Trainer Virgil Hunter speaking following the Chavez Jr.-Vera bout on HBO (Photo: Chris Robinson – www.HustleBoss.com)
By Chris Robinson
It was hard not to feel bad for Brian Vera on Saturday night.
Facing off with a much bigger Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. on HBO’s airwaves inside of the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., Vera fought as spirited of a battle as can be expected over the course of ten hard-fought rounds.
When the fight had finished, scorecards reading 98-92, 97-93, and 96-94 all favored Chavez, who improved his record to 47-1-1 with 32 knockouts while Vera fell to 23-7 with 14 knockouts.
For many of the 5,206 partisans in attendance, however, Vera did more than enough to warrant the victory due to his sheer activity and ability to outland Chavez in several crucial moments of the fight.
Sharing his thoughts on Vera’s performance, trainer Virgil Hunter seemed at a loss.
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