ve done and because of the outcry and the outrage on how the decision went there could be a bigger fight in the second fight and that\u2019s what we\u2019re working on. So, everybody have a good day. I\u2019ll be on cell. I\u2019ll be in LA. Chow.<\/p>\n
Mr. Bryan Vera \u2013 Take care.<\/p>\n
Mr. Artie Pelullo \u2013 Bye, guys. Bye, Ronnie. Bye, Bryan–.<\/p>\n
Mr. Ronnie Shields \u2013 –Bye.<\/p>\n
Mr. Bryan Vera \u2013 Take care.<\/p>\n
Mr. Robert Morales \u2013 Okay, so, Bryan, I\u2019m curious, immediately after the decision was announced, what went through your head?<\/p>\n
Mr. Bryan Vera \u2013 I mean nothing really. I just felt sick to my stomach, man, because I mean, you heard the crowd. The crowd booed. And I just knew that I won the fight, man. We all felt the same way. I really had no thoughts. I was kind of disgusted, man. So, I just prayed, hopefully, we can do this again.<\/p>\n
Mr. Robert Morales \u2013 Ronnie, I\u2019m wondering. I know that this is not what you want to see a decision that your man apparently deserved it and didn\u2019t get. But, let me ask you this, Bryan did give a very, very good performance, one of the best, and I know he\u2019s gotten better recently as time has gone on. We all know that. I thought this was a terrific performance by him. Do you think that even though he did not get this decision that his performance alone helped him in his career?<\/p>\n
Mr. Ronnie Shields \u2013 I think without a doubt. I think people have to also look at all the hard work Bryan put into this fight. Sometimes it takes a name to make you fight your best. Let me tell you something, we had 17 weeks of hard work. And every time the fight got canceled, I brought him down a little bit, and then when it was on we picked it back up, and we had to do this like four times. So–and Bryan didn\u2019t complain one time. I\u2019ve been with guys before that have complained, \u201cOh, this ain\u2019t going to never happen,\u201d this and that, and they get themselves down, but Bryan just kept pushing and pushing. And I think it showed. It reflected in the fight that he worked hard that he definitely worked harder than Chavez did. And for them not to see that and not to give him the fight that\u2019s–to me these guys didn\u2019t do their job. And someone said something about their age. It don\u2019t matter how old you are. If you can see the fight, realize that both guys trained. They trained hard. They–this is their living. This is what they do for a living. And it don\u2019t affect these guys in one way or another. They don\u2019t care that they gave the fight to a guy who didn\u2019t deserve it. And that\u2019s the thing about is not one of these judges have come out and said one thing. \u201cThis is what I saw. This is what it is.\u201d No, nothing. You heard nothing. Because, I\u2019m telling you, I don\u2019t know if they was paid off. They could have been. Like Vergil Hunter said, he saw some suspicious things going on around wayside. Hey, maybe it was. And again these judges should have a heart and come out and say, \u201cOh, yeah, we took some money to give him the fight,\u201d or \u201cI made a mistake. I didn\u2019t–maybe I didn\u2019t look at it the way I supposed to be looking at it.\u201d Say something and let the public know. If they call themselves fair and honest, then come out fair and honest and say what you believe now.<\/p>\n
Mr. Robert Morales \u2013 I see. I see. Outstanding. All right, Ronnie, thanks. Man, I appreciate it.<\/p>\n
Mr. Ronnie Shields \u2013 Thank you.<\/p>\n
Operator \u2013 Our next question comes from the line of Gina Carano with TRU Boxing Headz. Your line is live.<\/p>\n
Ms. Gina Carano \u2013 Hi, Bryan. This is Gina. How you doing?<\/p>\n
Mr. Bryan Vera \u2013 I\u2019m doing good, Gina. How are you?<\/p>\n
Ms. Gina Carano \u2013 Good. My question\u2019s for you. I have just more of a statement and then a little bit of a question. I\u2019m sure you know that Twitter totally blew up that night. It was out of control. I mean, Chavez-Vera was one of the top trends on Twitter. And I know it\u2019s one thing for boxing fans to say it\u2019s unfair that my fighter lost, everybody was saying it, Bryan. Networks were saying it. Writers were saying it. Other boxers were saying it. Fans were saying it. So, I mean I definitely know that the judges say that you lost. We know that you didn\u2019t. But, how did it feel to gain that much respect and support from some incredible people?<\/p>\n
Mr. Bryan Vera \u2013 That part of the whole thing made me feel good just because I was a little down after the fight. I mean–and it was just a bad–it was a bad situation to be in, but all the support and all the people that were talking on Twitter, Facebook, and all those things, they definitely brought me back up and they made me realize that I got ripped off. You know what I mean? When you have that many people and that many judges and that many press [unintelligible] people calling me the winner then that tells you right there.<\/p>\n
Ms. Gina Carano \u2013 Absolutely. That\u2019s my only question. Thanks.<\/p>\n
Mr. Bryan Vera \u2013 Thank you.<\/p>\n
Operator \u2013 Our next question comes from the Brian Fogg with Leave it in the RinG. Your line is live.<\/p>\n
Mr. Brian Fogg \u2013 Actually, I had a question for Artie, who already left. So, I\u2019ll just drop him an e-mail. Thank you though.<\/p>\n
Operator \u2013 We have no further questions in queue at this time.<\/p>\n
Mr. Marc Abrams \u2013 Okay, just want to thank everyone for being on the call, Bryan and Ronnie as well. If you guys need to get in touch with Bryan, everyone has my e-mail address, and I\u2019ll be able to accommodate you guys as this process develops over the next couple of months. So, thanks again for–everyone for being on, and we\u2019ll talk to you guys soon. Thank you.<\/p>\n
Mr. Bryan Vera \u2013 All right, very good.<\/p>\n
Mr. Ronnie Shields \u2013 Take care, Bryan.<\/p>\n
Mr. Bryan Vera \u2013 Ronnie, I\u2019ll talk to you soon, man.<\/p>\n
Mr. Ronnie Shields \u2013 All right, bye.<\/p>\n
Operator \u2013 That concludes this afternoon\u2019s teleconference. You may now disconnect your lines. text.<\/p>\n
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