CANELO ALVAREZ RECEIVES A 6 MONTH SUSPENSION

Las Vegas, NV (April 18th, 2018)– The Nevada State Athletic Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to extend Canelo Alvarez’s temporary suspension to six months at its monthly meeting in Las Vegas.

A one-year suspension was immediately reduced to six months during the meeting because Alvarez, who wasn’t in attendance, has cooperated fully with the NSAC’s investigation. Alvarez acknowledged that clenbuterol was in his system when he twice tested positive in February, but the former super welterweight and middleweight champion didn’t admit intent to use that banned substance. Canelo Alvarez blamed the contamination on tainted meat in Mexico

Commission regulations called for Alvarez to be suspended for a period between nine and 24 months for what was his first performance-enhancing drug-related violation.

The suspension is retroactive to Alvarez’s first positive test for clenbuterol, February 17, which means it should end after August 17. That could allow Alvarez to reschedule his middleweight championship rematch Gennady Golovkin for September 15, assuming Alvarez continues to adhere to the NSAC’s testing policies for performance-enhancing drugs.

The NSAC also voted not to fine the Mexican superstar for twice failing tests for clenbuterol on February 17 and February 20. Those tests were administered in Mexico by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association.

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