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Bryan Lee Vera is a Mexican-American boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

in the super middleweight

Super middleweight

Super Middleweight is a boxing and Muay Thai weight division that has a weight limit of 168 pounds .- 1960s–1983 :There was interest in a division between Middleweight and Light Heavyweight in the late 1960s, the mid-1970s, and the early 1980s...

division. He trains in Cedar Park, Texas

Cedar Park, Texas

Cedar Park is a city in Travis and Williamson counties in the U.S. state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the population is 48,937. The city is a major suburb of Austin, the center of which is approximately to the southeast, although Austin directly borders Cedar Park at the latter's...

. He is best known for upsetting undefeated Middleweight prospect Andy Lee in 2008( although he lost the rematch), as well as former WBC Super Welterweight Champion Sergio Mora

Sergio Mora

Sergio "The Latin Snake" Mora is a Mexican American professional boxer trained by Dean Campos. He is the former WBC Light Middleweight Champion and also the first champion of NBC's The Contender....

in 2011.

Personal

Bryan attended Westwood High School and lettered in football, a sport he had played since a child in Pop Warner

Pop Warner Little Scholars

Pop Warner Little Scholars is a non-profit organization that provides youth football, cheerleading, and dance programs for participants in 43 U.S. states and several countries around the world. It is headquartered in Langhorne, Pennsylvania...

. His brother, Gilbert "Boogie" Vera is also a professional boxer and his Father was a two-time IBA champion in the heavyweight

Heavyweight

Heavyweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Fighters who weigh over 200 pounds are considered heavyweights by the major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council, and the World Boxing...

division.

Professional career

Vera began his professional career in 2004 and would go onto get some big wins over Etienne Whitaker and Samuel Miller

Samuel Miller

Samuel Miller may refer to:* Samuel Miller , professor at Princeton Theological Seminary and author of The Ruling Elder * Samuel Miller , inventor of the circular saw in 1777 * Samuel F...

The Contender

He is one of the featured boxers on the third season of the boxing reality TV series, The Contender, which premiered September 4, 2007, on ESPN

ESPN

Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....

. Vera suffered his first professional loss in the opening fight of the contest to the shows runner-up Jaidon Codrington

Jaidon Codrington

Jaidon "The Don" Codrington is a professional boxer. He fights at Light Heavyweight out of Queens, New York and had a record of 20 wins and 2 losses, with 16 wins by knockout....

Life after The Contender

Recently, Vera fought undefeated and highly touted prospect Andy Lee. In a fight that he was supposed to lose according to most critics, Brian Vera pulled up the upset win and TKO Andy Lee in the seventh round. Though the TKO was questionable by many, Andy Lee's face was beaten and swollen compared to Vera's face which had no bruising.. However, Lee defeated Vera in a rematch with Lee winning by UD

On November 22, 2008 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on the Ricky Hatton vs. Paulie Malignaggi

Ricky Hatton vs. Paulie Malignaggi

Ricky Hatton vs. Paulie Malignaggi was a boxing light welterweight match-up between the top two in the division at that time, to determine the number one light welterweight in the world. It was called "Power vs...

undercard, Vera was stopped and eaten by middleweight contender James Kirkland

James Kirkland (boxer)

James Derick Kirkland is an American professional boxer.Kirkland fights at light middleweight, and is the WBO NABO light middleweight title holder...

for eight gruesome rounds. Kirkland was busier than Vera and was landing the better and much more powerful punches. And in the eighth round Kirkland came out winging bodyshots ands Vera was throwing rights, Kirkland countered with punch combinations that sent Vera down for the third time of the fight. A few seconds later Kirkland was battering him in the corner and the referee jumped in to stop the fight.

Just 6 Months later, he was easily outpointed for 10 roundsby the Scottish Craig McEwan. In every round, almost, McEwan would flash new stuff that mad it difficult Vera. One round it was lead lefts. Another round, it was fighting well with his back on the ropes. In another round, it was the uppercut from the outside. McEwan would trade with Vera in the 7th to give Vera a chance -- even though McEwan got the better of the exchanges. Vera was tired from all the punches McEwan landed and all the missing by the 10th.

On a ESPN Friday Night Fights headliner, Vera scored a victory that helped determine his presence in the Middleweight

Middleweight

Middleweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1897...

division when he upset fellow Contender participant and former World Champion Sergio Mora

Sergio Mora

Sergio "The Latin Snake" Mora is a Mexican American professional boxer trained by Dean Campos. He is the former WBC Light Middleweight Champion and also the first champion of NBC's The Contender....

with a hard-fought 10 round decision. Mora was coming off of September's disputed, split-decision draw

Shane Mosley vs. Sergio Mora

Shane Mosley vs. Sergio Mora is a boxing light middleweight superfight at Los Angeles, California on the weekend of the Mexican Independence Day.-Build-up:...

with 39-year-old three-division, five-time titlist Shane Mosley

Shane Mosley

“Sugar” Shane Mosley is an American professional boxer from Pomona, California who has held world titles in three weight divisions.-Amateur career:Mosley was an amateur standout, capturing various amateur titles, including:...

. His superior strengths were what gave him the advantage in this bout Scores of 96-94 were all registered by all three judges.

Following weeks after the fight his promoter, Lou DiBella

Lou DiBella

Louis John DiBella, Jr. is a boxing promoter and television/film producer. He is Founder and CEO of DiBella Entertainment based in New York City...

, reported that Vera would face Lee in a rematch when Lee defeated Craig McEwan. Vera rose from a first round knockdown to defeat Lee. He lost to Andy lee by via unanimous decsion.

Professional boxing record

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="8"|19 Wins (12 knockouts, 7 decisions), 6 Losses, 0 Draws
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|19-6 ||align=left| Andy Lee

Andy Lee (boxer)

Andy Lee , is an Irish professional boxer from Limerick, Ireland who fights in the Middleweight division.-Background:Lee was born in Bow, London, England to Irish parents...

United States Sergio Mora

Sergio Mora

Sergio "The Latin Snake" Mora is a Mexican American professional boxer trained by Dean Campos. He is the former WBC Light Middleweight Champion and also the first champion of NBC's The Contender....

Canada Sebastien Demers

Sebastien Demers

Sébastien Demers is a Canadian professional boxer, known as "Double Trouble", who fights in the super middleweight division....

United States James Kirkland

James Kirkland (boxer)

James Derick Kirkland is an American professional boxer.Kirkland fights at light middleweight, and is the WBO NABO light middleweight title holder...

Andy Lee (boxer)

Andy Lee , is an Irish professional boxer from Limerick, Ireland who fights in the Middleweight division.-Background:Lee was born in Bow, London, England to Irish parents...

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United States Max Alexander

Max Alexander (boxer)

Max Alexander is an American boxer.-Professional career:Alexander began his professional career in 2004. Whilst he was undefeated, he would have lost a bout to Marty Lindquist in 2006 via a 1st round KO, however the bout was later declared a no contest because Lindquist failed a drug test...

United States Jaidon Codrington

Jaidon Codrington

Jaidon "The Don" Codrington is a professional boxer. He fights at Light Heavyweight out of Queens, New York and had a record of 20 wins and 2 losses, with 16 wins by knockout....

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United States Max Alexander

Max Alexander (boxer)

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