{"id":20973,"date":"2019-12-20T07:00:49","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T07:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/?p=20973"},"modified":"2019-12-20T07:00:49","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T07:00:49","slug":"jacobs-chavez-weight-limit-changed-at-last-minute-fight-still-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/?p=20973","title":{"rendered":"Jacobs-Chavez weight limit changed at last minute, fight still on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><small>Photo by Omar Vega\/LatinContent via Getty Images<\/small><\/p>\n<p>Julio Cesar Chavez Jr was nowhere near the 168-pound limit, so the limit was changed.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div data-anthem-component=\"actionbox\" data-anthem-component-data='{\"title\":\"&lt;a class=\"ql-link\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/blhdazn\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;Don&rsquo;t miss Jacobs vs Chavez LIVE on Friday!&lt;\/a&gt;\",\"description\":\"Daniel Jacobs faces Julio Cesar Chavez Jr this Friday night, streaming live only on DAZN! Don&rsquo;t miss any of the action, sign up!\",\"label\":\"Sign up for DAZN today!\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/blhdazn\"}'><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>In a very, very &ldquo;Julio Cesar Chavez Jr&rdquo; turn of events, the 33-year-old Mexican fighter&rsquo;s Friday night DAZN main event with Daniel Jacobs is still on, but with a late twist, as the weight limit for the fight was changed from 168 pounds to 173 pounds today.<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Prior to the official <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JacobsChavezJr?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JacobsChavezJr<\/a> weigh in, the parties agreed to change the weight limit to 173lbs. Both <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanielJacobsTKO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DanielJacobsTKO<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jcchavezjr1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jcchavezjr1<\/a> weighed inside the limit, and we have a fight. Ceremonial weigh in at 1pm MST &#9878;&#65039;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matchroom Boxing (@MatchroomBoxing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MatchroomBoxing\/status\/1207719760311406593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Both fighters have made that weight. In fact, Jacobs weighed in at 167&frac34;, so clearly he was fine for the 168-pound original limit. Chavez, on the other hand, came in at 172&frac34;, which makes 173, I guess.<\/p>\n<p>Chavez (51-3-1, 33 KO) has been a controversial figure in this event from the start, as he was suspended in Nevada for evading VADA drug tests, which moved the fight to Arizona, and then there was a whole ordeal with that, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.badlefthook.com\/2019\/12\/18\/21027829\/jacobs-vs-chavez-official-set-friday-ruling-nevada-restraining-order-dazn-boxing-news\">eventually this week the fight was fully cleared<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The final hurdle was Chavez actually making weight, which it appears he was unable to do, but things have been rearranged in such a way that it will kinda-sorta appear he managed it.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div data-anthem-component=\"readmore\" data-anthem-component-data='{\"stories\":[{\"title\":\"Staff picks: Jacobs-Chavez Jr and Martinez-Rosales\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.badlefthook.com\/2019\/12\/19\/21028102\/jacobs-vs-chavez-jr-staff-picks-predictions-preview-dazn-boxing-news-martinez-rosales\"}]}'><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Has any of this really been worth it? Couldn&rsquo;t Daniel Jacobs have just fought Gabriel Rosado, who was on standby in case Chavez got pulled? Is this such a big fight that this level of maneuvering was really necessary?<\/p>\n<p><ins class=\"adbladeads\" data-cid=\"25014-4024605408\" data-host=\"web.adblade.com\" data-tag-type=\"4\" style=\"display:none\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script async src=\"http:\/\/web.adblade.com\/js\/ads\/async\/show.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo by Omar Vega\/LatinContent via Getty Images Julio Cesar Chavez Jr was nowhere near the 168-pound limit, so the limit was changed. In a very, very &ldquo;Julio Cesar Chavez Jr&rdquo; turn of events, the 33-year-old Mexican fighter&rsquo;s Friday night DAZN main event with Daniel Jacobs is still on, but with a late twist, as the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20974,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20973"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}