Nevada hands boxer Alvarez doping ban

Nevada boxing regulators suspended Canelo Alvarez on Wednesday for six months for doping violations. Alvarez also must undergo drug tests. No fine was recommended because past ones have been based on future purses. With Alvarez’s May 5 rematch with Gennady Golovkin cancelled, there is no forthcoming purse. Caroline Bateman, a Nevada deputy attorney general, suggested a punishment of six months from the date of Alvarez’s first positive test, on Feb. 17. Alvarez tested positive for the banned performanceenhancing drug clenbuterol in his hometown of Guadalajara, Mexico.