Daniel Jacobs v Julio Cesar Chavez Jr

[Master]

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. docked $1M after badly missing weight

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. escaped one misstep to be cleared to fight Daniel Jacobs.

His second cost him a reported $1 million.

The fight will still go on. But after Chavez missed weight for the super middleweight bout by almost five pounds on Thursday, his wallet will be considerably lighter.

Closer to light heavyweight
Chavez, who has a history of missing weight, weighed in at 172.7 pounds when he stepped on the scale on Thursday.

The reading put him closer to the light heavyweight limit of 175 pounds than the 168-pound super middleweight standard.



Jacobs agreed to go on with the fight with one significant contract stipulation. According to ESPN’s Dan Rafael, Jacobs’ team demanded that Chavez surrender $1 million of his scheduled $3 million purse.

Jacobs had significant leverage after Chavez required a federal judge’s ruling on Tuesday to lift a Nevada State Athletic Commission suspension for refusing a random drug test in October.

When the chance arose that Chavez couldn’t fight, Jacobs’ team lined up a standby opponent in former middleweight challenger Gabriel Rosado.

Jacobs reportedly happy to take on the extra cash

When Chavez agreed to surrender a portion of his purse, Chavez agreed to fight at a catchweight of 173 pounds, according to The Athletic’s Mike Coppinger. Chavez, a Mexican fighter, is a big draw for the Phoenix fight.

Rosado will fight in the undercard.

"It doesn't bother us at all,” Jacobs’ manager Keith Connolly told ESPN of Chavez missing weight. “Danny's still gonna beat his ass.”

The fight is scheduled for Friday night at Phoenix’s Talking Stick Resort Arena and will be available on DAZN.

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[TitoFan]

I wonder what earthly possible toehold in boxing the 5-pound overweight Junior thinks he could achieve with a victory over Jacobs. Would he expect a title shot?

[powerpuncher]

I wonder what earthly possible toehold in boxing the 5-pound overweight Junior thinks he could achieve with a victory over Jacobs. Would he expect a title shot?

For as much as Canelo is coddled, Chavez has to be the most entitled fighter in the history of boxing. He was getting $3 million for this fight? He hasn’t fought in years and was never even good in the first place. He has been caught cheating more times than you can count and has missed weight on multiple occasions. There is no more unlikable boxer when it comes to the boxing game. There may be some worse human beings, but he is the worst in the overall boxing sense.

[p4pking]

This is priceless. Chavez basically couldn't have intended to make the weight at any point. A regular pro will often be 5 pounds over with weeks to go. Either he didnt train period, or this was always agreed upon. Guess it just shows Mexican American fighters have the most infaliable drawing power in the sport.

[TIC]

it's a pity danny jacobs didn't have the balls manny rodriguez did, and refused to fight him

[Spicoli]

Pretty blah card so far. This Perez fella looks to be in pretty deep and undersized with Mo Hooker but just started. Cannot really figure Crawford who is asked about Porter..'meh not really looking at that, nothing on the table and want other things right now'. Asked about moving up to 154 'meh would if I wanted but right now I'm at 147'. About as disinterested as a guy could sound.

oh, there goes Perez. talk about a blow out. Quality stuff Dazn. Maybe Jacobs will send viewers a couple of bucks in the name of the Holiday spirit.