Mayweather’s uncle agrees to plea deal

The uncle and head trainer of champion boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. struck a deal with prosecutors that will keep him out of the Las Vegas jail four days before he was to go to trial in his 19-month-old battery case.

Defense attorney Jack Buchanan said Roger Mayweather, 49, will plead no contest today to two misdemeanor counts of battery.

According to the plea deal, Mayweather will be placed on informal probation, pay a $1,000 fine, attend domestic violence counseling and perform 50 hours of community service.

"We're happy with the resolution. He's looking forward to putting this behind him and getting back to training the best fighter in the world," Buchanan said.

Mayweather, a former professional boxer, originally was charged with two felony battery counts stemming from an Aug. 2, 2009, incident in which he is accused of choking a former female trainee.

Authorities said Mayweather choked and punched 26-year-old fighter Melissa St. Vil at her apartment in the 700 block of Rock Springs Drive, near Rainbow Boulevard and Washington Avenue.

Mayweather owned the property and rented it to a man who let St. Vil live there.

St. Vil had trained under Roger Mayweather until May 2009, when she left for a new trainer. Authorities say he was upset that she was still living at his property and confronted her, leading to a physical altercation.

Court documents show that Mayweather entered the apartment and prevented St. Vil from going to her bedroom. She tried to push past him, but he grabbed her, forced her into the living room and punched her several times in the ribs.

A Las Vegas police officer arrived at the apartment and found Mayweather with his arms wrapped around the woman, according to court documents. A coercion charge against Mayweather was dropped early in the case.

Mayweather trains his nephew, Floyd Mayweather Jr., who has had his own slew of legal troubles.