Pro boxer to be sentenced for Conn. beating

Pro boxer to be sentenced for Conn. beating

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP)—Professional boxer Matt Remillard is facing sentencing in the baseball bat beating of a man in Connecticut last year in what police say was a fight over a woman both men had dated.

The 25-year-old featherweight from Manchester is expected to be sentenced Tuesday to five years in prison. He pleaded no contest to first-degree assault in September.

Connecticut state police say Remillard pummeled Jordan Evans with a bat in Marlborough in July 2010, leaving Evans with a fractured skull, eye socket and hand. Doctors had to insert 100 stitches, more than two dozen screws and a plate into Evans’ head.

Remillard held the NABF and NABO featherweight titles until losing his first fight as a professional last March to Mikey Garcia in Atlantic City, N.J. His record is 23-1.

That is sad but, did he really need a bat? lol seems like little buddy was pissed.