Daniel Jacobs: record, next fight and profile →
Now that he has signed a contract to fight Daniel Jacobs, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. cannot miss a test by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association. VADA reported Chavez to the Nevada State Athletic Commission when its tester couldn’t locate Chavez last month. According to Hearn, Chavez had not yet signed a contract to box Jacobs when he wasn’t available for that VADA test, but that didn’t stop the NSAC from suspending Chavez.
WBO super middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders (29-0, 14 KOs) was not pleased with the performance in his American debut on Saturday night at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Video Interview - Daniel Jacobs and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will clash in a Super-Middleweight showdown at the Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona on Friday December 20, live on DAZN in the US and on Sky Sports in the UK. (photos by Ed Mulholland)
Daniel Jacobs Video Interview - Daniel Jacobs and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will clash in a Super-Middleweight showdown at the Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona on Friday December 20, live on DAZN in the US and on Sky Sports in the UK. (photos by Ed Mulholland)
Former middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr (51-3-1 33 KOs) views Daniel Jacobs as the perfect opponent. It was announced on Friday that Chavez Jr. would face Jacobs, also a former champ at 160-pounds, at the Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona on Friday December 20. The bout has been agreed upon for the super middleweight limit of 168-pounds.
Jacobs, Chavez Jr. Press Conference Photos Gallery - Daniel Jacobs and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will clash in a Super-Middleweight showdown at the Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona on Friday December 20, live on DAZN in the US and on Sky Sports in the UK. (photos by Ed Mulholland)
Daniel Jacobs expects to have a fireworks filled clash with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. - when they collide in a super middleweight showdown at the Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona on Friday December 20. Jacobs (35-3 29 KOs) was last seen in action back in May, when he lost a twelve round decision to Canelo Alvarez. He now looks to make a run at 168-pounds after admitting that it's been way too hard to make 160 for his last few fights.
Daniel Jacobs and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will clash in a Super-Middleweight showdown at the Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona on Friday December 20, live on DAZN in the US and on Sky Sports in the UK.
LOS ANGELES—At the age of 33, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is now mature enough to admit he’s made mistakes along the way of his 16-year career boxing out of the shadows of his legendary father. “No more time to play,” Chavez Jr. told BoxingScene.com in a recent interview while working out at the Wild Card Gym, as Freddie Roached prepared him for mitt work. “I want to be the best. That's why I'm still in boxing.”
LOS ANGELES - Freddie Roach and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. are back together again following a yearslong split. The trainer parted ways with the fighter following Chavez Jr.’s lack of dedication and commitment to training following the 2012 bout with Sergio Martinez. Chavez Jr.’s waning work ethic was the center of discussion, and even documented on HBO programming during that era, as he would bail on Roach during training sessions for as many as 30 times that camp.