Craig Docherty, the former Commonwealth super-featherweight champion from Glasgow, has had his licence suspended by the British Boxing Board of Control.

Officials of the Scottish area council of the BBBC are understood to have taken the action after the 28-year-old failed to appear before them to answer a complaint made by the promoter, Tommy Gilmour.

Docherty faces a possible fine after having been ordered to hand over 25% of the purse from his fight with Billy Smith in May under the terms of his contract with Gilmour.

Gilmour, who managed Docherty prior to the boxer signing with rival promoter Alex Morrison, subsequently donated the cash to the boxers' benevolent fund.

No official of the Scottish area council of the BBBC was available to give details of the complaint against Docherty as their offices closed early for the festive period.

Docherty last fought 13 days ago when he out-pointed Nigerian Silence Saheed on a Glasgow bill, then expressed the hope that he could earn a crack at British lightweight champion Jonathan Thaxton. "I have been a champion before and can become one again," he said. "I just need to get back to basics because I know I still have it in me to succeed at the top level."

Docherty, who has a 21-4-1 record, was stopped by Lee McAllister in a fight for the vacant WBU lightweight crown in October. He also challenged, unsuccessfully, for the European super-featherweight crown, losing on points to the Russian, Boris Sinitsin, in October, 2004.

Docherty suffered misfortune six months later when he was knocked out by Alex Arthur in a Commonwealth championship defence which doubled as a showdown for the vacant British title.