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USADA bans boxer for 6 months after drug test
November 29, 2011
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—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.
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