Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. might be out of the ring for a while.
Chavez has been suspended indefinitely by the Nevada State Athletic Commission and Arizona Boxing and MMA Commission as a result of his alleged refusal to take a drug test before his fight against Daniel Jacobs in December.
The former middleweight titleholder was set to fight Jacobs in Las Vegas but, after failing to submit a sample, he was temporarily suspended in Nevada. Chavez was granted an injunction by a Nevada court, which lifted his suspension by the commission.
That allowed the fight to take place in Phoenix, where Jacobs stopped Chavez in five rounds.
However, now a judge in Nevada has sided with the NSAC. Thus, his suspension is back in place and he will have to explain his alleged actions. Chavez reportedly will be on the agenda for the commission’s Aug. 5 meeting.
“The judge reviewed the case, and he ruled in our favor,” Bob Bennett, the executive director of the NSAC, told ESPN. “He’s now on temporary suspension pending a suspension and an administrative hearing from our commission.”
Bennett went on: “Right now, what’s going to happen is the commission will take a look at his suspension, and then continue his suspension, and then set a date for the administrative hearing for refusing to take a performance-enhancing drug test with us.”
Chavez has tested positive for banned substances twice, once for a diuretic in 2009 and again for marijuana in 2012.