Boxer Adrien Broner is facing felony assault charges, but his fight will go on
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Version 0 of 2. Boxer Adrien Broner will be permitted to fight Friday night in the District despite a warrant for his arrest in Ohio, where Cincinnati police have charged the 140-pound champion with felonious assault and aggravated robbery stemming from a Jan. 21 incident outside a bowling alley. Broner (31-2, 23 knockouts) is scheduled to defend his World Boxing Association super lightweight title against British contender Ashley Theophane (39-6-1, 11 KOs) at the D.C. Armory in the main event of a Premier Boxing Champions televised card. There is no threat of D.C. police arresting Broner, according to reports citing Cincinnati law enforcement sources, because the warrant was issued in Ohio. Cincinnati police, however, expect Broner to surrender to authorities as soon as reasonably possible following the bout. [Promoting Adrien Broner is just one of Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s new interests] Bond has been set at $100,000 for Broner, who has not commented since the arrest warrant was issued. The plaintiff in the case, Christopher Carson, filed suit against Broner, 26, on Feb. 5, alleging he won $8,000 in cash and $6,000 in credit on bowling bets. When Carson left the Madisonville bowling alley around 3 a.m., Broner and eight others were waiting for him, the lawsuit charges, and Broner knocked him out with a punch to the chin. When Carson regained consciousness, he was missing $12,000 in cash, according to the lawsuit, which also alleges Broner was armed. Broner has been training out of Bald Eagle boxing annex, which is the Southwest home gym of former junior welterweight champion Lamont Peterson and his younger brother Anthony, who also is on Friday’s card. This is Broner’s first fight since he scored a technical knockout over Khabib Allakhverdiev for the vacant WBA title at U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati on Oct. 3, 2015. |