USADA bans boxer for 6 months after drug test

USADA bans boxer for 6 months after drug test
Nov 29, 6:33 pm EST

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP)—Boxer Damon Allen has been suspended for six months by the United States Anti-Doping Agency.

USADA says the 19-year-old lightweight from Philadelphia tested positive for a banned diuretic in July. Allen’s suspension began on Sept. 1, but he loses all results from July 19 onward.

Allen is a student at Northern Michigan University and won a silver medal in the 2010 National Golden Gloves.