ESPN stories that former tremendous featherweight champion Jamel Herring “was arrested Thursday night in Ohio on suspicion of misdemeanor home violence and assault.”
TMZ acquired a duplicate of the incident report, wherein his spouse alleges that an “intoxicated” Herring “attacked her by punching her physique, pulling her hair, choking and throwing her.” Disturbingly, the report mentions that she “supplied footage from the alleged incident that confirmed scratch marks on her neck,” just for Herring to allege that the marks had been from a previous arrest for home violence in December 2023.
Per TMZ, he stays in custody forward of a January twenty first court docket date.
Herring, a former Olympian and Marine Corps veteran, revitalized a struggling profession by dropping from 135 to 130. He in the end claimed WBO gold from Masayuki Ito and made three profitable defenses, notably beating Lamont Roach Jr and knocking out Carl Frampton, earlier than a stoppage loss to Shakur Stevenson kicked off a career-ending 1-3 skid.
