Erika Cruz Stripped Of WBA Title; Nazarena Romero-Mayerlin Rivas Rematch Ordered

Erika Cruz has been relieved of her title reign.

The two-division titlist was stripped of her WBA 122-pound belt due to a positive drug test surrounding her most recent bout. A sample collected on April 29 and tested May 7 returned findings of Stanozololol metabolites 16b-hydroxystanozolol, 3′- hydroxystanozolol and furosemide. The findings were discovered eleven days after her May 11 ten-round draw versus Nazarena Romero in Aguascalientes, Mexico.

Cruz (17-2-1, 3 knockouts) has...