Calvin Ford professed his innocence from the start and was wanting to have his day in court docket.
The identical couldn’t be mentioned of his accuser.
The Ring has confirmed {that a} prior assault case agains the famous coach was dismissed on Tuesday in a Clark County court docket. Ford confronted two prices of assault with a lethal weapon stemming from an alleged Feb. 2023 incident in Las Vegas.
Nonetheless, Ford’s accuser was not current in court docket on Tuesday. Ford—the center of Baltimore’s Upton Boxing Heart—appeared along with his authorized crew, who acquired directions from the choose that the case was formally dismissed.
The Baltimore Banner was first to report this improvement.
In accordance with court docket information obtained by The Ring, Ford was accused of threatening two folks with a handgun final February in Las Vegas. Native police executed an arrest warrant on October 16.
Ford was again in Baltimore on the time of the warrant. He was detained by authorities final December 29 on a Fugitive of Justice cost. The 58-year-old coach—finest identified for his career-long work with Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis (30-0, 28 knockouts)—was held in a Baltimore jail with out bail.
Authorities than extradited Ford to Nevada, the place he was charged with two counts of assault. He and his crew emphatically insisted the alleged incident amounted to false accusations.
“He’s been falsely accused and the reality will rise to the highest,” Kenny Ellis, Ford’s longtime affiliate and co-trainer of Upton, acknowledged final December.
Ford was beforehand imprisoned for ten on racketeering and conspiracy within the Nineteen Nineties. He has since devoted his life to uplifting the Baltimore neighborhood. Ford and his crew have been instrumental in preserving youths off the streets and within the fitness center.
In widespread tradition, Ford’s life experiences served because the inspiration for The Wire’s Dennis ‘Cutty’ Clever character portrayed by Chad Coleman.
The best in-ring success story for Ford has been his work with Davis, The Ring’s No. 8-rated pound-for-pound fighter. Collectively, they’ve gained main and secondary titles in three weight divisions.
Davis not too long ago knocked out Frank Martin (18-1, 12 KOs) within the eighth spherical on June 15. Their Prime Video Pay-Per-View occasion was the one hundredth struggle night time at MGM Grand Backyard Area in Las Vegas. Ford admitted the difficulties of operating that camp whereas dealing with prices associated to this now dismissed case.
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