Chavez-Vera to Hold Press Conference August 29
Top Rank Press Release
LOS ANGELES (August 23, 2013) —
Former World Boxing Council (WBC) middleweight champion and Son of the Legend, JULIO CÉSAR CHÁVEZ JR., No. 1 contender BRYAN VERA, two-time Méxican Olympian ÓSCAR VALDEZ and Hall of Fame Promoter BOB ARUM, will host a Los Angeles news conference luncheon announcing their upcoming event on Thursday, August 29, in the Crystal Ballroom at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel (506 South Grand Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90071-2607).
Luncheon will be served at 11:30 a.m. with the news conference beginning at Noon PT.
Chávez (46-1-1, 32 KOs), of Culiacán, México, making his 2013 debut in his first fight in the Los Angeles area in over two years, and Vera (23-6, 14 KOs), of Austin, TX, riding a 16-month, four-bout winning streak, will go mano a mano on Saturday, September 28, under the stars, at StubHub Center in Carson, Calif. The undercard will feature the Frank Espinoza-managed Valdez (5-0, five KOs), who represented México in the 2008 and 2012 Olympic games, in a six-round featherweight battle. Chávez vs. Vera will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing®, beginning at 10:15 p.m. ET/PT.
