Boxing trainer skips court date
A Las Vegas judge on Friday issued an arrest warrant for Roger Mayweather after the boxing trainer failed to show up for a court appearance on battery and coercion charges.
Mayweather, who coached his nephew Floyd Mayweather Jr. to victory in a September comeback fight against Juan Manuel Marquez, did not appear or have a lawyer present at a felony arraignment in Las Vegas Justice Court on Friday.
Roger Mayweather, 48, was accused of attacking a 26-year-old female boxer he once trained, who told police that Mayweather attacked her Aug. 2 at an apartment Mayweather was renting out.
The alleged victim told police Mayweather punched her in the ribs, and said she hit him with a lamp during a struggle.