Leon Lawson, Jr, suspended by WBA

Leon Lawson, Jr. who sucker punched Jose Uzcategui last Saturday night was suspended by the WBA, according to Dan Rafael of espn.com.

“We think it was an action that all those who love sport should reject,” WBA president Gilberto Jesus Mendoza said. “There was a blow after the bell, the product of an action that I consider involuntary, that (Uzcategui) could not stop, and then the cowardly act in which Lawson punched the boxer occurred. Therefore, as the WBC did, we suspended him indefinitely. I rejected the incident since I saw it. However, I wanted to talk to (IBF president) Daryl Peoples first to make my point because it was a match sanctioned by them and I thought it was best to talk to him first.