The huge planned boxing match between Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin could be in serious jeopardy.
Alvarez was temporarily suspended by the Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC) on Friday for his drug-test failures for the banned substance clenbuterol, NAC executive director Bob Bennett told MMA Fighting on Friday. The LA Times was the first to report the news.
Alvarez will have to go before the commission for a disciplinary hearing April 10. He is scheduled to face Golovkin on May 5 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, but the temporary suspension puts the fight in doubt.
The NAC did not suspend Alvarez immediately, but the commission had been investigating the case since March 5 when news came out that Alvarez had failed a drug test for clenbuterol.