Police: Floyd Mayweather Jr. being sought in domestic violence incident

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Unbeaten boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. is being sought for questioning in Las Vegas after a domestic violence report was given by his former girlfriend early Thursday morning.

The woman, Josie Harris, who Las Vegas Metropolitan Police say has children with Mayweather, summoned multiple police cars at 5:03 a.m. to a southwest Las Vegas home and reported the boxer attacked her. Domestic violence investigators were at the scene, police spokesman Bill Cassell told The Times. The spokesman said Harris was treated at a hospital for ‘minor injuries’ and released.

‘At this point, Mr. Mayweather is a suspect in a domestic battery violence case, and we would very much like to speak with him,’ Cassell said.

Mayweather’s spokeswoman had no information about the alleged incident, and attempts to reach his adviser were not immediately successful.

Cassell said details such as what prompted the alleged incident and Harris’ specific injuries were ‘part of the investigation.’ Asked if Mayweather would be arrested, Cassell said only that, for now, the boxer is a ‘person of interest.’

Mayweather, who last fought May 1 and won a lopsided decision over Shane Mosley in Las Vegas, apologized this week after unleashing a racially charged, expletive-filled video attack on his possible future opponent, Manny Pacquiao. Mayweather’s uncle and trainer, Roger Mayweather, faces a coming criminal trial for allegedly beating a female boxer.

-- Lance Pugmire