Fatherhood has Chavez focused

— -- SAN ANTONIO -- Former middleweight titlist Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. was walking through the fight hotel late Thursday morning holding his 3-month-old daughter, Julia, who was dressed in pink and asleep in her father's arms.

A couple of hours later, Chavez appeared at the final news conference for Saturday's rematch with Bryan Vera at the Alamodome (HBO, 9:45 p.m. ET/PT). When it was Chavez's turn to speak, he first went into the audience to scoop up the little girl from the arms of her mother, Chavez's fiancee, Frida Munoz, before returning to the stage to deliver his remarks while holding the baby.

Chavez, who showed off the baby -- including to a playful George Foreman, who was seated next to him -- sure looked like he was enjoying fatherhood and said that the new angel of his eye has him more focused on his career than ever before.