Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. arrested on battery charge
CNN) -- Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. was arrested at a Las Vegas casino on a misdemeanor battery charge after he allegedly assaulted a security guard at his housing complex, a police official said Friday.
Mayweather was arrested just before midnight Thursday, police spokeswoman Barbara Morgan said.
He was released from the Clark County Detention Center on Friday, police said, and is expected to appear in court Tuesday, according to Clark County court spokeswoman Jillian Prieto.