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Julio Cesar Chavez Jnr has been temporarily suspended by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.

The Mexican failed a drugs test after losing his WBC middleweight crown to Sergio Martinez in Las Vegas in September.

And at the commission's monthly meeting early this week the decision was made to give the boxer a suspension with a view to further action at a later hearing.

"Mr. Chavez's license is suspended, but there is no finding of fact on the merits of the case," commission executive director Keith Kizer told Espn.com.

"He had a license to fight in Nevada and we suspended it pending a hearing. Chavez had no objection to it. He wasn't going to fight again this year anyway."

A disciplinary hearing is due to take place later in the month.

10/10/2012 21:35:40