Ex-boxer sentenced for kissing girl, 14 TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Feb. 29 (UPI) -- Former professional boxer Terry Ray received an 18-month suspended prison term for sexual battery of a 14-year-old Indiana girl. Ray admitted to french-kissing a 14-year-old girl at a Feb. 13, 2010, party at his Terre Haute, Ind., home where teens were drinking alcohol, The Tribune-Star, Terre Haute, reported. Ray, a former World Boxing Federation cruiser-weight champion, had pleaded guilty in January in Vigo Superior Court Division III to sexual battery. Judge David Bolk could have entered the conviction as a class-A misdemeanor, which would have allowed Ray to avoid a felony conviction and the loss of his job with the Federal Bureau of Prisons penitentiary at Terre Haute. But the judge entered the conviction as a felony. Ray, who had no prior criminal history, has been on unpaid administrative leave since his March 2010 arrest. Defense attorney Joseph Etling said Ray had multiple health issues that will require costly medical care. Ray apologized to the victim and her family. As part of his probation, he must undergo random screenings by the Vigo County Alcohol and Drug Program and complete an addictions program. Bolk also ordered him to continue therapy with a psychologist and attend two self-help meetings per month during probation. The girl's father said she has been harshly criticized by her peers about the incident. Ray "knowingly violated her physically, but she is treated by her peers as if she asked for a 46-year-old man to make advances," the father said.