PHOENIX – Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. weighed 172.7 pounds, 4.7 pounds heavier than the super middleweight limit, at the official weigh-in Thursday morning, forcing him to re-negotiate the contract for his fight with Danny Jacobs at Talking Stick Arena.
Promoter Eddie Hearn and Francisco Meneses, executive director of the Arizona Boxing & MMA Commission, said Jacobs (35-3, 29 KOs) and Chavez Jr. (51-3-1, 33 KOs) agreed on a catch weight of 173 pounds for the bout Friday on DAZN.
Jacobs made weight, coming in at 167.7 pounds. The exact terms of the new deal were not disclosed.
“It’s not a surprise,’’ Hearn said. “He had a nightmare camp with the legal situation hanging over him and all.’’
Chavez Jr wasn’t cleared to fight until Tuesday. That’s when a Nevada judge granted him an injunction, lifting his suspension by the Nevada State Athletic Commission for allegedly refusing to submit to a drug test in late October. The Arizona Commission had already licensed Chavez. If the judge had ruled against him, however, the license would have been withdrawn.