{"id":52944,"date":"2013-02-28T12:24:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T20:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=52944"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:16:24","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:16:24","slug":"chavez-jr-suspended-9-months-and-fined-900k-for-marijuana-use-mma-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chavez-jr-suspended-9-months-and-fined-900k-for-marijuana-use-mma-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Chavez Jr. suspended 9 months and fined 900k for marijuana use | MMA News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (46-1-1) was fined $900,000 (30% of his fight purse)\u00a0on Thursday by the Nevada State Athletic Commission for a positive marijuana test following his fight last September against Sergio Martinez.<\/p>\n<div>The\u00a0NSAC also ruled that Chavez, who was defeated by unanimous decision for his first professional loss in the middleweight title fight, serve a nine-month suspension.<\/div>\n<div>This marks the second time that Chavez has been disciplined by the commission over a failed drug test, back in 2009, Chavez tested positive for a diuretic, he was then\u00a0fined $10,000 (10 percent of his purse) and suspended seven months.<\/div>\n<div>Chavez\u00a0stated to\u00a0the commission that\u00a0he used marijuana eight or nine days before the fight, on the recommendation of a friend in Los Angeles to help relieve the stress from having to fight four times in 2012.\u201cI know I let a lot of people down. It was a big mistake. It hasn\u2019t been easy for me,\u201d Chavez stated while on\u00a0a conference call from his native Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>The suspension handed out by the NSAC to Chavez Jr. must have caught the attention of UFC President Dana White, as he tweeted the following message regarding the news:<\/p>\n<p>@danawhite: &#8220;Chavez Jr was fined 900k by the NSAC for testing pos for marijuana! The NSAC has officially lost its mind!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (46-1-1) was fined $900,000 (30% of his fight purse)\u00a0on Thursday by the Nevada State Athletic Commission for a positive marijuana test following his fight last September against Sergio Martinez. 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