Alvarez, Ogawa banned for 6 months over doping
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Mexican Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and Japan’s Kenichi Ogawa have been suspended for 6 months following hearings with the Nevada State Athletic Commission after both boxers failed recent doping tests.
Alvarez was temporarily suspended by the NSAC after testing positive for banned substance clenbuterol in February and withdrew from his rematch against world middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin, which was scheduled for May 5. In the settlement statement, the NSAC said the former two-weight world champion had cooperated with the investigation and thus his ban had been backdated to the first time he tested positive, meaning he can return to the ring from August 17. “Canelo is ready to continue his remarkable record of fighting at the highest level,” Alvarez’s promoters Golden Boy Promotions said in a statement from the 27-year-old who has a 49-1-2 record. According to ESPN, the NSAC stripped Ogawa (23-1) of his IBF super-featherweight title, which he won by beating American Tevin Farmer on December 9, after the 30-year-old’s pre-fight tests were positive for two forms of androstanediol. Ogawa’s suspension has also been backdated to the first time he tested positive and his ban will be lifted on June 9.
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