Ex-Boxing Champ Jermain Taylor Bites Woman, Arrested: Cops

MAUMELLE, AR — Former middleweight boxing champion Jermain Taylor was arrested near Little Rock, Arkansas after police say he bit a woman's arm and face and threatened to kill her.

Police in Maumelle say Taylor, 38, was arrested at his home around 3 a.m. Tuesday. He has been released and court documents do not indicate that charges have been filed.

Taylor pleaded guilty to nine felony charges in 2015, including a shooting that critically wounded his cousin, and is already serving a six-year suspended sentence. The attorney who represented Taylor in that case was not available for comment Tuesday. (For more local news, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

This is the house boxer Jermain Taylor was arrested at last night. Reportedly threatened a woman and bit her. @KATVNews #ARnews pic.twitter.com/pRh0goDreW
— Matt Mershon (@MattMershonKATV) July 18, 2017

Taylor failed to attend a June court hearing in a lawsuit filed by his cousin over the shooting. Taylor's representatives said then that Taylor was in Florida with no money.

Photo credit: Maumelle Police Department via AP