Allan Green has been effectively suspended from boxing in the United States after failing to show up for a scheduled Feb. 29 bout at Paragon Casino Resort.

The Louisiana State Boxing and Wrestling Commission announced Thursday that Green had been suspended indefinitely pending a March 13 hearing in Baton Rouge.

The suspension traditionally is honored in all states through the Association of Boxing Commissions, said A.L. "Buddy" Embanato Jr., vice chairman of the state commission.

Green, a super middleweight from Tulsa, Okla., is ranked No. 12 in the world by the International Boxing Federation and No. 14 by the World Boxing organization.

He was scheduled to box former world champion Antwun Echols in the co-main event of a card at Paragon that was televised live by ESPN2's "Friday Night Fights."

But Green failed to show up for his flight to Louisiana, leaving promoters scrambling to come up with a replacement that was acceptable to ESPN executives. Michael Walker of Chicago eventually replaced Green and fought to a draw with Echols.

Kerry Daigle, director of boxing for Keep Punching Entertainment, which promoted the card in conjunction with Seminole Warriors Boxing of Hollywood, Fla., said the promoters are aggressively going after Green for breach of contract.

"I hate to see such a promising young fighter mess up his career by not honoring a contract," Daigle said.

Green, in a television interview, said he had not signed a contract. Daigle said that was true but that the boxer was fully committed to the fight.

"(Promoter) Tony Holden had signed for every one of his fights since he had turned pro," Daigle said.

Green is under contract to Holden to promote his fights. A major boxing Web site, www.boxingconfidential.com, has reported that Green is leaving Holden, even though Holden claims he has a contract that runs until October 2009 with the boxer.

Holden did not return calls to his office seeking comment.

The Web site reports that Green has hooked up with David Goldstein, Scott Hirsch and Mike Borao to manage and promote his career.

"We want Allan to get set up for the future, for long after he's done with boxing," Goldstein told boxing confidential.com. "... We've got a real plan for Allan, which will take him a long way."

For now, that plan apparently includes boxing outside the United States. Green is scheduled to box April 5 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, against an opponent to be determined, according to www.boxrec.com, a Web site that tracks boxers' records and fight schedules.

Many foreign countries do not honor suspensions imposed in the United States, Daigle said.

Green could be limited to fighting overseas for quite some time. Daigle said he plans to ask the state commission to keep Green's suspension in place until the boxer settles his contract for the Paragon fight.

"Without question, he caused a lot of problems for us and ESPN," Daigle said. "As far as I am concerned, he needs to be reprimanded for it."