Are Chavez Jr.’s growing pains over? Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. turned in a much improved performance Saturday night at the Alamo Dome in San Antonio, scoring a unanimous decision (117-110, 117-110 and 114-113), rematching Bryan Vera. Although he arrived fashionably late to the venue for a main event fighter, and declined to disclose fight night

Najera dazzles local fans on Chavez-Vera undercard In front of a hometown audience on the Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. against Bryan Vera undercard in San Antonio, Ivan Najera (12-0 8 KO’s) fought and won his toughest challenge to date. Facing a very game Angel Hernandez (8-1, 4 KOs), Najera didn’t have any room for mistakes. A

Chavez Jr. wakes up Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has had quite the roller coaster career so far, and Saturday in San Antonio’s rematch against Bryan Vera really felt like a crossroads in his young career. Once heralded as the prince of Mexican boxing, Chavez Jr. is now seen as a spoiled kid that doesn’t take

Chavez, Vera make weight, Salido loses title on the scales in San Antonio It’s no surprise that somebody missed weight Friday afternoon in San Antonio, Tex., ahead of HBO’s first major American boxing card of the year. The surprise is that it wasn’t Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. this time who missed weight, but instead WBO

Vera hopes to Remember the Alamo Saturday’s fight in San Antonio’s Alamo Dome is yet another David vs Goliath boxing storyline. On one hand you have Julio Caesar Chavez Jr, the boxing prince of Mexico. Chavez Jr. hasn’t always shown the most discipline, he couldn’t make weight in his last fight with Bryan Vera. Speaking

Chavez and Vera out to prove who belongs on Saturday On Saturday, Bryan Vera and Julio Chavez Jr. meet again in a highly anticipated rematch at the Alamo Dome in San Antonio, TX. Their first bout, Vera, (23-7) who is best known as a brawler, was fearless in his pursuit of Chavez (47-1-1). Ring statistics

Are day before weigh-ins good for boxing? Disappointed is the fan that pays hard earned money to attend a title fight only to see one of the fighters not make weight. When this happens most of the governing bodies will, as a general rule, make the fight a “non-title” affair; however, it gets a bit

WBC ratings reveal Chavez Jr. #1 at 168, Broner stripped at 135 Despite one controversy covered career win at 168 pounds for son of a legend Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., he is now ranked number one at the weight by the World Boxing Council (WBC). The decision is par for the course for the WBC

Behind The Gloves 2013 Picks!   Fighter of the Year – Danny “Swift” Garcia Heading into 2013 this year, Danny “Swift” Garcia, despite 3 straight wins and becoming a world champion in 2012, was still being considered unproven by many. Fans and many observers have said that Garcia would be just another “flash in the

Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. says fight against Bryan Vera is the beginning of the second part of his career! Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Bryan Vera took center stage on Thursday in the Crystal Ballroom at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel during a press conference announcing their rescheduled September 28 super middleweight showdown. The bout will