Despite the final round of his life, Julio Cesar Chavez JR was beaten with one of the biggest fines in the boxing history after his 2013 collision.
Julio Cesar Chavez JR returns to boxing on 28 June when he takes on Jake Paul, in what is the most difficult fight of the YouTuber in his career so far.
After Paul's victory over Mike Tyson, he was looking for a fight with Canelo Alvarez before setting up on the former WBC Middleweight Champion.
This will be one of the biggest payment indays of Chavez JR's career, far away from when he had one of the biggest fines in the boxing history after an incredible 12th round performance of the Mexican.
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Julio Cesar Chavez JR was fined $ 900,000 for failure of a drug test after his fight with Sergio Martinez
In 2013, Chavez JR was dominated by Sergio Martinez in a fateful fight, although it had a tough final round that almost stole the victory for the second generation hunter.
The WBC Middleweight Champion almost played the biggest comeback of all time. Knowing that he was on the score cards, Chavez jr Martinez attacked with everything he had and tried to stand out before the jury members decided his fate.
While he got close, Martinez kept going and the distance to win the world title through the decision of the jury members, despite this legendary definitive round version by Chavez Jr.
It went from bad to worse after the fight ended. Chavez Jr was beaten with a nine -month suspension by the Nevada State Athletic Commission after testing positive on Marijuana.
Because this was the second suspension of Chavez JR for doping problems, he received an incredibly large fine of $ 900,000 – more than anyone else for doping costs in boxing history.
The fine seemed exaggerated, what the Nevada State Athletic Commission once was when they lowered the fine allocated to Chavez Jr.
Instead of $ 900,000, he only had to pay $ 100,000 as part of the settlement agreement between the two parties, after the anti-doping agency of the world had facilitated its restrictions on the use of marijuana.
Only Mike Tyson was given a bigger fine than Julio Cesar Chavez JR
Given how massive Chavez JR's fine was for the failure of the drug test, it is not surprising that only one man received a larger fine in boxing history.
After Mike Tyson had the ear of Evander Holyfield in their notorious fight, “Iron” Mike received a fine of more than $ 3 million as a result of his cruelty in the ring.
The former Heavyweight World Champion also withdrew his boxing license, although Tyson returned less than two years later to beat Francois Botha in January 1999.
Given the horrible scenes of Tyson that bite the ear of Holyfield during a professional boxing match, such a large fine seemed justified for the incredible violence he has inflicted.