Shields’ fight against Ivana Habazin had to be canceled because her brother knocked out Habazin’s trainer with a sucker punch.
While Shields has condemned the actions, her brother’s defense is that the trainer was speaking disrespectfully to Shield’s sister.
A prosecutor has filed an assault charge against the brother of boxer Claressa Shields in connection with an attack on the trainer for Ivana Habazin before the weigh-in for their fight.
Genesee County prosecutor David Leyton issued a statement Wednesday saying 28-year-old Artis J. Mack of Flint has been charged with one count of assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder in the Oct. 4 attack on 68-year-old James Ali Bashir.
Mack’s attorney, Frank Manley, issued a statement saying “a video shows inflammatory rhetoric leading up to the incident that may provide context to the alleged assault.”
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