PHOENIX – The Arizona State Boxing and Mixed Martial Arts Commission has granted Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. a license, allowing him to fight Danny Jacobs on Friday night at Talking Stick Arena on DAZN.
Francisco Meneses Jr., the Commission’s executive director, told Boxing Junkie Tuesday that the three-member regulatory board voted to license Chavez.
“He has a license,’’ Meneses said.
According to an unsourced report from The Athletic on Twitter, Chavez was granted an injunction by a Nevada court, lifting his suspension by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
Chavez sued Nevada after it upheld his suspension for refusing to submit to a drug test at the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, Calif. in late October. Chavez said then that a VADA testing representative did not show his credentials. He also said he didn’t think he had to submit to the test because he had yet to sign for the super middleweight fight.
The Arizona Commission is scheduled to meet Wednesday. Meneses said Chavez is not required to appear. Chavez and Jacobs appeared together at the Portland Trail Blazers-Phoenix Suns game Monday night at Talking Stick. The weigh-in is scheduled for Thursday.
The Matchroom-promoted card has generated a lot of controversy. The Nevada Commission threatened to suspend Eddie Hearn’s license after he moved the card to Phoenix in the wake of the Chavez suspension. The bout had been scheduled for Las Vegas.